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New York Times, Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Breezily informative
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {J} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 68 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 30%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/31/5 ( No. 20,385 )
Across
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Popular pens : BICS
5
No trouble : EASY
9
Stopped dead : FROZE
14
Gray's subj. : ANAT
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It may be gray : AREA
16
Upscale wheels : LEXUS
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Split (with) : SEVERTIES
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Not straight : ATILT
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Old brand advertised by Bucky Beaver : IPANA
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Level : TIER
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Devil's take? : DUE
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N.L. cap stitching : STL
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Showing no pity : REMORSELESS
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Minos' land : CRETE
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Status ___ : QUO
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Actor Morales : ESAI
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Investigator, at times : TAIL
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Treated roughly : PAWED
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Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) : LADYTENNISSTARS
44
Primitive fishing tool : SPEAR
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"Awright!" : YEAH
46
"Java" blower : HIRT
47
Public works project : DAM
49
Kentucky Derby prize : ROSES
51
"I can't find a thing to watch!" : NOTHINGISON
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Cable choice : TNT
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Avian source of red meat : EMU
60
Come down hard : POUR
61
Radical Hoffman : ABBIE
63
Hawked items : WARES
65
Procedure for a burn victim, perhaps : SKINGRAFT
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Rush-hour subway action : SHOVE
69
Marketing intro? : TELE
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It goes in the middle of the table : ANTE
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Deviated, in a way : YAWED
72
Did too much : ODED
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Breyers rival : EDYS
Down
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Amount from which to figure sale profit : BASIS
2
Ham-fisted : INEPT
3
Procession : CAVALCADE
4
British gun : STEN
5
Put away : EAT
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
7
Take care of : SEETO
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Late name in Mideast politics : YASIR
9
Eruptions : FLAREUPS
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Emeritus: Abbr. : RET
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Rust, e.g. : OXIDE
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Relatives of the Xhosa : ZULUS
13
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
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Not turning up much : RARE
22
Shingle abbr. : ESQ
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Suffix with kitchen : ETTE
27
Labor leader George : MEANY
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Can't abide : LOATHE
30
Mideast capital : RIYADH
32
Golfer called "the Big Easy" : ELS
33
Tree yield : SAP
35
Having four sharps : INE
36
___ poker (bar game) : LIARS
38
Pajama part : WAISTBAND
39
Boot one : ERR
40
Summer hrs. : DST
42
Knocked around : TRAIPSED
43
Send off : SHOO
48
Telephone trigram : MNO
50
Run producer : SNAG
51
Breezily informative : NEWSY
52
City on the Missouri : OMAHA
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"One L" author : TUROW
54
Zest : GUSTO
55
Ticked off : IRKED
57
Peachy-keen : NIFTY
58
Parisian thinkers? : TETES
62
Highlands hillside : BRAE
64
Party time, maybe : EVE
66
___ du Diable : ILE
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___ Brooks, 1950's-60's "Meet the Press" moderator : NED

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

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