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New York Times, Friday, December 15, 2006

Author:
Levi Denham
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Tar, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
108/18/200412/15/20062
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Levi Denham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Denham. Friday freshness: 87%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/15/6 ( No. 20,856 )
Across
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Threatening to sue, maybe : SCARETACTIC
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Portrayer of Clouseau's superior, in film : LOM
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Versatile modern device : CAMERAPHONE
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She played Eloise in "Mogambo" : AVA
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Stalled : ATANIMPASSE
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Tapping target : KEG
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Knock-down-drag-out : MELEE
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"Where ___ was thickest fight": Milton : ERST
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Adder's-tongue or Venus's-hair : FERN
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"Je vous en ___" ("You're welcome": Fr.) : PRIE
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"Take ___," 1985 #1 hit : ONME
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Words before may or might, in verse : WISHI
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Final finisher, in Falmouth : ISE
26
Not buying it : INDISBELIEF
28
Bavarian keepsake : STEIN
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Yet : ONEDAY
30
Multiplication table, e.g. : MATRIX
32
Under the table : SOTTED
33
Prominent Quebec City daily, with "Le" : SOLEIL
34
Pocket holders : PITAS
35
Not have to check bags, say : TRAVELLIGHT
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It turns out looies: Abbr. : OCS
40
Ran : AIRED
41
Crash sites? : INNS
42
Kind of score, for one doing postgrad studies : LSAT
43
Classic PC's : IBMS
44
Mayor who co-wrote "Murder at City Hall" : KOCH
45
Pink-pulped produce : GUAVA
46
Air Tahiti ___ (carrier to Papeete) : NUI
47
Soon to be heard : ONTHEDOCKET
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Coast Guard figure: Abbr. : ENS
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Go downhill : DETERIORATE
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One target of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" : DDT
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Mysterious swimmers : SEASERPENTS
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Seafood entree : SCAMPI
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Supplies : CATERS
3
Charlotte ___ : AMALIE
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Ally's roommate on "Ally McBeal" : RENEE
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City on Presque Isle Bay : ERIE
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Piper topper : TAM
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Add-on : APPENDIX
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Procter & Gamble brand : CHARMIN
9
Junks : TOSSES
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One may be technical: Abbr. : INST
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It'll easily pass you : CEE
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Like some resorts : LAKESIDE
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Budget figure : OVERHEAD
14
Blow up : MAGNIFY
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Seafood entrees : FILETS
23
"Beyond the Horizon" writer : ONEILL
24
Charged : WENTAT
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Comment after bombing : ITRIED
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They may take a toll : BOOTHS
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Allen and Rossi : STEVES
30
Stagnant : MORIBUND
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Fearmonger : ALARMIST
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Line on an application : SIGNHERE
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Like many aprons : STAINED
34
Recipe amounts : PINCHES
36
"No Escape" star, 1994 : LIOTTA
37
Dweller on the Yodo River : OSAKAN
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TV host with three Emmys : CAVETT
39
Convention roll call : STATES
42
Profit : LUCRE
44
Gonitis target : KNEE
45
Tar, e.g. : GOOP
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Some E.R. cases : ODS
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Part of a board: Abbr. : DIR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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