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New York Times, Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Down : Goes bad
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 169 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 7%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/20/6 ( No. 20,861 )
Across
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Madrid museum : PRADO
6
Wear at the edges : FRAY
10
Radio switch : AMFM
14
Break of day : SUNUP
15
Wrestling ring encloser : ROPE
16
Shopaholic's delight : SALE
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Words of admiration — NOT! : ISNTTHATSPECIAL
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Hang around : STAY
21
Architectural molding : OGEE
22
Bookish sort, slangily : WONK
23
Trucker on the air : CBER
25
Shea squad : METS
26
Company whose name is pig Latin for an insect : EBAY
28
Hearth refuse : ASHES
31
Item with a concave head : TEE
34
Like this clue's answer, in five letters : SPELT
35
Factory whistle time : NOON
36
___ brat : ARMY
37
Words of apology — NOT! : WELLEXCUUUUSEME
40
Slippery swimmers : EELS
41
Seas of France : MERS
42
Neuters : SPAYS
43
Plus-or-minus fig. : EST
44
Dated : PASSE
45
Classic street liners : ELMS
46
Managed care grps. : HMOS
48
Creole vegetable : OKRA
50
New driver, frequently : TEEN
51
Fabled race loser : HARE
53
Final Four org. : NCAA
57
Words of congratulation — NOT! : NICEGOINGGENIUS
60
Tuckered out : BEAT
61
Boxer's annoyance : FLEA
62
Ladies' men : GENTS
63
Cultural doings : ARTS
64
Burg : TOWN
65
Popular theater name : ODEON
Down
1
Pitchfork-shaped letters : PSIS
2
Reddish-brown : RUST
3
Tolstoy's Karenina : ANNA
4
"O.K., back to work" : DUTYCALLS
5
Make a choice : OPT
6
Frankincense and myrrh, but not gold : FRAGRANCES
7
Memorization : ROTE
8
Area that may have stained glass : APSE
9
"Uh-huh" : YEP
10
Racecourse since 1711 : ASCOT
11
Hardly revolutionary : MAINSTREAM
12
A lot of beef? : FLAK
13
Funnyman Brooks : MEL
18
Tiller's tool : HOE
19
Lady bighorns : EWES
24
Memory unit : BYTE
25
Selection screen : MENU
26
They're carried by people in masks : EPEES
27
Pull off a high-risk feat : BELLTHECAT
29
Goes bad : SOURS
30
Company publication : HOUSEORGAN
32
TV trophies : EMMYS
33
Centers, of sorts : EYES
34
___' Pea : SWEE
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According to schedule : ASPLANNED
38
Short holiday? : XMAS
39
PC person : USER
44
Early video game : PONG
47
Gymnastics competitions : MEETS
49
Something under the counter that puts people under the table : KEG
50
Level : TIER
51
Hawaii's ___ Bay : HILO
52
From the top : ANEW
54
French film : CINE
55
Camera setting : AUTO
56
Part of P.G.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
57
Eddie Gottlieb Trophy org. : NBA
58
Commonly : OFT
59
Prima donna's problem : EGO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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