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New York Times, Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Comb stoppers
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Lempel. Tuesday freshness: 50%
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L
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J
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© 2006, The New York Times1/3/6 ( No. 20,510 )
Across
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Serf's oppressor : LORD
5
Pirate Laffite : JEAN
9
Joe ___ (average guy) : SCHMO
14
Numbered work : OPUS
15
Competent : ABLE
16
Butter maker : CHURN
17
Drink for Vanna? : WHITESALE
19
Funny O'Donnell : ROSIE
20
Augusta National members : MEN
21
Rob ___ (drink with Scotch) : ROY
22
Caught some Z's : SLEPT
24
Novelist Lurie : ALISON
26
Regulation for Natalie? : COLESLAW
29
Cold place? : SINUS
30
Barbarian of the comics : CONAN
31
Potato feature : EYE
32
Wilts : SAGS
33
Critique harshly : PAN
34
Fools around (with) : MESSES
36
Dessert for Edith? : HEADSTART
39
Roundup rope : LARIAT
42
Form 1040 org. : IRS
43
Shade providers : OAKS
47
Prez on a fiver : ABE
48
Sharp-tasting : TANGY
50
Enough : AMPLE
51
Family for Pearl? : BUCKSKIN
53
Appreciative diner : TIPPER
54
Diarist Nin : ANAIS
55
Kipling hero : KIM
56
Sales worker, for short : REP
57
Give the O.K. : ALLOW
59
Sound quality for George? : SANDSTONE
62
River's end, sometimes : DELTA
63
Soothing gel ingredient : ALOE
64
Place to broil : OVEN
65
Scaredy-cat : SISSY
66
Pen points : NIBS
67
Plain writing : TEXT
Down
1
Catholic rite that lacks singing : LOWMASS
2
Tragic figure in "Hamlet" : OPHELIA
3
Spoiling : RUINING
4
P.M. brightener : DST
5
Chief Argonaut : JASON
6
Auction site : EBAY
7
Entirely : ALL
8
"Schindler's List" star : NEESON
9
Airport anti-terrorism worker : SCREENER
10
Cuts (up) : CHOPS
11
Disco dances : HUSTLES
12
Certain hosp. test : MRI
13
Solitary : ONE
18
Cupid, to the Greeks : EROS
23
Andes climbers : LLAMAS
25
Kind of bar : SUSHI
26
Hand over, as for sale : CONSIGN
27
Senate vote : AYE
28
General Clark, to friends : WES
30
Knave : CAD
33
Three-term New York governor : PATAKI
35
Step (on) : STOMP
37
Erodes : EATSAWAY
38
Attempt : TRY
39
Family dog, for short : LAB
40
Baghdad's ___ Ghraib prison : ABU
41
Consumer safety measures : RECALLS
44
Give the go-ahead : APPROVE
45
Sniffler's supply : KLEENEX
46
Garden of Eden inhabitant : SERPENT
49
Sentra maker : NISSAN
50
Prepares to shoot : AIMS
52
Comb stoppers : KNOTS
53
Moon-related phenomena : TIDES
55
Radio dial : KNOB
57
Madison Ave. output : ADS
58
Oahu memento : LEI
60
___ Baba : ALI
61
Young'un : TOT

Answer summary:
3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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