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New York Times, Friday, August 19, 2005

Author:
David Liben-Nowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Hardly went out with a bang
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David Liben-Nowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Liben-Nowell. Friday freshness: 56%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/19/5 ( No. 20,373 )
Across
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"Do you want me to?" : SHALLI
7
"Brava!" : ATTAGIRL
15
Add insult to injury : PILEON
16
Rake over the coals, say : BARBECUE
17
One seen in Häagen-Dazs : UMLAUT
18
On the run : SCOOTING
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Whoop it up : ROISTER
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Some cats : TOMS
22
Barrie buccaneer : SMEE
23
Definitely no Yankee fan : REB
25
Popular sandwich, informally : PBANDJ
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Images on some Christmas wrapping : SANTAS
32
Summer vacation spot, with "the" : SHORE
33
Gray, in a way : AGE
36
Team that last won a World Series in 1954 : GIANTS
38
Superstar : IDOL
39
Military rule : DONTASKDONTTELL
42
Guy : DUDE
43
Ally : TEAMUP
44
___-Blo fuse : SLO
45
Bind tightly : TRUSS
47
Bites : SNACKS
49
"___ Sings Dylan" (1965 folk album) : ODETTA
51
"Oh, no!" : ACK
52
Stir : TODO
56
Thousands may be in it : CAST
58
It keeps some parts in place : HAIRGEL
60
Lord of the rings? : PTBARNUM
64
Bayed : WAILED
65
Knightly activity : JOUSTING
66
Current amount : AMPERE
67
Duke's fall, e.g. : SEMESTER
68
First name of a 1994 Peace Nobelist : YASSER
Down
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Projecting mountain ridges : SPURS
2
Bleachers sign : HIMOM
3
Title character in a 1980's sitcom : ALLIE
4
Auto dealer's paperwork : LEASES
5
Oaf : LOUT
6
Organ expert : INTERNIST
7
Car safety feature, for short : ABS
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Opposite of gaucheness : TACT
9
Band : TROOP
10
Mushroom producers : ABOMBS
11
Singles, e.g. : GETSAHIT
12
In this localité : ICI
13
Hose problem : RUN
14
Race part : LEG
20
New shoots : RETAKES
24
Makeshift mask, maybe : BANDANA
26
Points of origin : NODES
27
À la Nash : DROLL
28
Kind of mold : JELLO
30
Near Eastern honorific : AGA
31
It can have knots : STOMACH
33
Increase : ADDTO
34
Natural flask : GOURD
35
Provide : ENDUE
37
Hardly went out with a bang : SNUCKAWAY
40
Legal position determiner : TESTCASE
41
It may be associated with an "I": Abbr. : TPK
46
Pitching statistic : STARTS
48
Reveals all? : STRIPS
50
In ___ (agitated) : ASNIT
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Checks out suggestively : OGLES
54
Big maker of snowblowers : DEERE
55
More advanced : OLDER
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Whistler's whistle : TUNE
59
"___ Dancer" (Nureyev documentary) : IAMA
60
Some flannels, briefly : PJS
61
Part of a pair of tights : TOE
62
No-good : BUM
63
Sched. coordinator : MGR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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