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New York Times, Saturday, June 17, 2006

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Across : Operating expense?
TotalDebutLatest
833/6/19834/7/2012
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711.454362379%
Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 69 for Mr. Wolfe. Saturday freshness: 85%
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© 2006, The New York Times6/17/6 ( No. 20,675 )
Across
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"Sweet Liberty" director and star : ALDA
5
Heroin, slangily : SCAG
9
Air, in Augsburg : LUFT
13
Free : FOOTLOOSE
15
Test versions : BETAS
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World War headgear : TINHELMET
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Prepare to take off? : UNTIE
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Deserves a hand? : ANTESUP
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Less apt to trust : WARIER
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High in the Andes : ALTO
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Fiddles with : ALTERS
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They may have private entries : DIARIES
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September through April, to an oysterman : RMONTHS
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Superlatively severe : ACUTEST
29
Snare : MANTRAP
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Tired-looking : WAN
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Turner of records : IKE
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Drew in : ENTICED
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Operating expense? : SCALPEL
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Incentives : STIMULI
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Least conventional : ARTIEST
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Possible result of infection : SEPSIS
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Very bright : NEON
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Gushes, e.g. : EMOTES
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Many cabins : RENTALS
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Flat arrangement? : LEASE
51
Viewers : EYEPIECES
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Microwave feature : TIMER
54
Told all : CAMECLEAN
55
Honorees in l'Église catholique: Abbr. : STES
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Red-bearded god : THOR
57
Cold war grp. : SSRS
Down
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Colgate brand : AFTA
2
Cut off the spine : LOIN
3
Terse bit of advice : DONT
4
Inside : ATHEART
5
Sugar and salt, often : SOLUTES
6
Gardener's supply : COMPOST
7
Suffix with polymer : ASE
8
Near the right answer : GETWARM
9
Soft : LENIENT
10
Applesauce : UTTERTRIPE
11
Opposite of raw deals : FAIRSHAKES
12
Where Can. shares are bought and sold : TSE
14
"The Saint" creator ___ Charteris : LESLIE
15
"Pee-wee's Big Adventure" director : BURTON
20
Michigan college or its town : ALMA
23
William who rode with Paul Revere : DAWES
24
"That doesn't seem feasible to me" : ICANTSEEIT
25
She said "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" : AUNTIEMAME
27
Like L-O-N-D-O-N : SPELT
33
Levies : IMPOSES
34
South Dakota county or its seat : CUSTER
35
N.B.A.'er Mario ___ : ELIE
36
Analyze : DISSECT
37
Resort port where Alfred Nobel died : SANREMO
38
Ivy, e.g. : CREEPER
39
Unaccented : ATONIC
40
High beams? : LINTELS
47
Scores quickly? : ACES
48
King of drama : LEAR
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Info put on some schedules: Abbr. : SSNS
50
Flap and Fuzz of "Beetle Bailey": Abbr. : LTS
52
Cry of impatience : YAH

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

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