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New York Times, Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Rafter #1
TotalDebutLatest
3111/30/199211/3/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1151111002
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5992215%
Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 24 for Ms. Bender. Tuesday freshness: 28%
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J
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O
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A
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D
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S
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W
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I
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G
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A
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T
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O
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L
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L
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I
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P
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P
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B
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D
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U
P
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E
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C
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P
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F
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T
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R
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S
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C
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A
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P
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L
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N
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C
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A
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B
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A
L
L
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H
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S
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F
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S
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P
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C
K
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F
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E
N
N
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S
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I
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O
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P
S
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Q
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D
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Q
U
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Y
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P
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C
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L
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S
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A
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L
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O
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S
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O
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S
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R
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N
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I
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S
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C
R
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O
T
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M
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H
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B
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B
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P
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© 2006, The New York Times6/13/6 ( No. 20,671 )
Across
1
"The Grapes of Wrath" family name : JOAD
5
Drink, as from a bottle : SWIG
9
Lagoon formation : ATOLL
14
"Need You Tonight" group, 1987 : INXS
15
___ colada : PINA
16
Speakers' platforms : PODIA
17
Rafter #1 : BUILDINGSUPPORT
20
Snaky shape : ESS
21
"___ homo" : ECCE
22
Capital on the Missouri : PIERRE
23
Opposite of charge : FLEE
24
Ski lift : TBAR
25
Sites of roots : SCALPS
28
Means of enforcing tax compliance : LIEN
29
Trucker's perch : CAB
32
God to 1.2 billion : ALLAH
33
TV watcher's vantage point : SOFA
34
Slugger Sammy : SOSA
35
Rafter #2 : PATRICKOFTENNIS
38
"Dies ___" : IRAE
39
Word from a klutz : OOPS
40
Al Jazeera's home : QATAR
41
Org. that studies U.S. history : DAR
42
Dock : QUAY
43
Big name in pet food : PURINA
44
Ringlet : CURL
45
Animal with a pup : SEAL
46
Greetings before "Pehea 'oe?" ("How are you?") : ALOHAS
49
Husband of a countess : EARL
50
Letters of distress : SOS
53
Rafter #3 : RIVERENTHUSIAST
56
Family insignia : CREST
57
Elevator brake inventor : OTIS
58
Eight furlongs : MILE
59
Frequency unit : HERTZ
60
Cinematic pig : BABE
61
Slog (through) : PLOW
Down
1
Agree : JIBE
2
Burden : ONUS
3
W.W. II foe : AXIS
4
High-speed connection inits. : DSL
5
Oregano and others : SPICES
6
Reaction to a friend's mistake : WINCE
7
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
8
The fill in "fill 'er up!" : GAS
9
Ancient Rome's ___ Way : APPIAN
10
Lush : TOPER
11
Emanation : ODOR
12
Commuters' line to N.Y.C. : LIRR
13
Tardy : LATE
18
Scene of the ancient Pythian games : DELPHI
19
Optimistic : UPBEAT
23
Emergency signal : FLARE
24
Spats : TIFFS
25
Tasty : SAPID
26
Santa ___, Calif. : CLARA
27
Place to exchange vows : ALTAR
28
Eccentric, to put it nicely : LOOPY
29
Tony winner Tom : CONTI
30
Iraqi or Nepali : ASIAN
31
City whose name can be anagrammed, appropriately, to ARABS : BASRA
33
Toast : SKOAL
34
Tie-up : SNARL
36
Appetizer or dessert : COURSE
37
Peers : EQUALS
42
7 on the Mohs scale : QUARTZ
43
Read : PERUSE
44
Place for valuables : CHEST
45
Title in old India : SAHIB
46
Foot part : ARCH
47
Bygone Italian money : LIRE
48
Finished : OVER
49
Grammy winner James : ETTA
50
Jib or spinnaker : SAIL
51
1952 Winter Olympics site : OSLO
52
This-and-that dish : STEW
54
British big shot : NOB
55
Evil spirit : IMP

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