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New York Times, Thursday, December 28, 2006

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : "Nothing in Common" star, 1986
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Early. Thursday freshness: 55%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/28/6 ( No. 20,869 )
Across
1
Extensive spread : FEAST
6
Start of a quote on obstinacy by James Russell Lowell : THE
9
"Nothing in Common" star, 1986 : HANKS
14
Steven Bochco series : LALAW
15
Gearwheel tooth cutter : HOB
16
Nicholas Gage book : ELENI
17
"Far ___ eye ..." : ASTHE
18
Tribe encountered early in the Lewis and Clark expedition : OTO
19
Central point : NAVEL
20
Kind of camera : STILL
21
Fam. member : REL
22
Place for fishing : CREEK
23
Ruffled, with "up" : HET
24
Quote, part 2 : FOOLISH
27
Upstate N.Y. college : RPI
28
Having a surly demeanor : CRUSTY
30
1967 hit with the repeated lyric "Yes I am / And I can't help / But love you so" : IMAMAN
32
Quote, part 3 : ANDTHEDEADALONE
36
Orchestra section : REEDS
37
Zulfikar ___ Bhutto, 1970's Pakistani leader : ALI
38
"Phooey!" : NERTS
39
Vets, e.g.: Abbr. : DRS
40
Home : ABODE
42
Hook shape : ESS
43
When said three times, comment of annoyance : NAG
45
Bit of neckwear : LEI
48
Quote, part 4 : NEVERCHANGE
53
End of the quote : THEIROPINIONS
55
1977 biographical Broadway play : GOLDA
56
Last: Abbr. : ULT
57
Greek porches : STOAS
59
Intermediary : AGENT
60
Bottom line : SUM
61
Some guitar playing, slangily : LICKS
62
German dessert : TORTE
63
Adelaide-to-Melbourne dir. : ESE
64
Upper sky : ETHER
Down
1
Learning device : FLASHCARD
2
Earliest person to see a sunrise, typically : EASTERNER
3
Cockpit readings : ALTITUDES
4
Stand-up comic famous for carrying a rolled-up newspaper onstage : SAHL
5
Months of the year, e.g. : TWELFTHS
6
Lead-in to fare : THORO
7
Monopoly purchase : HOTEL
8
Stopping place in a Carlo Levi title : EBOLI
9
Cohort : HENCHMAN
10
Bygone spray : ALAR
11
Opposite of eternally : NEVERMORE
12
Quaint school togs : KNEEPANTS
13
Hair quality promised by some shampoos : SILKINESS
25
"___ gods ...!": Brutus, in "Julius Caesar" : OYE
26
Imogene's comic partner : SID
29
Abbr. in a Bible's name : STD
31
McSorley's offering : ALE
33
Tiny bit : DAB
34
"Evil Woman" grp., 1975 : ELO
35
Good Samaritan's offering : AID
40
Golden ___ : AGER
41
Flair : ELAN
43
"You ___ bother" : NEEDNT
44
Fly : AVIATE
46
Isolate : ENISLE
47
Outfielder's cry : IGOTIT
48
Sabre or Senator : NHLER
49
Get up : ROUSE
50
A little better than average : CPLUS
51
Vegas request : HITME
52
Pioneering musician in stereo ___ Light : ENOCH
53
How food may be ordered at a restaurant : TOGO
54
Benefit : SAKE
55
Rod : GAT
58
Old geog. inits. : SSR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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