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New York Times, Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Author:
Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Boring tools
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: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Zawistowski. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Venzke. Tuesday freshness: 34%
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© 2005, The New York Times9/13/5 ( No. 20,398 )
Across
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With the bow, in music : ARCO
5
Dutch pottery city : DELFT
10
Disney clownfish : NEMO
14
Satirical Mort : SAHL
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Writer Zola : EMILE
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Plow team : OXEN
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Author Silverstein : SHEL
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Like some panels : SOLAR
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Diamond complement : NINE
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1994 Ethan Hawke movie : REALITYBITES
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D.C. baseballer : NAT
24
Choler : IRE
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Singers James and Jones : ETTAS
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Nougat candies introduced in 1922 : CHARLESTONCHEWS
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Milo of "Ulysses" : OSHEA
34
Luau strings : UKE
35
Run without moving : IDLE
36
Like tumblers : ACROBATIC
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Use an old phone : DIAL
43
Ram's ma'am : EWE
44
Capital at 12,000 feet : LAPAZ
48
"Monty Python" birds : AFRICANSWALLOWS
52
Gaynor of "South Pacific" : MITZI
53
Airline's home base : HUB
54
Teachers' org. : NEA
55
Some e-mailed news reports : DAILYDIGESTS
60
Leopold's 1920's co-defendant : LOEB
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Cook in a wok, perhaps : SAUTE
63
Sweep's schmutz : SOOT
65
Book after Proverbs: Abbr. : ECCL
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Tree with catkins : ALDER
67
Heavy reading? : TOME
68
Siouan speaker : OTOE
69
Rebellious years, often : TEENS
70
Snick-or-___ : SNEE
Down
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Chucklehead : ASS
2
Cheering section cheers : RAHRAHS
3
Fastest land animal : CHEETAH
4
Spicy stew, or its pot : OLLA
5
Hanker for : DESIRE
6
Is histrionic : EMOTES
7
Pad producer : LILY
8
Spare tire, so to speak : FLAB
9
Dustin's "Tootsie" co-star : TERI
10
Hardly aboveboard : NONETHICAL
11
Used to be : EXISTED
12
Game pieces : MEN
13
Calorie count of some diet drinks : ONE
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Purplish : LILAC
22
Gumshoe : TEC
23
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
26
Shoemaker's tool : AWL
27
Chicago-to-Miami dir. : SSE
29
Within reach, as a goal : REALIZABLE
30
Down the ___ : TUBES
31
River to the Volga : OKA
32
Tightrope walker's need : NET
37
Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
38
Have in hand : OWN
39
"Well, ___!" : ILLBE
40
Hoover, e.g. : DAM
41
"See ___ care!" : IFI
42
Erte forte : ARTDECO
45
Seaplane float : PONTOON
46
"Totally cool!" : AWESOME
47
When doubled, sister of Eva : ZSA
49
Early second-century year : CII
50
Make less dingy : WHITEN
51
Boring tools : AUGERS
56
Aspiring J.D.'s exam : LSAT
57
Where the Clintons met : YALE
58
Fellow, slangily : DUDE
59
J.F.K. landers, once : SSTS
60
Late July baby : LEO
61
When the Supreme Court reconvenes: Abbr. : OCT
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Ball raiser : TEE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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