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New York Times, Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Combo sessions
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QU} This is puzzle # 47 for Ms. Blackard. Wednesday freshness: 36%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/8/6 ( No. 20,574 )
Across
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1983 Mr. T flick : DCCAB
6
Greeted the day : AROSE
11
Bro or sis : SIB
14
Sitcom character who got married on 10/28/74 : RHODA
15
Cut : SEVER
16
Fleischer with the 2005 memoir "Taking Heat" : ARI
17
"Swell" 50's footwear : SADDLESHOES
19
Small matter: Abbr. : MOL
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Never-dying : ETERNAL
21
Taboo : NONO
22
Class distinctions? : HONORS
24
"Keen" 50's apparel : BOBBYSOX
27
Clark's co-star in "Mogambo" : AVA
28
R.R. stop : STA
30
Cardin rival : ARMANI
31
Combo sessions : JAMS
33
Cousin of a vandyke : GOATEE
36
"Nifty" 50's threads : LETTERSWEATER
41
Tossed salad ingredient : RADISH
42
Deceive but good : SNOW
44
Security checkpoint item : IDCARD
47
One on whom subtlety is lost : OAF
50
Sèvres summer : ETE
51
"Cool" 50's hairstyle : PONYTAIL
54
"That's O.K." : NOPROB
56
1961 space chimp : ENOS
57
Final part of a journey : LASTLEG
59
Bird watcher, maybe : CAT
60
"Neato" 50's fashion : POODLESKIRT
64
Mugful : ALE
65
It takes your breath away : APNEA
66
Leaked out : OOZED
67
Things sometimes found in towers : CDS
68
Bare minimum : LEAST
69
Athletic events : MEETS
Down
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Laura and Phil, for two : DRS
2
When repeated, a dance : CHA
3
Operation Desert Fox, e.g. : CODENAME
4
Supplement : ADDTO
5
Haymaking machines : BALERS
6
Part of Nasdaq: Abbr. : ASSN
7
Exercise may be part of it : REHAB
8
Convex molding : OVOLO
9
"Savvy?" : SEE
10
Med. drama sites : ERS
11
Indian turnover : SAMOSA
12
Many a decal : IRONON
13
City hit by hurricane Katrina : BILOXI
18
Once, long ago : ERST
21
"Miracle" team of '69 : NYMETS
22
Leon Uris novel, with "The" : HAJ
23
Like some lockets : OVAL
25
Diminish : BATE
26
La ___ Tar Pits : BREA
29
Prefix with cultural : AGRI
32
Doesn't keep to the straight and narrow : STRAYS
34
Org. in old spy stories : OSS
35
"Horton Hears ___" : AWHO
37
Lip-puckering : TART
38
Old Icelandic literary work : EDDA
39
Pep up : ENERGIZE
40
___-Rooter : ROTO
43
Place to site-see? : WEB
44
Syrup of ___ : IPECAC
45
Duck whose birthday is March 13 : DONALD
46
Big bills : CNOTES
48
Penny ___ : ANTE
49
Prison in a Johnny Cash song : FOLSOM
52
Actress Massey of "International Lady" : ILONA
53
Puts on cargo : LADES
55
Tea kind : PEKOE
58
Bed board : SLAT
60
Amigo : PAL
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"Morn did ___ / Its pale eyes then ...": Shelley : OPE
62
Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. : RET
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QB's goals : TDS

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