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New York Times, Thursday, August 26, 2004

Author:
Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Strongholds
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
228/26/200410/23/202314
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
13632331
ScrabDebutFresh
1.599247%
Stella Zawistowski
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
198/26/200410/19/201518
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2264320
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6110045%
Bruce Venzke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Zawistowski. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Venzke. Thursday freshness: 13%
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© 2004, The New York Times8/26/4 ( No. 20,015 )
Across
1
Prevalent : RIFE
5
___ & Whitney (aircraft engine manufacturer) : PRATT
10
Flake material : BRAN
14
Book of the Book of Mormon : ENOS
15
Nouveau ___ : RICHE
16
College in New Rochelle, N.Y. : IONA
17
Barks up the wrong tree : ERRS
18
Rhode Island, with "the" : OCEANSTATE
20
See 34-, 42- and 55-Across : VOTESFORWOMEN
22
Rakes in : EARNS
23
Mme., across the Pyrenees : SRA
24
Subj. of a 1984 Stephen Ambrose political biography : DDE
25
Daycare charge : TYKE
29
Speed demon : RACER
34
19th-century writer/lecturer who advocated 20-Across : SUSANBANTHONY
38
Like "der," in Ger. : MASC
40
"Lorna ___" : DOONE
41
Inspirer : MUSE
42
19th-century dress reformer who advocated 20-Across : AMELIABLOOMER
45
Attacks : HASAT
46
Trollope's "Lady ___" : ANNA
47
It may give you a charge : TNT
50
Fed. bureau with agents : ATF
53
Walk down the aisle? : USHER
55
19th-century author/hymnist who advocated 20-Across : JULIAWARDHOWE
60
Needle holder : PHONOGRAPH
62
Rear end : RUMP
63
Retained : HELD
64
It has bands with music : RADIO
65
Morales of "N.Y.P.D. Blue" : ESAI
66
Division preposition : INTO
67
Idyllic spots : EDENS
68
Proceed : WEND
Down
1
Passed through, as a rope : REEVED
2
Encroachment : INROAD
3
Strongholds : FORTRESSES
4
German steel city : ESSEN
5
Univ. V.I.P. : PROF
6
Wealthy, in Juárez : RICO
7
Whiz of a tennis server : ACER
8
Détentes : THAWS
9
___ sax : TENOR
10
Snack : BITE
11
Flecked horse : ROAN
12
Six-footer : ANT
13
Dundee denial : NAE
19
Sassy : SMART
21
Grounded jets : SSTS
26
When said three times, "et cetera" : YADA
27
Tree or door feature : KNOB
28
Dreaded virus : EBOLA
30
"Alas!" : AHME
31
Place to get hitched, perhaps : COURTHOUSE
32
Dash lengths : ENS
33
Certain whiskey : RYE
35
Bruins home, for short : UCLA
36
Like many a quip: Abbr. : ANON
37
"Open all night" sign, maybe : NEON
38
___-jongg : MAH
39
Grp. with a famous journal : AMA
43
Author Calvino : ITALO
44
Antarctica's Queen ___ Mountains : MAUD
48
"Seinfeld" character : NEWMAN
49
Fearful : TREPID
51
Feline in un jardin zoologique : TIGRE
52
Measure of capacitance : FARAD
54
Nag : SHREW
55
Elbow hard : JOLT
56
Word processor command : UNDO
57
Baseballer Boggs : WADE
58
Neat as ___ : APIN
59
Fraternity letters : RHOS
60
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
61
Setter : HEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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