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New York Times, Saturday, September 18, 2004

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Philippine language
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21.5529785%
Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKXZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 56%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/18/4 ( No. 20,038 )
Across
1
Treat for tired dogs? : FOOTRUB
8
Source of a large, colorful lingo : CBRADIO
15
Better : IMPROVE
16
1983 Randy Newman song with the lyric "Looks like another perfect day" : ILOVELA
17
Lazybones : LIEABED
18
Select : VOTEFOR
19
Store need: Abbr. : MGR
20
$60 property in Monopoly : BALTIC
22
Unleashes (upon) : SICS
23
Take off : SOAR
25
Wit who recorded the classic 1960 comedy album "At the Hungry I" : SAHL
26
Film equipment, for short : CAM
27
Children's author Eleanor : ESTES
29
Stag : MALE
31
Prompter's whisper : LINE
32
Specialty retailer since 1969 : THEGAP
34
Establish as a goal : TARGETON
36
Antique store section : GLASSWARE
38
Like some police : ONPATROL
41
Bright wrap : SERAPE
45
Airplane part : NOSE
46
"___ way, please" : THIS
48
Beaujolais grape : GAMAY
49
Health org. : AMA
50
They're spotted in ponds : EFTS
52
Modern conference beginning : TELE
53
Soprano Jenny : LIND
55
Is out : SLEEPS
57
"Snuffy Smith" parent : MAW
58
Finished : ENDEDUP
60
Starting guide : RULEONE
62
Brahms work that includes "Behold All Flesh" : REQUIEM
63
It's blue : EROTICA
64
Having the will? : TESTATE
65
Villain, at times : SNEERER
Down
1
Scene of a lot of shooting : FILMSET
2
"Man alive!" : OMIGOSH
3
Be in charge of : OPERATE
4
Musical syllable : TRA
5
Ex-Sen. Charles : ROBB
6
Iris locales : UVEAS
7
Uproar : BEDLAM
8
Basis on which many suits are pressed : CIVILLAW
9
Legislative group : BLOC
10
Moonshine : ROT
11
Birds, in Latin : AVES
12
Perennial government concern : DEFICIT
13
Philippine language : ILOCANO
14
Crew members : OARSMEN
21
"Oh, well" : THATSLIFE
24
Popular music genre : REGGAE
28
Stash (away) : SALT
30
Times : ERAS
31
Ogle : LEERAT
33
Split : PART
35
Lake of rock's Emerson, Lake & Palmer : GREG
37
It's said before God : SOHELPME
38
Having pricked ears : ONALERT
39
Name on a ticket : NOMINEE
40
Manners : PSANDQS
42
Autobiographical subtitle : AMEMOIR
43
Actor in both "Shane," 1953, and "City Slickers," 1991 : PALANCE
44
Spectacles : EYEWEAR
47
Cordwood units : STERES
51
Give the cold shoulder : SPURN
54
Old Test. book : DEUT
55
Mincemeat ingredient : SUET
56
Thorny Eurasian shrub : SLOE
59
Opposite of noche : DIA
61
Quebec's Festival d'___ : ETE

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

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