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New York Times, Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : "Hello, Dolly!" jazzman
TotalDebutLatest
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Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Deodene. Tuesday freshness: 35%
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© 2007, The New York Times9/18/7 ( No. 21,133 )
Across
1
Inane : DUMB
5
___ scan (biometric authentication method) : IRIS
9
Districted : ZONED
14
Cynic's comment : IBET
15
Payload delivery org. : NASA
16
Beam : SMILE
17
Helpful person's line : NONEEDTOTHANKME
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Spiral in space : GALAXY
21
Most comfy : COZIEST
22
Jazz dance : STOMP
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Vice squad arrestees, perhaps : JOHNS
25
Perturbation : ALARM
27
Autumn bloomer : ASTER
32
With 42-Across, helpful person's line : GLADTOBEOF
37
Mesa tribe : HOPI
38
Philosophy of bare existence? : NUDISM
39
Log-in info : USERID
41
Writer Waugh : ALEC
42
See 32-Across : ASSISTANCE
46
Like good pianos and engines : TUNED
48
Levitated : AROSE
49
Versatile fabric : RAYON
51
Lives on : LASTS
56
Spode ensembles : TEASETS
60
Coterie : CLIQUE
61
Helpful person's line : ITWASMYPLEASURE
64
Popular place for 18-Down : PARIS
65
Tied up : EVEN
66
Reel in : LAND
67
With cunning : SLYLY
68
St. Andrew's Day observer : SCOT
69
Virtual mart : EBAY
Down
1
Small jobs for a body shop : DINGS
2
Kriegsmarine vessel : UBOAT
3
___ Park (noted lab site) : MENLO
4
Substitute players : BTEAM
5
Annual racing classic : INDY
6
Squealer : RAT
7
Prefix with tonic : ISO
8
"Hello, Dolly!" jazzman : SATCHMO
9
One of the Gabors : ZSAZSA
10
Bygone Dodge : OMNI
11
Giant in footwear : NIKE
12
Graceful shaders : ELMS
13
It's repellent : DEET
18
Sojourners abroad, for short : EXPATS
19
Darlin' : HON
23
Elbow : JAB
24
Prospecting find : ORE
26
1989's ___ Prieta earthquake : LOMA
28
Flushing stadium : SHEA
29
Having a hard time deciding : TORN
30
Like "Paradise Lost" : EPIC
31
Ferris wheel or bumper cars : RIDE
32
Swarm member : GNAT
33
"To Sir With Love" singer, 1967 : LULU
34
Mideast harbor city : ADEN
35
Cubes at Harrah's : DICE
36
Bother : FUSS
40
___ Artois beer : STELLA
43
Agrees : SAYSYES
44
Sellout letters : SRO
45
Lithium-___ battery : ION
47
Stylish : DRESSY
50
Dough producer, briefly : ATM
52
Airplane seating request : AISLE
53
Fowl entree : SQUAB
54
___ deaf ear to : TURNA
55
Not yet gentrified : SEEDY
56
Much of a waitress's income : TIPS
57
And others, for short : ETAL
58
Cockeyed : AWRY
59
Clipper's sheet : SAIL
60
¢ : CENT
62
Piping compound, briefly : PVC
63
Fierce type, astrologically : LEO

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

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