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New York Times, Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Author:
Timothy Powell
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Beam splitters
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69/19/20051/26/20091
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1.612828%
Timothy Powell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Powell. Tuesday freshness: 55%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/23/7 ( No. 20,895 )
Across
1
Hindu master : SWAMI
6
"All That Jazz" director Bob : FOSSE
11
Scoreboard fig. : PTS
14
Apartment sign : TOLET
15
Crayola choice : COLOR
16
Sound of relief : AAH
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Supply weapons to a committee head? : ARMTHECHAIR
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Org. for Bulls and Bucks : NBA
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Check payee, maybe : BEARER
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Deere product : TRACTOR
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Conger catchers : EELERS
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Western resort lake : TAHOE
27
Playboy publisher, to friends : HEF
30
Wimpy : WEAK
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Purchase for a beer blast : CASE
32
Carroll's tea party visitor : ALICE
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Take to the sky : SOAR
36
Scored 100% on : ACED
39
Sophisticated : WORLDLY
41
Be delayed : RUNLATE
43
Banjo site in "Oh! Susanna" : KNEE
44
Magi's origin, with "the" : EAST
46
Heroic Schindler : OSKAR
47
Many a sitcom rating : TVPG
49
Isn't misused? : AINT
51
Colonnade tree : ELM
52
Bengay user : ACHER
54
The "magic word" : PLEASE
56
Calls to help lines : QUERIES
58
California wine valley : SONOMA
62
20's dispenser : ATM
63
Donate to Eve? : SPARETHERIB
66
"Don't ___ fool!" : BEA
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Fruit served in balls : MELON
68
Toothbrush brand : ORALB
69
Author Rand : AYN
70
Huge haulers : SEMIS
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Big name in little trucks : TONKA
Down
1
Wild guess : STAB
2
Sported : WORE
3
___ mater : ALMA
4
Downing Street distance : METRE
5
Nuptials words : ITHEEWED
6
Media watchdog agcy. : FCC
7
"___ la la!" : OOH
8
Blind parts : SLATS
9
Evening, to Yves : SOIR
10
Printing after a printing : ERRATA
11
Criticize a bakery dessert? : PANTHECAKE
12
Just not done : TABOO
13
Don't hog : SHARE
18
___ Stanley Gardner of mysteries : ERLE
22
Cellist Pablo : CASALS
24
Expected grade in a gut course : EASYA
25
Original "King Kong" studio : RKO
27
Pro-war sort : HAWK
28
North Carolina university : ELON
29
Send law enforcement packing? : FIRETHEMAN
31
Grand ___ (wine designation) : CRU
33
Nimble-minded : CLEVER
35
Howard Stern sidekick Lange : ARTIE
37
Series ender : ETAL
38
Skin: Suffix : DERM
40
Piece of dark meat : LEG
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Just O.K. : NOTSOHOT
45
Erie Canal mule : SAL
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Beam splitters : PRISMS
50
Tweed twitter Thomas : NAST
52
Jordanian port : AQABA
53
Good-looker : CUTEY
54
Song of David : PSALM
55
Start of the año nuevo : ENERO
57
Olympics blade : EPEE
59
Algerian city : ORAN
60
Half of half-and-half : MILK
61
"Mamma Mia" pop group : ABBA
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Louis XVI, e.g. : ROI
65
Nav. rank : ENS

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