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New York Times, Thursday, October 26, 2006

Author:
Todd McClary and Dave Tuller
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Take aboard a U.F.O., perhaps
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Dave Tuller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. McClary. This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Tuller. Thursday freshness: 38%
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© 2006, The New York Times10/26/6 ( No. 20,806 )
Across
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User's treatment : REHAB
6
Moonfish : OPAH
10
Captain of the Pequod : AHAB
14
Sister of Melpomene : ERATO
15
Galileo's birthplace : PISA
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Honey : BABE
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See 59-Down : DEEMWORTHY
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Ye ___ : OLDE
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Many a cat lover's acquisition : STRAY
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Bungle : FOULUP
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Blubber : SOB
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German "I" : ICH
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Contents of some beds : LETTUCE
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City founded by Cadmus : THEBES
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Something with many seats: Abbr. : GOVT
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Basketball pos. : CTR
32
Quechua speakers : INCAS
33
Air cells in the lung : ALVEOLI
35
Fleece : ROOK
36
Contemptuous expression : SNEER
37
Signs : INKS
40
Changed : MUTATED
42
Product that prevents gas : BEANO
43
"Boyz N the Hood" role : TRE
45
Kind of round in a tournament, informally : ELIM
46
"Now see here ..." : LISTEN
47
Mexican Indian tribe : HUASTEC
49
Touch and go? : TAG
50
Brain waves?: Abbr. : EEG
51
Some belly buttons : INNIES
52
Liking : SHINE
54
Canceled : NOGO
55
See 10-Down : TAKECAREOF
60
Expert : GURU
61
Parched : ARID
62
Pop music's ___ Vanilli : MILLI
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Classic rock group with a name from Greek myth : STYX
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"Hercules" spinoff : XENA
65
Sensation : ECLAT
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Person on the left : RED
2
"For Lycidas is dead, dead ___ his prime": Milton : ERE
3
Scottish "own" : HAE
4
20 places? : ATMS
5
Parts of some clowns' attire : BOWTIES
6
Daily TV staple since 1986 : OPRAH
7
Compassion : PITY
8
Shade of blonde : ASH
9
Reason for sneezin' : HAYFEVER
10
Circa : ABOUT
11
See 43-Down : HALLUCINATE
12
Take aboard a U.F.O., perhaps : ABDUCT
13
Movie theater annoyance : BEEPER
18
Dungeons & Dragons creatures : ORCS
22
"The Simpsons" bus driver : OTTO
23
Brouhaha : STIR
24
"It can't be!" : OHNO
25
See 1-Down : BECOMEANGRY
27
Cherished : LOVED
29
Asian oil capital : BAKU
30
Procter & Gamble brand : GLEEM
33
Ludicrous : ANTIC
34
Stays flat : LIES
36
It's often around 6%-8% : SALESTAX
38
Place to put a banjo : KNEE
39
Number : SONG
41
Head of Québec : TETE
42
Celebrity : BIGNAME
43
"Wheel of Fortune" category : THINGS
44
Have a shortage : RUNOUT
46
Secular : LAIC
48
Dakota Indians : SIOUX
49
1971 Robert Conrad series : THEDA
52
Scrape : SKIN
53
Speed skater Heiden : ERIC
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Occupy a position : ARE
57
Certain turn : ELL
58
Bribery suffix : OLA
59
Be the right size : FIT

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3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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