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New York Times, Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Author:
Frances Hansen (1919-2004)
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Across : Go after, in a way
TotalDebutLatest
12112/27/19643/29/2006
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
111.631958149%
Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 121 for Ms. Hansen. Wednesday freshness: 35%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/29/6 ( No. 20,595 )
Across
1
Baseball datum : ATBAT
6
Word after a sneeze : SALUD
11
TV part : CRT
14
Constellation next to Scorpius : NORMA
15
Gladiators' locale : ARENA
16
Stephen of "V for Vendetta" : REA
17
Something that's pitched : TRASH
18
Breezy "Of course!" : NATCH
19
School mo. : APR
20
Hunkpapa leader : SITTINGBULL
22
Proactiv target : ZIT
23
J.F.K. posting : ETA
24
Toledo-to-Columbus dir. : SSE
25
Talkative one : MYNA
26
The Big Easy, to Louisianans : NAWLINS
30
William Tell, e.g. : ARCHER
32
Biblical verb ending : ETH
33
Apache leader : GERONIMO
36
Cry of pride : VOILA
39
Matterhorn or Jungfrau : ALP
40
Graceful tree : BIRCH
43
Shawnee leader : TECUMSEH
46
Go after, in a way : SUE
47
Start of a doubleheader : OPENER
49
Del Monte facility : CANNERY
52
Opposite of pobre : RICO
53
Ceiling : CAP
56
Jimmy Durante's "Inka Dinka ___" : DOO
57
The works : ALL
58
Nez Percé leader : CHIEFJOSEPH
63
Company V.I.P. : CEO
64
Actress Anouk : AIMEE
65
Fiats : DICTA
66
Baseball's Gehrig : LOU
67
Jack : KNAVE
68
"The Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
69
Tug-of-war position : END
70
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
71
Gnawed away : EROSE
Down
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Colonial workers : ANTS
2
Bagels, mathematically : TORI
3
Teacher's handful : BRAT
4
___ Light : AMSTEL
5
Polynesian paradise : TAHITI
6
Warbled : SANG
7
Most Al Jazeera viewers : ARABS
8
"___ pray" : LETUS
9
Tref, in Judaism : UNCLEAN
10
Actress Arlene : DAHL
11
Oglala Sioux leader : CRAZYHORSE
12
Fret : REPINE
13
Kind of control : TARTAR
21
Da ___, Vietnam : NANG
25
Year Theodore Roosevelt took office : MCMI
26
Home of Eureka County: Abbr. : NEV
27
From ___ Z : ATO
28
Iowa leader : WHITECLOUD
29
Sewing juncture : SEAM
31
Josh : RIB
34
"Kidnapped" author's inits. : RLS
35
Grp. that has the world over a barrel? : OPEC
37
"Jaywalking" guy : LENO
38
Serve perfectly : ACE
41
Mongrel : CUR
42
"Listen!" : HEY
44
Gamins : URCHINS
45
Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
47
Delphi forecaster : ORACLE
48
Keep adding to a heap : PILEON
50
Noggin : NOODLE
51
More prying : NOSIER
54
Draw a bead on : AIMAT
55
Annoy : PEEVE
58
Birthday order : CAKE
59
Lawyers' charges : FEES
60
Water well feature : ECHO
61
Frequent fund-raising grps. : PTAS
62
Tortoise racer : HARE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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