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New York Times, Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Emulate Jack Sprat?
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
485442212852
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 134 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 1%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/1/6 ( No. 20,567 )
Across
1
Mighty bit : ATOM
5
Blackguards : CADS
9
Caribbean island : ARUBA
14
Collar neighbor : NAPE
15
From the top : ANEW
16
Humdrum : BANAL
17
Lower 10 : TOES
18
Oven window material : MICA
19
Like a tumbler : AGILE
20
Get away from the director of "Ishtar"? : ESCAPEMAY
22
Midsized soda bottle : LITER
23
Letter from Greece : ETA
24
"No kidding!" : HONEST
25
Top greengrocer? : ESCAROLEKING
31
Fowl place : ROOST
32
Repellent : VILE
33
Jurist's reading : LAW
36
Unwanted buildup : GUNK
37
Sister of Urania : ERATO
39
Ritzy : POSH
40
Something to slag : ORE
41
Somewhat : ATAD
42
Be bombastic : ORATE
43
Emulate Jack Sprat? : ESCHEWTHEFAT
46
Option at the launderer's : STARCH
49
___ exchange : ION
50
"M" star, 1931 : LORRE
51
Saloon held in trust? : ESCROWBAR
57
Siamese or Persian : ASIAN
58
___ George : LAKE
59
Part of a diamond : HOME
60
Track : SCENT
61
Declare : AVER
62
Common supplement : IRON
63
Brings to a close : HALTS
64
Franco of film : NERO
65
Gusto : ZEST
Down
1
Requirement in a game of dealer's choice : ANTE
2
Sun Belt art colony : TAOS
3
Fuel grp. : OPEC
4
Big butte : MESA
5
Totaled : CAMETO
6
20 Questions category : ANIMAL
7
Numerical prefix : DECA
8
Dominion : SWAY
9
Mother-of-pearl source : ABALONE
10
Infuriated, and showing it : RAGING
11
Go from two to one : UNITE
12
Barn bundles : BALES
13
At the ready : ALERT
21
Sassy : PERT
24
Big Island port : HILO
25
For this reason : ERGO
26
Go bad : SOUR
27
Highway marker : CONE
28
Set a price of : ASK
29
Skirt : EVADE
30
Do-it-yourselfer's purchase : KIT
33
Take it easy : LOAF
34
Hammett canine : ASTA
35
Put an edge on : WHET
37
Make some plates : ETCH
38
Root word? : RAH
39
Grand ___, Nova Scotia : PRE
41
Assaults on Everest, e.g. : ASCENTS
42
"Horrors!" : OHNO
43
Traveling : ERRANT
44
Chair material : WICKER
45
Corrida figure : TORERO
46
Virgule : SLASH
47
Opera set in 1800 Rome : TOSCA
48
Shakespearean sprite : ARIEL
51
Flair : ELAN
52
Set aside : SAVE
53
Phenom : WHIZ
54
Ear bender : BORE
55
"Murder, She Wrote" sheriff ___ Tupper : AMOS
56
Monthly money : RENT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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