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New York Times, Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Look without buying
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 155 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 61%
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© 2006, The New York Times1/17/6 ( No. 20,524 )
Across
1
Round after the quarters : SEMIS
6
Sweetheart : BEAU
10
Music staff symbol : CLEF
14
Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" : CAPRA
15
Noisy quarrels : ROWS
16
Come-on : LINE
17
[   ] : ITSANYONESGUESS
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Stranded motorist's need : TOW
21
Bump off : RUBOUT
22
[   ] : WHOCANSAY
28
Stridex target : ACNE
29
Bank take-back, briefly : REPO
30
#1 Oak Ridge Boys hit : ELVIRA
32
Swelling shrinker : ICEBAG
35
Star's part : LEADROLE
39
Nasdaq unit: Abbr. : SHR
40
[   ] : BEATSME
42
Bamboozle : CON
43
Attack : TEARINTO
45
Number on either side of a + : ADDEND
47
Time-honored : AGEOLD
49
"Othello" villain : IAGO
50
Paycheck abbr. : FICA
52
[   ] : IDONTKNOW
55
Penetrated : SANKIN
57
Mattel card game : UNO
58
Answers to 17-, 22-, 40- and 52-Across, literally : CLUELESSREPLIES
65
Gofer: Abbr. : ASST
66
Letters : MAIL
67
Bridal path : AISLE
68
Flower fanciers : BEES
69
C & W mecca, with "the" : OPRY
70
Band with the 1984 hit "Legs" : ZZTOP
Down
1
"Nova" subj. : SCI
2
Grab a bite : EAT
3
AWOL trackers : MPS
4
Nest-egg investment, briefly : IRA
5
Sleigh driver : SANTA
6
Look without buying : BROWSE
7
Geological span : EON
8
Sense of wonder : AWE
9
Cold war initials : USSR
10
Amtrak amenity : CLUBCAR
11
Rest atop : LIEON
12
Come after : ENSUE
13
Celebratory suffix : FEST
18
Hither's opposite : YON
19
Watched over : GUARDED
22
Slap target, sometimes : WRIST
23
"Wag the Dog" actress Anne : HECHE
24
La Scala production : OPERA
25
Corn holder : COB
26
In sum : ALLTOLD
27
"Z" actor Montand : YVES
31
Paul Simon's "___ Rock" : IAMA
33
First name of the second first lady : ABIGAIL
34
Chromosome constituent : GENE
36
Bounding main : OCEAN
37
Vowel sound in "phone" and "home" : LONGO
38
Fund, as a university chair : ENDOW
41
Yours, in Ypres : ATOI
44
Scams : RACKETS
46
"Hägar the Horrible" cartoonist Browne : DIK
48
In a gloomy way : DOURLY
50
Answer choice on a test : FALSE
51
Employed : INUSE
53
Austin-to-Dallas dir. : NNE
54
November birthstone : TOPAZ
55
Wound protector : SCAB
56
Jules Verne captain : NEMO
59
Easy mark : SAP
60
Madam's mate : SIR
61
Designer Claiborne : LIZ
62
Suffix with solo : IST
63
"Strange Magic" grp. : ELO
64
Autumn mo. : SEP

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

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