NY Times, Wed, May 04, 2005

Author: Victor Fleming / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F G W Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.68)
Open squares: 71, Cheater squares: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 5, Freshness Factor™: 54.8 (50.5 Wed. %-ile), NYT Across Lite file
This is puzzle 2 of 23 for Mr. Fleming — solos: 13, collaborations: 10, Sundays: 4

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© 2005, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Term of affection for 37-Across : PAPA
5. Arborist's concern : TREE
9. Daily delivery : MAIL
13. "Beowulf" and "Paradise Lost" : EPICS
15. Optimistic : ROSY
16. Deutsche article : EINE
17. Office of 37-Across : THEHOLYSEE
19. Recommended amount : DOSE
20. Indefatigable : TIRELESS
21. Persian Gulf ship : OILER
22. Football gains or losses: Abbr. : YDS
23. Home for 37-Across : VATICANCITY
26. Ocean's bottom : BED
27. Feel remorse for : RUE
28. Adolescent's outbreak : ACNE
31. Former Israeli P.M. : EHUDBARAK
37. Leader elected in 2005 : POPEBENEDICTXVI
40. Budget director under Jimmy Carter : BERTLANCE
41. "Quickly!" : ASAP
42. Sch. in Tulsa : ORU
43. Really bad coffee : MUD
45. Title for 37-Across : HISHOLINESS
51. ___ au vin : COQ
54. Good way to go out : ONTOP
55. Subject to sanctions, maybe : ONREPORT
57. Party of the first part? : ADAM
58. Predecessor of 37-Across : JOHNPAULII
60. Stir up : RILE
61. View from Toledo : ERIE
62. Ice cream unit : SCOOP
63. Tyne of "Judging Amy" : DALY
64. Kind of blocker : BETA
65. Coastal raptors : ERNS
1. Small-minded : PETTY
2. Sap sucker : APHID
3. Landing places : PIERS
4. Sleep preventer : ACHE
5. Secret engagement : TRYST
6. Martini's partner : ROSSI
7. Nice-to-Rome dir. : ESE
8. Storm part : EYE
9. Battlefield shout : MEDIC
10. Garlicky spread : AIOLI
11. Atlas enlargement : INSET
12. Distrustful : LEERY
14. Figure out : SOLVE
18. __ poisoning : LEAD
21. Last non-A.D. year : ONEBC
24. Boorish : CRUDE
25. BMW competitor : AUDI
26. Red shade : BEET
28. Police alert, for short : APB
29. Miler Sebastian : COE
30. "Morning Edition" airer : NPR
31. Tedium : ENNUI
32. "___ Ramsey," 1970's TV western : HEC
33. Just slightly : ATAD
34. Dr.'s orders : RXS
35. Frank's wife before Mia : AVA
36. Laotian money : KIP
38. Hit to short right, say : BLOOP
39. ___ of Sandwich : EARL
43. No. on a new-car sticker : MSRP
44. "___ directed" : USEAS
45. Squirrel away : HOARD
46. Home to more than a billion : INDIA
47. Hold off : STALL
48. Comfortable : HOMEY
49. Like seven Nolan Ryan games : NOHIT
50. Nine: Prefix : ENNEA
51. Amber or umber : COLOR
52. Belted sky formation : ORION
53. Canal cleaners? : QTIPS
56. Purple shade : PUCE
58. One of the Bushes : JEB
59. Miner matter : ORE
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