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New York Times, Monday, November 9, 2009

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Latino's Yankee buddy
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: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 46 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 12%
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© 2009, The New York Times11/9/9 ( No. 21,916 )
Across
1
Actor's representative : AGENT
6
Group of actors : CAST
10
Eye desirously : OGLE
14
Copy machine powder : TONER
15
German king who became an early Holy Roman Emperor : OTTO
16
Whoppers : LIES
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Rushed, as a decision : HASTY
18
Throat soother : COUGHDROP
20
Gin-touting Whitney : ELI
21
I.M. provider : AOL
22
Slanted : ATILT
23
Time just after sunset : NIGHTFALL
27
Almost any element whose name ends in -ium : METAL
29
12th graders : SENIORS
30
Class for U.S. citizens-to-be : ESL
32
"___ you kidding?!" : ARE
33
Three: Prefix : TRI
34
Letter after sigma : TAU
35
Alan who directed and starred in "Betsy's Wedding" : ALDA
36
Where dishes may pile up : KITCHENSINK
39
Give off : EMIT
41
Motorists' org. : AAA
42
Lowest-ranking G.I. : PVT
43
Paper Mate product : PEN
44
"Larry King Live" channel : CNN
45
Sneaky types : WEASELS
49
Latino's Yankee buddy : ANGLO
51
Go in without a suit : SKINNYDIP
53
Rulers until 1917 : TSARS
55
"What's more ..." : AND
56
All ___ day's work : INA
57
Problem-solving research institute : THINKTANK
59
Shade of yellow : AMBER
61
Slime : OOZE
62
Boundary : EDGE
63
"Winnie-the-Pooh" writer : MILNE
64
Cheers for the matador : OLES
65
Warty hopper : TOAD
66
Newspapers collectively : PRESS
Down
1
Parthenon's site : ATHENS
2
Only soccer player who can throw the ball : GOALIE
3
Junior naval officer : ENSIGN
4
Kind of profit or loss : NET
5
Take a stab at : TRY
6
Hot winter drinks : COCOAS
7
Ring-shaped island : ATOLL
8
Disco guy on "The Simpsons" : STU
9
"Animal House" garb : TOGA
10
Radio blast from the past : OLDIE
11
Chitchat at a sweet sixteen sleepover : GIRLTALK
12
Ballerina's tight-fitting attire : LEOTARD
13
Meeting of the minds, for short? : ESP
19
WWW letters : HTML
21
From Niger or Nigeria : AFRICAN
24
Bandleader's "Let's go!" : HITIT
25
Wrongful act : TORT
26
Low in fat : LEAN
28
"Back to the Future" actress Thompson : LEA
31
Discontinue for now : SUSPEND
34
Black or green drink : TEA
35
Restless : ANTSY
36
Really big, as a mattress : KINGSIZE
37
Brinker with storied skates : HANS
38
Nobelist Pavlov : IVAN
39
Clean Air Act org. : EPA
40
18-Across ingredient : MENTHOL
44
It's popped on New Year's Eve : CORK
45
Sent an eye signal : WINKED
46
Fit for consumption : EDIBLE
47
White sale items : LINENS
48
Bowling scores inferior to strikes : SPARES
50
Places to make 48-Down : LANES
52
Roo's mom in "Winnie-the-Pooh" : KANGA
54
"Do not change," to an editor : STET
57
Likewise : TOO
58
Hustle and bustle : ADO
59
Measure of electric current : AMP
60
Onetime space station : MIR

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