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New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 2006

Author:
Kelly Clark
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Soup or salad
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1510/29/19978/12/20161
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1143510
ScrabDebutFresh
1.636530%
Kelly Clark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQ} This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Clark. Thursday freshness: 28%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/7/6 ( No. 20,848 )
Across
1
Sounds in a coffee ad : AHS
4
Sight in a coffee ad : CUP
7
Clothe : TOG
10
Hindu V.I.P. : RANI
12
Gross unit : DOZEN
14
Proceed with difficulty (through) : WADE
15
Maintain : AVER
16
Remorseful : RUING
17
Something to click : ICON
18
Studs : BREEDERS
20
Snub : IGNORE
22
Addresses for churches : SERMONS
23
"And she shall bring forth ___ ...": Matthew : ASON
24
"Anyone ___?" : ELSE
25
Like orchard trees : FRUITED
29
Time off, maybe : SUMMER
32
Semidry American white wine : SAUTERNE
33
Run up ___ : ATAB
34
Año nuevo time : ENERO
36
Brand with a giant target in its logo : TIDE
37
Mingle : INTERMIX
39
Louts : YAHOOS
41
Where to find Rosa Parks Boulevard : DETROIT
42
Life ___ know it : ASWE
43
Deck officer : MATE
44
Debark : STEPOFF
48
Hedy of "Ecstasy," 1933 : LAMARR
51
Tail : SHADOWER
52
Hospital administration? : EXAM
53
Spinachlike plant : ORACH
55
Pot over a fire : OLLA
56
Spanish "she" : ELLA
57
Bird with a harsh cry : MACAW
58
Bridge site : HELM
59
"Makes sense, doesn't it?" : SEE
60
AOL alternative : MSN
61
Literary inits. : TSE
Down
1
Some show horses : ARABS
2
Montana college town named after a French port : HAVRE
3
Say derisively : SNEER
4
Soup or salad : COURSE
5
Fearsome weapons : UZIS
6
Slammer : PEN
7
Kind of shell : TACO
8
Effluvium : ODOR
9
Intron and exon site : GENE
11
Play down? : IREMEMBERMAMA
12
Dummy up? : DRENSREMITROM
13
Line up? : NGISRUOYSTAHW
14
Bear down? : WINNIETHEPOOH
19
Hand (out) : DOLE
21
Joint problem : GOUT
23
Way out there : AFAR
26
Huey, Dewey and Louie, e.g. : TRIO
27
Prefix with spore : ENDO
28
Honor society no-nos : DEES
29
Put into words : SAID
30
___ Reader (eclectic magazine) : UTNE
31
Detective Houston : MATT
32
Census category : SEX
35
"In the Still of the ___" (Boyz II Men hit) : NITE
38
Arena sound : ROAR
40
Dumbstruck : AWED
42
Depth charge, slangily : ASHCAN
45
One hardly giving a hoot? : OWLET
46
Brings down : FELLS
47
Part of a bowling game : FRAME
48
Some jeans : LEES
49
Supporting shaft : AXLE
50
32-Down option : MALE
51
Small fluid holders : SACS
54
Run into hard : RAM

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

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