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New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Author:
Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Across : Some cowboys
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
228/26/200410/23/202314
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13632331
ScrabDebutFresh
1.599247%
Stella Zawistowski
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
198/26/200410/19/201518
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2264320
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6110045%
Bruce Venzke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Zawistowski. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Venzke. Tuesday freshness: 83%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/6/7 ( No. 20,909 )
Across
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Computer character set, for short : ASCII
6
Fruity alcoholic brand : ZIMA
10
Alternative to whole or 2% : SKIM
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Bombards with bogus offers, say : SPAMS
15
Land of Esau's descendants : EDOM
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Office missive : MEMO
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Booze : HAPPYJUICE
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John, in Russia : IVAN
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Followers of appetizers : ENTREES
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Comic's gimmick : SCHTICK
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Sport ___ (vehicle) : UTE
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Chemistry Nobelist Otto : HAHN
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Hopalong Cassidy player William : BOYD
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Sparked, as curiosity : PIQUED
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Vampire's form : BAT
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Offshoot of the Winnebago tribe : OTOE
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Sandwich go-with : SOUP
37
Princess' accessory : TIARA
39
Ignores : SHUNS
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Isn't anymore : WAS
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How much music is sold nowadays : ONCDS
43
Stearns & Foster competitor : SERTA
44
Mars' Greek counterpart : ARES
46
Horn sound : TOOT
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"___ you kidding?" : ARE
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Suffered defeat at the hands of : LOSTTO
50
Professor 'iggins : ENRY
51
Ballerina's garb : TUTU
53
Yalta conf. attendee : FDR
55
Church candle lighter : ACOLYTE
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Some cowboys : GAUCHOS
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Bearded animal : GOAT
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Czar's treasure : FABERGEEGG
65
Yalta conf. locale : USSR
66
Airs : ISON
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Not exactly a brainiac : IDIOT
68
Soul singer James : ETTA
69
Preacher's reading : TEXT
70
Uncool sorts : NERDS
Down
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Tennis's Arthur : ASHE
2
Approximately 1,600 feet, for the Brooklyn Bridge : SPAN
3
Skipper: Abbr. : CAPT
4
Not wise : IMPRUDENT
5
"The best ___ to come" : ISYET
6
Chief Olympian : ZEUS
7
Mean Amin : IDI
8
Soft shoes, informally : MOCS
9
Mustachioed Don of classic films : AMECHE
10
Most common U.S. surname : SMITH
11
"Apollo 13" co-star : KEVINBACON
12
Colorful computer : IMAC
13
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" figure : MONK
18
Wranglers, e.g. : JEEPS
22
"It ___ Be You" : HADTO
25
___ nova : BOSSA
26
Not this or that : OTHER
27
Comment to a goner : YOURETOAST
29
Offshoot of the Winnebagos : IOWAS
30
Milk purchase : QUART
31
In a lather : UPSET
33
Fervency : ARDOR
34
Yummy : TASTY
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Serve as a mediator : INTERCEDE
40
Like most potato chips : SALTY
45
Up to now : SOFAR
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Costume : OUTFIT
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Hardly a moderate : ULTRA
54
Started eating : DUGIN
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Malarial symptom : AGUE
56
How much to pay : COST
57
Life of Riley : EASE
58
Lady's escort : GENT
59
Crown prince, e.g. : HEIR
60
Prayer start : OGOD
61
Some NCO's : SGTS
64
Go a few rounds : BOX

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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