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New York Times, Friday, November 24, 2006

Author:
Dave Mackey
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : How mom often has the kids
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Dave Mackey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Mackey. Friday freshness: 87%
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© 2006, The New York Times11/24/6 ( No. 20,835 )
Across
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Some Italian baby food : PASTINA
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Company that owns the brands Playtex, Kiwi and Hillshire Farm : SARALEE
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Product of yeast fermentation : ETHANOL
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Old Olds : CUTLASS
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Enjoy perks : REAPTHEBENEFITS
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Star of "The Gene Krupa Story," 1959 : MINEO
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Let off steam : RANT
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1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
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Stand standout : STARWITNESS
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___ Ray of the Indigo Girls : AMY
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Frees : RIDS
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Pastoral warrior of Kenya : MASAI
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Musician with the 1974 album "Here Come the Warm Jets" : BRIANENO
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Things that are picked up and kicked : HABITS
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Shower activity : RINSING
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Olivine variety : PERIDOT
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Sales rep's file label : ACTIVE
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Scamperers in the woods : CRITTERS
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tim : KEEFE
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___ de cebolla (onion rings, in Spain) : AROS
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It's often next to a phone : EAR
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Where women's biathlon was introduced as a medal event : ALBERTVILLE
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Hardly Mr. Personality : DRIP
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Like some pirates : ASEA
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"___ to recall ..." : ISEEM
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Where Mae West did jail time : ROOSEVELTISLAND
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Still below the horizon : UNRISEN
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Accord : ENTENTE
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Place out of order : MISSORT
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Decides not to quit : STAYSON
Down
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Makes wavy, in a way : PERMS
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Took the loss : ATEIT
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Former "60 Minutes" debater Alexander : SHANA
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Attenuate : TAPER
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How mom often has the kids : INTOW
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Eastern drama : NOH
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Paul Revere's midnight duty : ALERTING
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Script makeup : SCENES
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Some volunteer baby sitters : AUNTS
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Itinerary abbr. : RTE
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"Bravo" preceder : ALFA
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Put in abeyance : LAIDASIDE
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One who's not being precise : ESTIMATOR
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Some bloggers : ESSAYISTS
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Bygone railroad : BANDO
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Castle in a dance hall : IRENE
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Sophisticated : SMART
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Some : ABIT
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A shoe presses against it : BRAKEDRUM
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Quaker product : RICEARONI
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Department store section : INTERIORS
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"Yeah, right!" : ASIF
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Big name in skin care : NIVEA
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Job : HEIST
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Gives out appropriately : PRORATES
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Fish basket : CREEL
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Without : ABSENT
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Two-time U.S. Open winner : LAVER
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Prospect : VISTA
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Longtime R & B family name : ISLEY
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Relies (on) : LEANS
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Slow : LENTO
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North Sea port : EMDEN
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Greek letters : PSIS
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What that is in South America : ESO
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Bank buildup: Abbr. : INT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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