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New York Times, Thursday, February 16, 2006

Author:
Levi Denham and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Fairy tales and urban legends
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
108/18/200412/15/20062
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0114220
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.535947%
Levi Denham
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 73, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Denham. This is puzzle # 156 for Ms. Salomon. Thursday freshness: 35%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/16/6 ( No. 20,554 )
Across
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Tosses in : ADDS
5
Petrol provider : ESSO
9
Small dogs, in brief : POMS
13
Spanish peso : DURO
14
Fleece : SCAM
15
Merle Haggard, in song : OKIE
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When the cows come home? : FEEDINGTIME
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Drop off : WANE
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Floral leaf : SEPAL
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Full of eager excitement : FIERYEYED
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"Blast!" : DRAT
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A tee covers it : TORSO
25
Self starter? : HER
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Idle : DORMANT
30
Mystery writer Ambler : ERIC
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Whimsical : FEY
33
"C.S.I.," e.g. : DRAMA
37
Place : LIEU
38
Ominous cry : FEEFIFOFUM
40
Point : ITEM
41
It may cover shells : PESTO
43
"There's ___ in 'team'" : NOI
44
Sheet of stamps : PANE
45
Noted gateman : STPETER
48
Sister or mother : NUN
49
Bank robber's secret : CACHE
51
___-poly : ROLY
53
Fairy tales and urban legends : FOLKLORES
56
Shade of brown : MOCHA
59
Mrs. Dithers of "Blondie" : CORA
60
Grope : FUMBLEABOUT
62
Years in Isabella's reign : ANOS
63
Ages : ERAS
64
Cold capital : OSLO
65
Put on film, in Variety-speak : LENS
66
A few : SOME
67
Satirist Freberg : STAN
Down
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Commercial charges : ADFEES
2
Bro : DUDE
3
Leaves hanging : DRIPDRIES
4
Salvager's equipment : SONAR
5
Ultimate ending : EST
6
Video store section : SCIFI
7
Changeless : SAME
8
Sequel to Puzo's "The Last Don" : OMERTA
9
Show of control, slangily : POWERTRIP
10
Green-lights : OKAYS
11
Sal of "Giant" : MINEO
12
Germ : SEED
17
Tickled : GLAD
21
Over there, poetically : YOND
23
Chewy treat : TOFFEE
25
Fab Four flick : HELP
26
Great Lakes city : ERIE
28
Purify : REFINE
29
"Hogwash!" : MYFOOT
31
Plays hooky : CUTSCLASS
34
Regardless of the consequences : ATANYCOST
35
File ___ : MENU
36
"You got that right!" : AMEN
39
Releasing more exhaust : FUMIER
42
Emperor before Vitellius : OTHO
46
Makes good cense? : PERFUMES
47
Home of Aeropuerto de Fiumicino : ROMA
49
Spitting image : CLONE
50
Canton neighbor : AKRON
52
Western wolves : LOBOS
53
___ point : FOCAL
54
Spanish river to the Mediterranean : EBRO
55
Major dis : SLAM
57
Wahine's dance : HULA
58
Heaps : ATON
61
Wind dir. : ESE

Answer summary:
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