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New York Times, Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Down : ___ sabe
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 148 for Ms. Gorski. Wednesday freshness: 73%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/27/6 ( No. 20,777 )
Across
1
Appropriate-sounding papal name : PIUS
5
Word on a headstone : BORN
9
Gulped bar drinks : SHOTS
14
Waffle brand : EGGO
15
"East of Eden" director Kazan : ELIA
16
Kind of typing : TOUCH
17
They have a chilling effect : COLDSNAPS
19
Exterior : OUTER
20
Skating great Yamaguchi : KRISTI
21
Doubting Thomas, for one : APOSTLE
23
Top guns : ACES
26
Ancient : AGEOLD
27
Not imaginary : CONCRETE
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Gun : REV
32
"___ directed" : USEAS
33
Unswerving : TRUE
35
Popular brand of lingerie : OLGA
39
Excellent, slangily : PHAT
40
Word that can follow the starts of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 30-Down : CALLS
41
"One Tree Hill" target viewer : TEEN
42
Jack-tar : SALT
43
X ___ xylophone : ASIN
44
Gave up : CEDED
45
Cut (off) : LOP
47
Port of Japan : NAGASAKI
49
Scam : FLEECE
52
Rod and reel, e.g. : GEAR
53
Harvesting team : REAPERS
55
Subdued : LOWKEY
60
Departmental opening? : INTRA
61
1983 Burt Lancaster film : LOCALHERO
64
"Keep your ___ the ball" : EYEON
65
Surefooted goat : IBEX
66
In the thick of : AMID
67
___ of time : SANDS
68
Runtish : TINY
69
"___ Lisa" : MONA
Down
1
Pickled peppers measure : PECK
2
Famed lab assistant : IGOR
3
Wrinkled fruit : UGLI
4
Landscapers' supplies : SODS
5
"No nasty comments!" : BENICE
6
Commercial suffix with Rock : OLA
7
Abbr. on a headstone : RIP
8
G-suit acronym : NASA
9
Laughingstock : STOOGE
10
Congressional Record info : HOUSEVOTES
11
___ lunch : OUTTO
12
Kind of count in a blood test : TCELL
13
Bit, as of evidence : SHRED
18
General's display : STARS
22
Whittles (down) : PARES
24
Singer James and others : ETTAS
25
"The Twilight Zone" host : SERLING
27
Recipe measures : CUPS
28
Hazmat regulator : OSHA
29
"Hud" Oscar winner : NEAL
30
Rancher's equipment : CATTLEPROD
34
Ones touching elbows : ULNAE
36
Spartan queen : LEDA
37
Techie, stereotypically : GEEK
38
Me, myself ___ : ANDI
40
Escapade : CAPER
44
Song often sung outdoors : CAROL
46
Where the buoys are? : OCEANS
48
Astronomical study : GALAXY
49
Alternative to onion rings : FRIES
50
Actress Lotte : LENYA
51
Ingested : EATEN
54
Skirt feature : SLIT
56
"Pow!" : WHAM
57
___ sabe : KEMO
58
Land o' blarney : ERIN
59
"Star Wars" sage : YODA
62
Part of a geisha's attire : OBI
63
100 yrs. : CEN

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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