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New York Times, Monday, November 19, 2007

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Soap or lotion, say
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
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673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 27%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/19/7 ( No. 21,195 )
Across
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Bit of smoke : WISP
5
"Jeepers!" : CRIPES
11
Burton who produced "The Nightmare Before Christmas" : TIM
14
Popular plant gel : ALOE
15
Native name for Mount McKinley : DENALI
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Long-distance number starter : ONE
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Subversive group : FIFTHCOLUMN
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Buddy : PAL
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Four: Prefix : TETRA
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QB Manning : ELI
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Repulsive : VILE
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Soap or lotion, say : TOILETARTICLE
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Searched : TROLLED
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Gardner of Hollywood : AVA
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Debtor's promise : IOU
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Wise ones : SAGES
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Suspect's excuse : ALIBI
38
___ Ness monster : LOCH
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Where you may find the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across : PAPER
42
Social slight : SNUB
43
Actor Hawke : ETHAN
45
Sirius or XM medium : RADIO
47
Three: Prefix : TRI
48
No ___, ands or buts : IFS
50
Furry burrowers : GOPHERS
52
Notorious stigma : SCARLETLETTER
57
Umpteen : MANY
58
Fish eggs : ROE
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Mullah's teaching : ISLAM
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Traveler's stopover : INN
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Coveted film honor : BESTPICTURE
66
Stocking's tip : TOE
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Hardly hip : UNCOOL
68
Drooling dog in "Garfield" : ODIE
69
Evil spell : HEX
70
Freshman's topper : BEANIE
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Spiffy : NEAT
Down
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Blow gently : WAFT
2
Tennis champ Nastase : ILIE
3
One who'll easily lend money for a hard-luck story : SOFTTOUCH
4
Fuel by the litre : PETROL
5
U.S. health promoter: Abbr. : CDC
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Auto last made in the 1930s : REO
7
Shoreline opening : INLET
8
Newswoman Zahn : PAULA
9
New York city where Mark Twain is buried : ELMIRA
10
What it is "to tell a lie" : SIN
11
Subject of discussion : TOPIC
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With everything counted : INALL
13
Fracas : MELEE
18
Flags down, as a taxi : HAILS
22
Pharmacy containers : VIALS
24
Vault : LEAP
25
Ventriloquist Bergen : EDGAR
26
Big electrical project inits. : TVA
27
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
28
Underlying cause : ROOT
32
Fed. air quality monitor : EPA
33
Marsh plant : SEDGE
35
Period between : INTERLUDE
36
Jefferson's first vice president : BURR
37
Curve-billed wader : IBIS
39
Hirsute : HAIRY
41
Real sidesplitter : RIOT
44
Org. for Colts and Broncos : NFL
46
Eye-related : OPTIC
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Calm : SERENE
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Charlton of "The Ten Commandments" : HESTON
52
Suffix with black or silver : SMITH
53
It gets a paddling : CANOE
54
Building add-on : ANNEX
55
Puccini opera : TOSCA
56
Pretend : LETON
60
Met highlight : ARIA
61
Assemble : MEET
63
Fella : BUB
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Hawaiian dish : POI
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___ du Diable : ILE

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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