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New York Times, Thursday, December 1, 2005

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Across : Gets mushy
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {GJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 85 for Mr. Ross. Thursday freshness: 90%
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© 2005, The New York Times12/1/5 ( No. 20,477 )
Across
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Watchdog org.? : ASPCA
6
Gets mushy : MELTS
11
Nasdaq listings, for short : COS
14
Horizon standout : SPIRE
15
Farm letters? : EIEIO
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Squishee seller on "The Simpsons" : APU
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Where to home-shop for French couture? : COCOCHANNEL
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Kauai keepsake : LEI
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Bookbinding leather : ROAN
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"___ a date!" : ITS
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Give the brush-off? : DELINT
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They can be hurled at people : INSULTS
26
Bloody Mary alternatives : MIMOSAS
27
Miss America Myerson and others : BESSES
28
Dickens character with a metallic voice? : TINNYTIM
29
Old Tokyo : EDO
30
Some roulette bets : NOIRS
32
Alpine stream : AARE
33
Start of a British poet's card game? : DONNEDEAL
36
Sailing : ASEA
39
Positive end : ANODE
40
Citrus ___, Calif. : HTS
43
Desk clerks, bellhops, maids, etc.? : INNCROWD
46
Angry with : SOREAT
48
Turn into something else : RESHAPE
49
Spanish island : MENORCA
50
Letter : TENANT
51
"Frisco ___" (1945 crime drama) : SAL
52
Impend : LOOM
53
Military org. that had roots in the Easter Rising : IRA
54
Nokia, in the telephone business? : FINNISHLINE
57
L'Adriatique, par exemple : MER
58
Great deal : OCEAN
59
Confrontation : RUNIN
60
Long introduction? : ERE
61
Answers, quickly : RSVPS
62
Proposal parameters : SPECS
Down
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Attribute : ASCRIBE
2
Acted amorously : SPOONED
3
Pioneering collagist : PICASSO
4
Titan dethroned by his son : CRONUS
5
Post-Manhattan Project org. : AEC
6
Supermarket section : MEATS
7
One from Germany? : EINS
8
Quarterback Dawson : LEN
9
Connected (with) : TIEDIN
10
Like some oaths : SOLEMN
11
Flockhart of "Ally McBeal" : CALISTA
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Alfresco : OPENAIR
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"No problem here" : SUITSME
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Makes an unwanted pass at : HITSON
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Like a good subject : LOYAL
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Big name in late-night : LENO
26
Botch : MISDO
28
In thing : TREND
31
Left speechless : INAWE
33
Russian summer retreat : DACHA
34
Bombs produced in the 1950's : EDSELS
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Almost eternity : AEON
36
TV Guide info : AIRTIME
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Not a good looker? : SNEERER
38
Catch : ENSNARE
40
Scheherazade, for one : HEROINE
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New York's ___ State Parkway : TACONIC
42
Filaments' structures : STAMENS
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Sought, as office : RANFOR
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Field of vision? : OPTICS
47
Amass : ROLLUP
49
Principal pipes : MAINS
51
Lose it : SNAP
55
Sen. Reid's home: Abbr. : NEV
56
Big hits: Abbr. : HRS

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

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