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New York Times, Thursday, October 13, 2005

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Printing on some cigar wrappers
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 14, Columns: 14 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKQZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 50 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 12%
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© 2005, The New York Times10/13/5 ( No. 20,428 )
Across
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One born near the Butt of Lewis : SCOT
5
Dish eaten with a spork : SLAW
9
Dark-skinned fruit : SLOE
13
One-sixth of an inch : PICA
14
Lose power : WANE
15
Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie : LOTT
16
Helpful multiple-choice answer : ATHISISNTRIGHT
19
"I think we should" : YESLETS
20
"Later" : SEEYOU
21
Important licensing org. : FCC
22
Chums : BUDS
23
Helpful multiple-choice answer : BNEITHERISTHIS
30
Much of suburbia : LAWNS
31
Bit of butter : PAT
32
Nomadic warrior of the Old West : UTE
33
Sugar suffix : OSE
34
Darn : SEW
35
Swiss Alp : EIGER
37
Helpful multiple-choice answer : CTRYTHENEXTONE
41
Life instinct, to Freud : EROS
42
Aves. : STS
43
Echevarría who played Santa Ana in 2004's "The Alamo" : EMILIO
46
Prepare for a wild ride : STRAPIN
50
Helpful multiple-choice answer ... or is it? : DALLOFTHEABOVE
52
"True!" : ISSO
53
Inventor, of a sort : LIAR
54
Cheers : OLES
55
Opening for peace talks : THAW
56
Trees used to make archery bows : YEWS
57
Baseball's Eddie, 1952 All-Star for the Senators : YOST
Down
1
Fix, in a way : SPAY
2
Formally honor : CITE
3
Newspaperman Arthur ___ Sulzberger : OCHS
4
Car brake light holder, once : TAILFIN
5
It's often flipped : SWITCH
6
Sweetheart : LASS
7
Arbor leader : ANN
8
Diver's duds : WETSUIT
9
Least straightforward : SLIEST
10
Mentally sluggish : LOGY
11
Roman emperor for just three months : OTHO
12
Accusatory words : ETTU
17
Divisions : SECTS
18
Cold war enemy : REDS
22
Muscle : BRAWN
23
Like-minded individuals : BLOC
24
Creator of the Tammany Hall tiger : NAST
25
The America's Cup trophy, e.g. : EWER
26
They're guarded at the Olympics : EPEES
27
Boss of fashion : HUGO
28
Calif.-Fla. route : ITEN
29
Like the Sahara : SERE
34
Kind of pie : SHOOFLY
35
Seconds : EXTRA
36
Printing on some cigar wrappers : ITSABOY
38
Chicken : YELLOW
39
Charlie's Angels, e.g. : TRIO
40
Fragrant compounds : ESTERS
43
Computer menu option : EDIT
44
Whiskey fermenter : MASH
45
Requester of "As Time Goes By" : ILSA
46
Writer of "Saint Joan" : SHAW
47
Word before field or shirt : POLO
48
Name on many prints : IVES
49
Diet of worms locale? : NEST
51
Draw : TIE

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