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New York Times, Monday, December 4, 2006

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Dog's restraint
TotalDebutLatest
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Chisholm. Monday freshness: 63%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/4/6 ( No. 20,845 )
Across
1
Variety of poker : STUD
5
Actress Rowlands : GENA
9
Vice president Spiro : AGNEW
14
Prefix with glycemic : HYPO
15
Patron saint of Norway : OLAV
16
Dog's restraint : LEASH
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Unlock : OPEN
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Not all : SOME
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"Heavens to ___!" : BETSY
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"Sahara" co-star, 2005 : PENELOPECRUZ
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Capital of New Mexico : SANTAFE
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Lagasse of the Food Network : EMERIL
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Shack : HUT
29
Up to, briefly : TIL
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Prefix with tiller : ROTO
32
Luggage attachment : IDTAG
35
Theme : MOTIF
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Ukraine, e.g., once: Abbr. : SSR
38
Trip to Tahiti, for example : SOUTHSEASCRUISE
41
What andirons support : LOG
42
Blocked from sunlight : SHADY
43
Result of a hit by a leadoff batter : ONEON
44
Med. school subject : ANAT
46
"Pick a card, ___ card" : ANY
47
Getting on in years : OLD
48
Shooting star : METEOR
50
Italian city on the Adriatic : TRIESTE
54
Groups collecting litter : CLEANUPCREWS
57
Ones attracted to flames : MOTHS
60
___ Hashanah : ROSH
61
Landed (on) : ALIT
62
Sharpshooter Oakley : ANNIE
63
"Puppy Love" singer Paul : ANKA
64
Heredity unit : GENE
65
All gone, as food : EATEN
66
Ship's petty officer, informally : BOSN
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
Down
1
Mall units : SHOPS
2
Aggressive, as a personality : TYPEA
3
Ivy League school in Phila. : UPENN
4
Words after "been there" : DONETHAT
5
Become lenient (on) : GOSOFT
6
Act on a sudden itching for a hitching : ELOPE
7
Title : NAME
8
With: Fr. : AVEC
9
Photo book : ALBUM
10
Codger : GEEZER
11
Singer ___ King Cole : NAT
12
Letter before tee : ESS
13
Philosopher's question : WHY
21
Guffaws : LAUGHS
22
Archaeological find : RELIC
25
O'Donnell of "The View" : ROSIE
26
"___ easy to fall in love" (1977 lyric) : ITSSO
27
Sophia of "Two Women" : LOREN
29
Fawner : TOADY
30
___-bitsy : ITSY
32
Muhammad's religion : ISLAM
33
"Lorna ___" : DOONE
34
Gently pull on : TUGAT
35
Average : MEAN
36
Merry play : FROLIC
39
Stock unit : SHARE
40
20 or less, at a bar : UNDERAGE
45
Computer whiz : TECHIE
47
Parentless child : ORPHAN
49
With 52-Down, showbiz's Mary-Kate and Ashley : OLSEN
50
Walrus features : TUSKS
51
Tennis's Monica : SELES
52
See 49-Down : TWINS
53
Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
55
Syrian or Yemeni : ARAB
56
Taboo : NONO
57
Sex kitten West : MAE
58
Go ___ rampage : ONA
59
Explosive letters : TNT

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