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New York Times, Friday, February 10, 2006

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Down : ___ cat
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 9, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 97 for Mr. Estes. Friday freshness: 14%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/10/6 ( No. 20,548 )
Across
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Light show? : SITUATIONCOMEDY
16
Small player : TRANSISTORRADIO
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Big 12 team : OKLAHOMASOONERS
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Math ratio : SINE
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It's made in Japan : YEN
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Press : INK
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Bit of shrink rap? : ISEE
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Frequent portrait subject : SELF
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Incoming clutter : SPAM
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Vet's memory, maybe : NAM
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Rest of the afternoon : SIESTA
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Coin with 12 stars on it : EURO
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Often-dunked item : OREO
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"I don't buy it" : PSHAW
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Bug elimination : TROUBLESHOOTING
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In danger of snapping : TENSE
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Belafonte catchword : DAYO
44
Fool on the ice : DEKE
45
Evergreen shrubs : ERICAS
47
Casual states? : SEZ
48
European tongue : ERSE
49
Jabba the ___ of "Star Wars" : HUTT
51
Match maker? : SETS
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Navy noncom : CPO
55
Farm butter : RAM
57
Quintillionth: Prefix : ATTO
60
Kingdoms by the sea : MARITIMENATIONS
65
Hogan's hero? : CROCODILEDUNDEE
66
Pet expression? : LOVEMELOVEMYDOG
Down
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Pou ___ (vantage point), from the Greek : STO
2
Tees off : IRKS
3
Bones connected to fibulae : TALI
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One whom everyone is for : UNANIMOUSCHOICE
5
Contents of some urns : ASHES
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Brother of un padre : TIO
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Follower of Lenin or Stalin : ISM
8
"Our Gang" assent : OTAY
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They're often held under water : NOSES
10
Cacklers : CRONES
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It might be struck south of the border : ORO
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Annexation justification : MANIFESTDESTINY
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Hebrew for "delight" : EDEN
14
Highlander's weapon : DIRK
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Attention-getters : YOS
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Form of ether : ENOL
23
Like cornstalks : EARED
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T'ang dynasty poet : LIPO
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Otto preceder : SETTE
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Relatively white : PURER
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Rice-___ : ARONI
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Road Runner cartoon backgrounds : MESAS
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More likely to retire : SHIER
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Does very poorly, in slang : TANKS
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Coy compliment response : AWGEE
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"Now I remember!" : OHYES
40
Steady : BEAU
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Move imperceptibly : OOZE
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Pace : STRIDE
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Certain Sri Lankan : TAMIL
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Kristy's "Little Darlings" co-star : TATUM
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Italian term of endearment : CARO
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P.E.I., e.g. : PROV
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Dramatic opening? : MELO
58
Mary in the White House : TODD
59
___ cat : ONEO
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Year in the reign of England's King Stephen : MCL
61
Fictional uncle : TOM
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Sparks setting: Abbr. : NEV
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Drink additive? : ADE
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Line part: Abbr. : SEG

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