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New York Times, Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Talks a blue streak
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 163 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 33%
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© 2006, The New York Times7/5/6 ( No. 20,693 )
Across
1
Deadly biters : ASPS
5
Talks a blue streak : YAPS
9
Tend to, as a turkey : BASTE
14
London Fog product : COAT
15
Passing remarks? : OBIT
16
Razzle-dazzle : ECLAT
17
Waikiki wiggles : HULA
18
Sch. where John Wooden coached : UCLA
19
Caribbean getaway : ARUBA
20
Unique shades at the stable? : ONEHORSETONES
23
99 shares of stock, say : ODDLOT
24
Balkan native : SERB
25
Managed care grp. : HMO
28
It's a wrap : FUR
30
Noticeably sad : TEARFUL
32
George Sand's "Elle et ___" : LUI
35
Laugh loudly : ROAR
37
No-goodnik : LOUSE
38
"Bring us doubles!"? : SENDINTHECLONES
41
Belted hunter : ORION
42
"___-Team" : THEA
43
"ER" roles : MDS
44
"You missed the boat!" : TOOLATE
46
Nine-digit ID : SSN
48
Thesaurus wd. : SYN
49
Squeal : SING
51
Greeting from Santa : HOHOHO
56
Regally decorated witches? : JEWELEDCRONES
59
Lyrist of myth : ERATO
61
Release the buttons of : UNDO
62
Not take the heat well : WILT
63
Short-short skirt : MICRO
64
Bird crop : CRAW
65
Loafer's bottom : SOLE
66
Turnstile feeder : TOKEN
67
Custodian's collection : KEYS
68
___ about (roughly) : ONOR
Down
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Response to a sudden chill : ACHOO
2
In good shape : SOUND
3
Went white : PALED
4
Lesley of "60 Minutes" : STAHL
5
"Go ahead, play" : YOURTURN
6
Kiddie education : ABCS
7
Laundry loads : PILES
8
California redwood and others : STATETREES
9
Dangerous pitch : BEANBALL
10
Plot part : ACRE
11
Auditor's unwelcome discovery : SLUSHFUND
12
Bill : TAB
13
I ___ Pi (playful fraternity name) : ETA
21
Sock-in-the-gut response : OOF
22
Lode load : ORE
26
59-Across and others : MUSES
27
Bullring bravos : OLES
29
Curse of the jinxed : ROTTENLUCK
31
Wiggle ___ : ROOM
32
A bad, bad Brown, in song : LEROY
33
British standard : UNIONJACK
34
Fan fave : IDOL
36
"Say ___" : AHH
38
Barflies : SOTS
39
Dizzy with rapture : INASWOON
40
Money machines, so to speak : CASHCOWS
45
No-win situation? : TIE
47
Scand. land : NOR
50
Literature class : GENRE
52
"Care to elaborate?" : HOWSO
53
Popular parody newspaper, with "The" : ONION
54
"Anybody there?" : HELLO
55
Blender brand : OSTER
57
"To be" to Henri : ETRE
58
Memorable June event : DDAY
59
CPR specialist : EMT
60
John Wayne's "___ Lobo" : RIO

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