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New York Times, Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Force
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {CQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 36 for Ms. Lempel. Wednesday freshness: 15%
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© 2008, The New York Times9/24/8 ( No. 21,505 )
Across
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Empty-headed sort : BIMBO
6
Battle to remember, with "the" : ALAMO
11
"And ___!" : HOW
14
Frequent Jacques Brel song subject : AMOUR
15
Like the Battle of Trafalgar : NAVAL
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Work by Gray or Spenser : ODE
17
One of the "dumbest dumb animals," according to 60-Across : HUMMINGBIRD
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Eye protector : LID
20
Polynesian land : SAMOA
21
Walton who founded Wal-Mart : SAM
22
Some Jim Beam quaffs : RYES
23
Classic Main Street liners : ELMS
25
Unpaid factory worker : ROBOT
27
Start of the reason the 17-Across is one of the "dumbest dumb animals" : ITSREALLYTIMEHE
33
Pics for docs : MRIS
34
Corn locale : TOE
35
Shown in full : BARED
36
Course number : PAR
37
Chairs : HEADS
40
Car wash item : RAG
41
Award for Best Novel won three times by Dick Francis : EDGAR
44
Person to bum around with : PAL
45
Driver's warning? : FORE
46
End of the reason : LEARNEDTHEWORDS
50
Tropical vine : LIANA
51
Unpleasant look : LEER
52
"The Grapes of Wrath" surname : JOAD
54
Easter egg brightener : DYE
56
Goddess of home and family : VESTA
59
"Golly!" : OOH
60
See 17-Across : GEORGEBURNS
63
F.D.R. employment initiative : WPA
64
Craze : MANIA
65
Steaming : IRATE
66
Trip provider? : LSD
67
Wilderness walks : TREKS
68
Conical home : TEPEE
Down
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"Humph!" : BAH
2
"___ in the Morning" : IMUS
3
Guggenheim alternative in N.Y.C. : MOMA
4
Lousy breaks : BUMMERS
5
Orange-and-black flier : ORIOLE
6
Taiwanese-born director Lee : ANG
7
Where many cultures thrive : LABS
8
Home for a 5-Down, maybe : AVIARY
9
Rockies rodent : MARMOT
10
Out of vogue : OLD
11
Imp plus : HOLYTERROR
12
Jon's comics canine : ODIE
13
Ends an engagement : WEDS
18
M.V.P. of Super Bowl III : NAMATH
22
Home of the Galleria Borghese : ROMA
24
Gin flavoring : SLOE
26
Something to drool over? : BIB
27
Force : IMPEL
28
Vocation : TRADE
29
"Le Morte d'Arthur" figure : SIRGALAHAD
30
Took a giant step : LEAPT
31
Found out : HEARD
32
Outer reaches : EDGES
38
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" author : DAHL
39
Elbow locale : SLEEVE
42
Perennially parched : ARID
43
Protein-producing substance : RNA
45
Definitely : FORSURE
47
Make lovable : ENDEAR
48
The beginning : DAYONE
49
Tad : WEEBIT
52
Bloodhound feature : JOWL
53
Bungler's cry : OOPS
55
"CHiPs" actor Estrada : ERIK
57
Decoy : TRAP
58
Start to date? : ANTE
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Clock setting at 0 degrees longitude: Abbr. : GMT
61
Fuel on the range : GAS
62
Witness : SEE

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

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