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New York Times, Friday, May 12, 2006

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Least
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.6129085%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKWZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 38%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/12/6 ( No. 20,639 )
Across
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With 7-Down, an ordering principle : IBEFOREE
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Program holders : CDROMS
15
Comic born John Sanford : REDDFOXX
16
Boeing rival : AIRBUS
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"For real!" : ITSAFACT
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Least : MEREST
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Sight from New York's Grand Central Parkway : SHEA
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The whim-whams : NERVES
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"Agreed" : YES
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Besteads : HELPS
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Going hand in hand : PAIRED
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Area map : PLAT
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California's ___ Observatory : PALOMAR
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Oil, e.g. : LUBRICANT
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___ Van Duyn, 1991 Pulitzer-winning poet : MONA
38
Part of Hammurabi's code : ATOOTHFORATOOTH
41
First name in sportscasting : MARV
42
Yankee's home : THESTATES
43
Encase : SHEATHE
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Valid conclusion? : ATOR
47
Picked up : LEARNT
49
Browning title character : PIPPA
53
Contribute (to) : ADD
56
Bivouac : ENCAMP
58
Annoy no end : GALL
59
Military wear : BERETS
61
Be sleepy : NEEDANAP
63
Saw : CLICHE
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Gloss : ANNOTATE
65
II : SEQUEL
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Caribbean paradise : STTHOMAS
Down
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Like the River Erne : IRISH
2
"You ___ judge" : BETHE
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"The ___ is here to stay" (ill-considered corporate pronouncement of 1957) : EDSEL
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Need for drugs? : FDAAPPROVAL
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With 9-Down, like some interviews : OFF
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Reddish-brown : ROAN
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See 1-Across : EXCEPTAFTERC
8
Spare : EXTRA
9
See 5-Down : CAMERA
10
Service station sign : DIESEL
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The basics, in a way : RRR
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Follow : OBEY
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Cogitate : MUSE
14
Former boomers : SSTS
21
Special privileges : VIPTREATMENT
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Cut : SLIT
26
Japanese "thanks" : DOMOARIGATO
28
Comment of frustration : ACH
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Not worth discussing : MOOT
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You might get a hand for it : ANTE
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Athletic support : RAHS
33
Thrashes : LAMS
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Kings Peak locale : UTAH
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Drag : BORE
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Drama often with masks : NOH
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Prince Edward I. clock setting : AST
40
Sporty car addition : TTOP
44
Get set to bite : TEETHE
45
Fairy tale brother : HANSEL
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Spoilers, at times : NANAS
50
___ Games : PANAM
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South American silver : PLATA
52
Mont Blanc and others : ALPES
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The basics : ABCS
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Strike out : DELE
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Popular 1940's radio quiz show : DRIQ
57
Shut (up) : PENT
60
French shield : ECU
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"I am such a dummy!" : DOH

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