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New York Times, Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Points a finger at
TotalDebutLatest
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.6510338%
Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQX} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Parrish. Tuesday freshness: 60%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/19/6 ( No. 20,769 )
Across
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Cube creator Erno : RUBIK
6
Rudely ignore : SNUB
10
Computer graphics file format : JPEG
14
"Saturday Night Live" alum Cheri : OTERI
15
Green Hornet's sidekick : KATO
16
Push for : URGE
17
Two-time Oscar winner Dianne : WIEST
18
Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
19
Roseanne, formerly : BARR
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Camera type, briefly : SLR
21
See 33-Down : KITCHENITEM
24
Points a finger at : BLAMES
26
Leases again : RELETS
27
Nogales nap : SIESTA
29
Oliver's request : MORE
30
Indianapolis gridder : COLT
31
Be slack-jawed : GAPE
34
Pool measurement : DEPTH
38
Hole-making tool : AWL
39
Is a member : BELONGS
41
"Yes, madame" : OUI
42
"You never know ..." : MAYBE
44
Decorative case : ETUI
45
Barely manages, with "out" : EKES
46
Narrow inlets : RIAS
48
S.F. Giants' div. : NLWEST
50
Map feature : LEGEND
53
Less complicated : EASIER
55
See 33-Down : ILLEGALDRUG
57
Aunt Polly's nephew, in a Twain classic : TOM
60
Yugoslavia's Josip ___ Tito : BROZ
61
Heart of the matter : GIST
62
Throw with effort : HEAVE
64
Boxer's prefight attire : ROBE
65
"Able was I ___ ..." : EREI
66
Kindergartners : TYKES
67
They sometimes "have it" : AYES
68
Telemarketer's aim : SALE
69
Tea leaf readers, e.g. : SEERS
Down
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Seating sections : ROWS
2
Gas, e.g.: Abbr. : UTIL
3
See 33-Down : BEERBELLY
4
Form 1040 org. : IRS
5
Popular Hershey bar : KITKAT
6
Do lutzes, e.g. : SKATE
7
Pushers' pursuers : NARCS
8
Six-sided state : UTAH
9
Ravel classic : BOLERO
10
On fire, as some desserts : JUBILEE
11
Ramble on : PRATE
12
White-plumed wader : EGRET
13
Listerine targets : GERMS
22
Spin doctor's concern : IMAGE
23
The out crowd : NERDS
25
D-Day craft : LST
27
Shell game : SCAM
28
Corn Belt state : IOWA
29
List of options : MENU
32
Drinks with heads : ALES
33
Word that defines 21- and 55-Across and 3- and 35-Down : POT
35
See 33-Down : POKERTAKE
36
Mardi Gras, e.g.: Abbr. : TUES
37
H.S. subject : HIST
39
It's alive : BEING
40
Kind of knife advertised on TV : GINSU
43
Summer coolers : BREEZES
45
Farm female : EWE
47
"Let sleeping dogs lie" and others : ADAGES
49
Start of a director's directive : LIGHTS
50
Virgo's follower : LIBRA
51
Jetson boy : ELROY
52
Shakespeare's theater : GLOBE
53
1950's automotive embarrassment : EDSEL
54
Clarinetist Shaw : ARTIE
56
The euro replaced it : LIRA
58
All done : OVER
59
Military meal : MESS
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Artist's asset : EYE

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