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New York Times, Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Author:
Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Well-done
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2611/24/20024/1/201022
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
60685001
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.6013440%
Lee Glickstein
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Glickstein. This is puzzle # 158 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 31%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/15/6 ( No. 20,581 )
Across
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Moon of Uranus : ARIEL
6
Daisy Mae's drawer : CAPP
10
"Take a Chance on Me" singers : ABBA
14
"Here, I'll do that" : LETME
15
City NE of Haifa : ACRE
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Set foot (on) : TROD
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Third place wagers? : BETSOFSHOW
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Internet scourge : WORM
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Plane's domain : SKY
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Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
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___ Dam on the Tennessee River : BOONE
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Rounds for overworked cops? : BEATSOFBURDEN
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"I was home asleep at the time of the murder" and others : ALIBIS
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Take a chance : RISK
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Pear-shaped lute : SITAR
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Passionate : FIERY
33
Penn. place : STA
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Pretentious : ARTY
37
Battery type : NICAD
38
"Comme ci, comme ça" : OKAY
39
Fork over : PAY
40
Gave a fig : CARED
41
Trixie's best friend in 1950's TV : ALICE
42
"Who needs ___?" : THIS
43
Operatives : AGENTS
44
Lunar anti-prohibitionists? : WETSOFTHEMOON
49
Evocative three-line verse : HAIKU
50
Be nomadic : ROAM
51
Singer Sumac : YMA
54
"___ that special?!" : ISNT
55
Sustenance for Adam and Eve? : EATSOFEDEN
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Alternatives to pumpernickels : RYES
59
Suit to ___ : ATEE
60
Fall into rows : ALIGN
61
Can. province : SASK
62
Emmy- and Tony-winning Carter : NELL
63
Thicket of trees : COPSE
Down
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Priestly garb : ALBS
2
Stink up the joint : REEK
3
Wee : ITTYBITTY
4
911 responder, for short : EMS
5
Assertive type : LEO
6
Puts in play? : CASTS
7
Cause for many a blessing : ACHOO
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Work on a galley : PROOFREAD
9
Place to pray : PEW
10
On the job : ATWORK
11
Nestful : BROOD
12
Endured : BORNE
13
Some pitchers : ADMEN
18
Looks good on : FITS
22
Like a madras pattern : BUSY
24
Online bazaar : EBAY
25
Jingle : AIR
26
Cardinal, for one : BIRD
27
Hurry-up order : ASAP
28
Old Italian coin : LIRA
31
Well-done : FIRSTRATE
32
Boardwalk treat : ICE
33
Swim naturally? : SKINNYDIP
34
Diplomacy : TACT
35
Roll call calls : AYES
37
Babe in the woods : NAIF
38
Yellow stick : OLEO
40
Old Chinese dynasty : CHOU
41
Before now : AGO
42
Finger wagger's comment : TSKTSK
43
It's loaded : AMMO
44
Helicopter sounds : WHIRS
45
Soft course : EASYA
46
Spearing points : TINES
47
Suite spot : HOTEL
48
Canvas support : EASEL
52
Computer capacity units, briefly : MEGS
53
Diarist Frank : ANNE
55
Suffix with Caesar : EAN
56
Univ. body : FAC
57
"Evil Woman" grp. : ELO

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