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New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 2005

Author:
Kevan Choset
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : "___ choice"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
279/30/200312/29/20163
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
521.538438%
Kevan Choset

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Choset. Thursday freshness: 79%
1
CLUB
2
C
3
A
4
R
5
H
6
U
7
S
8
H
9
O
10
P
11
E
12
N
13
HEART
14
S
O
M
E
15
A
N
K
A
16
C
A
R
O
B
17
O
M
I
T
18
V
E
I
N
19
E
R
I
T
U
20
D
E
C
A
21
D
E
S
22
O
23
N
A
T
E
A
R
24
A
R
A
R
A
T
25
P
I
O
N
26
C
T
N
27
S
O
28
I
E
29
S
I
30
V
A
31
M
32
A
33
T
34
C
H
35
M
E
36
D
I
C
I
N
37
E
38
S
39
E
L
O
I
40
J
O
K
E
R
41
C
A
R
A
42
L
I
S
A
43
B
O
N
E
T
44
F
I
L
E
S
45
C
O
I
R
46
R
S
47
T
U
48
N
49
E
A
50
G
E
51
L
S
52
O
N
53
D
54
E
55
C
56
K
57
E
N
N
58
O
B
L
E
59
R
O
T
U
N
D
A
60
I
T
I
N
A
61
A
62
R
A
L
63
M
O
R
T
64
L
E
N
I
N
65
R
A
G
E
66
A
L
O
E
67
DIAMOND
R
I
N
G
68
Y
O
U
R
69
S
A
M
SPADE
© 2005, The New York Times9/1/5 ( No. 20,386 )
Across
1
Mobile dining area : CLUBCAR
5
Quiet : HUSH
9
Kind of surgery : OPENHEART
14
Partly : SOME
15
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" singer, 1959 : ANKA
16
Chocolate substitute : CAROB
17
Strike : OMIT
18
Shot's target, maybe : VEIN
19
"Un Ballo in Maschera" aria : ERITU
20
10's and 20's, e.g. : DECADES
22
Rampaging : ONATEAR
24
Literally, "high ground" : ARARAT
25
Subatomic particle : PION
26
U.P.S. unit: Abbr. : CTN
27
French silk : SOIE
29
Part of the Hindu trinity : SIVA
31
Success on a slot machine : MATCH
35
Preparations : MEDICINES
39
"The Time Machine" race : ELOI
40
It's not found within the four corners of this puzzle : JOKER
41
Italian sweetie : CARA
42
"The Cosby Show" actress : LISABONET
44
X-___ : FILES
45
Coconut fiber : COIR
46
Queue after Q : RSTU
48
Perennial subj. of federal funding debates : NEA
50
Hair products : GELS
52
Next : ONDECK
57
Dignify : ENNOBLE
59
Washington landmark, with "the" : ROTUNDA
60
1986 Turner autobiography : ITINA
61
Asian sea name : ARAL
63
Cartoonist Walker : MORT
64
Writer of the "April Theses" : LENIN
65
Red state : RAGE
66
Moisturizer ingredient : ALOE
67
Status-changing gift : DIAMONDRING
68
"___ choice" : YOUR
69
1929 literary character in San Francisco : SAMSPADE
Down
1
Mixer : CLUBSODA
2
Rising star : COMER
3
Lady friend in Italy : AMICA
4
Fix, as a drive : RETAR
5
Must : HAVETO
6
French individuals : UNES
7
Item between two poles : SKI
8
Former enemy capital : HANOI
9
Deep-sea : OCEANIC
10
Goal of a reading : PART
11
It opened in 1825 : ERIECANAL
12
Absent from : NOTAT
13
Possible result of a spicy meal : HEARTBURN
21
Certain race : DASH
23
Polite turndown : NOSIR
25
Impatient gift recipients : PEEKERS
28
"___ a roll!" : IMON
30
Last of a Latin trio : VICI
31
Sportscaster Allen : MEL
32
Ayatollah ___ Khamenei : ALI
33
Longtime NBC Symphony conductor : TOSCANINI
34
"Later" : CIAO
36
Police staff: Abbr. : DETS
37
Afore : ERE
38
European carrier : SAS
40
Superman's father : JOREL
43
How it all started, it's thought : BIGBANG
44
Old TV host Allen : FUNT
47
Shop worker : TOOLER
48
Singer with a 1978 #1 hit with Barbra Streisand : NEILDIAMOND
49
Log : ENTER
51
Actor/comedian Denis : LEARY
53
"Twenty Years After" author : DUMAS
54
___ Gay : ENOLA
55
Computer game format : CDROM
56
Bag lady? : KATESPADE
58
"Come ___" : ONIN
59
Prego rival : RAGU
62
1990's Indian P.M. : RAO

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