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New York Times, Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Author:
Michael Langwald
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Mortarboard tosser
TotalDebutLatest
43/26/20081/28/2009
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Michael Langwald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Langwald. Tuesday freshness: 13%
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© 2008, The New York Times9/16/8 ( No. 21,497 )
Across
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Car parker : VALET
6
Show hunger, in a way : DROOL
11
Snaky shape : ESS
14
Fight site : ARENA
15
Revealing woman on TV? : VANNA
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TV control abbr. : VOL
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Grouch who's plenty mad? : STEAMEDCRAB
19
"___ were you ..." : IFI
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___ limits (election issue) : TERM
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Exhaust : USEUP
22
Abbr. before a name on an envelope : ATTN
23
Always, in poems : EER
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Perennial loser : SADSACK
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Pipsqueak under cross-examination? : GRILLEDSHRIMP
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Bird in the "Arabian Nights" : ROC
33
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
34
20 Questions turn : GUESS
37
Some brews : ALES
39
Daisy Mae's man : ABNER
42
Coffeemaker style : DRIP
43
They're outstanding : DEBTS
45
Agitated state : SNIT
47
Ear: Prefix : OTO
48
Wee lad feted by the Friars? : ROASTEDPEANUT
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Resistance to change : INERTIA
54
Sushi fish : EEL
55
What nomads do : ROAM
56
Shows with pavilions : EXPOS
59
Takeout sign? : DELE
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Class : ILK
64
Burned-out goofball? : FRIEDTURKEY
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Sault ___ Marie, Mich. : STE
67
"Goodnight" girl of song : IRENE
68
Assault on Troy, e.g. : SIEGE
69
Ship's pronoun : HER
70
Weather station's need : RADAR
71
Choice words? : ANDOR
Down
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Seemingly limitless : VAST
2
Comic Johnson : ARTE
3
Goat's look : LEER
4
Glossy finish : ENAMEL
5
Cap with a pompom : TAM
6
Blockbuster rentals : DVDS
7
Talladega 500, e.g. : RACE
8
Torrent : ONRUSH
9
Even (with) : ONAPAR
10
"Chocolate" dog : LAB
11
First lady played by Madonna : EVITAPERON
12
The first letter of "circle" (but not the fourth) : SOFTC
13
Move furtively : SLINK
18
"That's it!" : EUREKA
22
Clear ___ (hard to understand) : ASMUD
24
Loop transports : ELS
26
Beatnik's "Get it?" : DIG
27
Mortarboard tosser : GRAD
28
Cameo, e.g. : ROLE
29
Party warmer-upper : ICEBREAKER
30
She's coming out : DEB
31
Brains : SENSE
35
As originally placed, after "in" : SITU
36
"You missed a ___!" : SPOT
38
Blow hard : STORM
40
Wrap up : END
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Best for picking : RIPEST
44
Did nothing : SAT
46
Golf ball's perch : TEE
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Western mountain chain, with "the" : SIERRA
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Proceeded along the tarmac : TAXIED
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Second man to walk on the moon : ALDRIN
52
March marchers : IRISH
53
Nick of "Affliction" : NOLTE
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Federico of the Clinton cabinet : PENA
58
Baltic feeder : ODER
60
Barely managed, with "out" : EKED
61
Block brand : LEGO
62
One making a visual assessment : EYER
64
Yule tree : FIR
65
"The Star-Spangled Banner" land : USA

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

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