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New York Times, Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Author:
David Pringle
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : More toothsome
TotalDebutLatest
91/10/20053/18/2008
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21.543328%
David Pringle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Pringle. Tuesday freshness: 93%
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© 2006, The New York Times8/29/6 ( No. 20,748 )
Across
1
Computer key abbr. : ALT
4
Greek salad cheese : FETA
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Duke or earl : NOBLE
13
Tree hugger? : BARK
15
Model married to David Bowie : IMAN
16
Chasm : ABYSS
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Advice for saving money : BUYINBULK
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Be a bad winner : GLOAT
20
Keynote giver, e.g. : ORATOR
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Deluxe : ELEGANT
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More toothsome : TASTIER
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On the A-list : ELITE
26
Put out : ISSUE
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"Hang on!" : ONESEC
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"The Zoo Story" playwright : ALBEE
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North Carolina fort : BRAGG
36
Tokyo, to the shoguns : EDO
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Santa's sackful : TOYS
38
Mournful song : DIRGE
39
Radar signal : BLIP
40
Stubbed thing : TOE
41
Roused : WOKEN
42
Packing pounds : HEFTY
43
Protester's sign word : UNFAIR
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Model add-on : DECAL
47
Vision-related : OPTIC
49
Thoroughly enjoyed : SAVORED
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Denver gridders : BRONCOS
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Mexican missus : SENORA
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Place for a bucket of balls : RANGE
57
Like many immigrants : BILINGUAL
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Orchestra-tuning instruments : OBOES
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Game delayer : RAIN
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___ good example : SETA
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Coolidge's vice president : DAWES
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Kind of belt : AMMO
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"There's ___ in 'team'" : NOI
Down
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Monastery head : ABBOT
2
One of the Bushes : LAURA
3
"___ I might ..." : TRYAS
4
Threads, to a Brit : FIBRES
5
Big bird : EMU
6
Something to spin : TALE
7
Bracelet site : ANKLE
8
Shrew's activity : NAGGING
9
Not quite spherical : OBLATE
10
Alone : BYONESELF
11
Aspiring atty.'s exam : LSAT
12
Guinness Book suffix : EST
14
Chip holders : KITTIES
18
Brouhaha : NOISE
22
Funeral homage : ELOGE
24
Cube creator : RUBIK
27
Blew it : ERRED
29
Trim to fit, maybe : EDIT
30
Cheat on a test, in a way : COPY
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Westernmost of the Aleutians : ATTU
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Wacko : LOON
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"Later!" : BYEFORNOW
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De Mille of dance : AGNES
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Column style : DORIC
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Fits in : BELONGS
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Testimony giver : WITNESS
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Safe place : HAVEN
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High point for Sputnik : APOGEE
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Slots locale : CASINO
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Hooded snake : COBRA
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City on the Seine : ROUEN
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Poetry Muse : ERATO
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___ Lama : DALAI
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Rummy treat : BABA
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Historic silk center : SIAM
56
Engine part : ROD
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Calculus calculation: Abbr. : LIM

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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