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New York Times, Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Author:
Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Like bodybuilders' bodies
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112/12/20061
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0010000
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1.52428%
Stephen Manion
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
473/29/200512/29/202125
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75107666
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.5522358%
Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Manion. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Fleming. Tuesday freshness: 51%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/12/6 ( No. 20,853 )
Across
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Baby deliverers, for short : OBS
4
Bowie's last stand : ALAMO
9
Sledding sites : HILLS
14
Grp. bargaining with G.M. : UAW
15
Well-known : FAMED
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Barely ahead : ONEUP
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*Absolutely : STONECOLD
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1990's treaty acronym : NAFTA
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Hurler : THROWER
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Lean-to, e.g. : SHELTER
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E-mail, say : SEND
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Newspaper with hardly the highest journalistic standards : RAG
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Olive ___ : OYL
27
Psychic's field, in brief : ESP
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Antiseptic brand : LYSOL
31
Backwoods refusal : NAW
34
Lock sites : CANALS
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Muck : MIRE
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Thurman of film : UMA
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Record for later : PRETAPE
41
Convention pin-on : NAMETAG
43
Use a sight : AIM
44
Sorts : ILKS
46
Froggy-throated : HOARSE
47
For instance : SAY
48
Dr. Watson portrayer Bruce : NIGEL
50
Decryption org. : NSA
51
"Yadda, yadda, yadda" : ETC
52
Newsman Russert : TIM
54
Land in un lago : ISLA
57
San Francisco and environs : BAYAREA
61
Like bodybuilders' bodies : SINEWED
63
Song from Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" : ERITU
64
R? ... or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues : BITTEREND
66
Mar. honoree : STPAT
67
Critic Roger : EBERT
68
Storm center : EYE
69
Choppers, so to speak : TEETH
70
Shadings : TONES
71
Road surfacing material : TAR
Down
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Gives the boot to : OUSTS
2
Wash oneself : BATHE
3
*Person with whom one will always fight : SWORNENEMY
4
Three or four : AFEW
5
Corset tightener : LACER
6
Ethically indifferent : AMORAL
7
Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny : MEL
8
Bettors' figures : ODDS
9
*Cough drop flavor : HONEYLEMON
10
As a whole : INALL
11
Port side : LEFT
12
Cousin of a mandolin : LUTE
13
Trade punches : SPAR
18
Acknowledges in passing : NODSAT
22
"Yay!" : HOORAH
25
Place to play hoops : GYM
28
*It's no baloney : PLAINTRUTH
30
Break a commandment : SIN
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*Aspartame brand : NUTRASWEET
32
Amo follower : AMAS
33
Minimum ___ : WAGE
34
P. & L. preparers : CPAS
35
63-Across, e.g. : ARIA
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Piece together, as film : SPLICE
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Heart lines: Abbr. : EKG
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Less complex : EASIER
45
Get firm : SET
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Lend an ear : LISTEN
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Really bother : EATAT
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Anglican topper : MITRE
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Lotte of film : LENYA
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Abacus user : ADDER
57
Primo : BEST
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Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
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"Omigod!" : YIPE
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Be a lookout for, maybe : ABET
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Brings home : NETS
65
Nigerian native : IBO

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

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