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New York Times, Saturday, June 3, 2006

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Arrow poison
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531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 106 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 92%
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© 2006, The New York Times6/3/6 ( No. 20,661 )
Across
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Enclose : SEALIN
7
Plans out in detail : SCRIPTS
14
Unlikely beachgoers : ALBINOS
16
Tyrant : PHARAOH
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Still, maybe : PICTURE
18
Goddess depicted holding a flute : EUTERPE
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Trisected : INTHREE
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Real estate ad abbr. : RMS
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"There ___ time ..." : ISA
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"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author : DAVEEGGERS
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Heated competition? : MEET
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Be sure of, with "on" : RELY
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Bring in : FETCH
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Foaming at the mouth : BERSERK
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Arrow poison : CURARE
32
Heads : TOILETS
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Blandished : CAJOLED
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Celsius who devised the Celsius scale : ANDERS
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Most Marxian? : ZANIEST
36
Bel ___ : PAESE
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Plane-jumping G.I. : PARA
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Auto loan nos. : APRS
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Rant and rave : MAKEASCENE
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Needing a lift : SAD
46
Windjammer : GOB
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Al-Anon member, maybe : ENABLER
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Security personnel? : BROKERS
50
Heralds : RINGSIN
51
If everything fails : ATWORST
52
Not moving : STABILE
53
Picks again : RENAMES
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Holders of conferences? : EASELS
Down
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Tasty : SAPID
2
Actress Löwensohn of "Nadja," 1994 : ELINA
3
"Alias" airer : ABCTV
4
Ballerina-like : LITHE
5
Naturalize : INURE
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"I wouldn't have it any other way" : NOREGRETS
7
Gyroscope inventor : SPERRY
8
Associates closely : CHUMS
9
Refuse visitors : RATS
10
Burn up : IRE
11
Rules for allowing members of the opposite sex into dorms : PARIETALS
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Known to next to none : TOPSECRET
13
Like some swords : SHEATHED
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"Turn! Turn! Turn!" songwriter and others : SEEGERS
23
Army of Hope member : ELK
24
Ancient capital on the Nile : MEROE
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Film maker : FUJI
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Historical Corsican family name : BONAPARTE
28
Soft support : EIDERDOWN
29
Like English pronunciation in most of England : RLESS
30
Sun-burned : SERE
31
Language of ancient Syria : CANAANITE
32
Place to get paella : TAPASBAR
33
They can be carved out : CAREERS
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Ringo's oldest son : ZAK
37
Some cold ones : PABSTS
39
Kind of alphabet : MORSE
40
Arabian capital : SANAA
41
Legendary N.Y.C. club that launched punk rock : CBGBS
42
Woman from Chelsea, in the song "Cabaret" : ELSIE
43
Sam of "Wimbledon," 2004 : NEILL
44
Flying fish eaters : ERNES
46
Spark : GERM
49
R.V. refuge org. : KOA

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

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