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New York Times, Wednesday, February 8, 2006

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Shading
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
917/10/20014/1/20202
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22105133452
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
551.6149348%
Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Merrell. Wednesday freshness: 5%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/8/6 ( No. 20,546 )
Across
1
Large 40-Across of people : MOBS
5
With 9-Across, 40-Across seen in parentheses : AREA
9
See 5-Across : CODES
14
Big lot : ACRE
15
Chest part : LUNG
16
Tourist draw : RUINS
17
Stadium near La Guardia : SHEA
18
Succulent plant : ALOE
19
Swimming mammal : OTTER
20
Start of a quip : HOWCOMEWRONG
23
Sensory input : ODOR
24
Go over lines again : REREAD
28
Amazed : INAWE
31
E-mailer's button : SEND
34
Feminine suffix : ENNE
35
Victor at Trafalgar, 1805 : NELSON
37
Daisy ___ : MAE
38
Tail motions : WAGS
39
Not a starter : SUB
40
Middle of the quip : NUMBERS
43
Miss Piggy, to herself : MOI
44
Hearing-related : OTIC
46
Bearded prez, informally : ABE
47
Some blacksmiths : SHOERS
49
Cartoon hyena : LENA
50
Pusher's nemesis : NARC
52
Black key : EFLAT
53
Racy : EROTIC
55
Norwegian saint : OLAF
57
End of the quip : ARENEVERBUSY
63
"___ español?" : HABLA
66
Toward one side of a ship : ALEE
67
Deco designer : ERTE
68
Under way : AFOOT
69
Liven (up) : PERK
70
It's off the coast of Spain : AGUA
71
With 72-Across, vaudevillian 40-Across : STAGE
72
See 71-Across : ACTS
73
Certain 40-Across column : TENS
Down
1
Prepare potatoes, in a way : MASH
2
Dos cubed : OCHO
3
Suds : BREW
4
Manatees : SEACOWS
5
Southwest mission : ALAMO
6
School desk items : RULERS
7
Plenty, old-style : ENOW
8
Wrinkle or gray hair producer : AGER
9
Witch : CRONE
10
No longer fit into : OUTGREW
11
Telegraphed sound : DIT
12
Adelaide-to-Brisbane dir. : ENE
13
Red letters? : SSR
21
Ancient Greek theater : ODEON
22
They may be marching : ORDERS
25
White coating : ENAMEL
26
Sweater material : ANGORA
27
End : DESIST
28
Low-level supporter? : INSOLE
29
Spay : NEUTER
30
Red-eyed one : ALBINO
32
Glowing piece : EMBER
33
Scot's denial : NAE
36
Shading : NUANCE
41
Wharton grad : MBA
42
Cut : SHEAR
45
Now-computerized library feature : CATALOG
48
Quirky : OFFBEAT
51
Not apparent : COVERT
54
Steaming : IRATE
56
Scallionlike vegetables : LEEKS
58
Wine valley : NAPA
59
Physics class subj. : ELEC
60
Strongly advise : URGE
61
Phaser setting : STUN
62
Half of a vote : YEAS
63
Is down with : HAS
64
Propeller's locale : AFT
65
Fancy neckwear : BOA

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