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New York Times, Monday, September 19, 2005

Author:
Timothy Powell
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Erase
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69/19/20051/26/20091
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1.612828%
Timothy Powell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Powell. Monday freshness: 53%
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© 2005, The New York Times9/19/5 ( No. 20,404 )
Across
1
"Whew! The workweek's almost over!" : TGIF
5
Ready for picking : RIPE
9
Adjust : ADAPT
14
Indian princess : RANI
15
Disney's "___ and the Detectives" : EMIL
16
Nonsocial type : LONER
17
Memo-heading abbr. : ATTN
18
Alan Alda series : MASH
19
Weak and thin, as a voice : TINNY
20
Chinese main dish : MOOGOOGAIPAN
23
Veer sharply : SWERVE
24
Hymn-playing instruments : ORGANS
28
Actress ___ Dawn Chong : RAE
29
Slight downturn : DIP
31
Trade : SWAP
32
Wading bird : EGRET
35
Unyielding : RIGID
37
Santa ___ winds : ANA
38
Reagan's tax policy, to detractors : VOODOOECONOMICS
41
Astern : AFT
42
Less polite : RUDER
43
Emblem on an Indian pole : TOTEM
44
Dire prophecy : DOOM
46
Frisbee or Slinky : TOY
47
Big mfr. of A.T.M.'s : NCR
48
Mailing a letter or picking up a quart of milk, e.g. : ERRAND
50
Hype : HOOPLA
53
Holler upon walking in the front door : YOOHOOIMHOME
57
State bordering Canada for 45 miles : IDAHO
60
Japanese sashes : OBIS
61
Wife of Osiris : ISIS
62
Carries : TOTES
63
Solomonlike : WISE
64
Pics from which to make more pics : NEGS
65
"You should be embarrassed!" : SHAME
66
Reply to "Shall we?" : LETS
67
Suffix with switch : EROO
Down
1
Streetcar : TRAM
2
Los ___, Calif. : GATOS
3
Like a trailer behind a car : INTOW
4
ID'd : FINGERED
5
Erase : REMOVE
6
Icon : IMAGE
7
Leaning tower site : PISA
8
1-to-12, gradewise : ELHI
9
Place to exchange vows : ALTAR
10
Events : DOINGS
11
Raggedy ___ : ANN
12
Bic or Schaefer : PEN
13
Attempt : TRY
21
Rhetorician : ORATOR
22
Make a surprise visit : POPIN
25
Expect : AWAIT
26
1930's vice president John ___ Garner : NANCE
27
Twitch : SPASM
29
Rather risky : DICEY
30
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
32
Escape, as detection : EVADE
33
Attempt to get : GOFOR
34
Helicopter feature : ROTOR
35
Make over : REDO
36
E-business : DOTCOM
39
Surpass : OUTDO
40
Narcotic pain reliever : MORPHINE
45
Havoc : MAYHEM
47
Squeak and squeal : NOISES
49
Condemned's neckwear? : NOOSE
50
Raise : HOIST
51
Doofus : LOSER
52
Friend in a sombrero : AMIGO
54
Wolf's sound : HOWL
55
Theater award : OBIE
56
Bygone U.S. gasoline : ESSO
57
The "I" in the answer to 1-Across : ITS
58
Dumbbell's cry : DOH
59
See ___ glance : ATA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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