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New York Times, Monday, March 6, 2006

Author:
Jack McInturff
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Down : Tach reading, for short
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Jack McInturff

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {WZ} Spans: 4 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. McInturff. Monday freshness: 3%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/6/6 ( No. 20,572 )
Across
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Actor Jean-Claude Van ___ : DAMME
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Perry whose secretary was Della Street : MASON
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L-1011, e.g. : JET
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Kind of address with @ in it : EMAIL
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Do penance : ATONE
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Pie ___ mode : ALA
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Definition of a loser : FIRSTONETOBLINK
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Andrea ___, ill-fated ship : DORIA
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Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
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Gun owners' constitutional protection : SECONDAMENDMENT
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Drs.' group : AMA
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Victory sign : VEE
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Kanga's baby in "Winnie-the-Pooh" : ROO
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Doohickey: Var. : GISMO
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Standards of perfection : IDEALS
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1950 #1 Anton Karas recording : THIRDMANTHEME
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Goes abroad for a baby, perhaps : ADOPTS
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Things : ITEMS
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Lawyer, for short : ESQ
47
Poet's "before" : ERE
48
Letter after sigma : TAU
49
Esperanto, for some : NEUTRALLANGUAGE
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Quartet, after a defection : TRIO
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Everything being counted : INALL
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Take apart to understand the design of : REVERSEENGINEER
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U-turn from WSW : ENE
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Old Ford model named for a horse : PINTO
67
German expression of appreciation : DANKE
68
Poetic contraction : EER
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Hatfield adversary : MCCOY
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Historic English county : ESSEX
Down
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Dict. offering : DEF
2
French friend : AMI
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Dent or scratch : MAR
4
Botch : MISDO
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John who sang "Candle in the Wind" : ELTON
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Madness : MANIA
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First-stringers : ATEAM
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Boozehound : SOT
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Musical Yoko : ONO
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It's south of S.D. : NEB
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Prisoner watcher : JAILER
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Pacific weather phenomenon : ELNINO
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Like immediately : TAKETO
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California's Fort ___ : ORD
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Moon lander, for short : LEM
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Droop : SAG
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Give off : EMIT
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Money on hand : CASH
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Makes level : EVENS
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"Dandy!" : NEAT
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Indian city of 13 million : DELHI
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"Mamma ___!" : MIA
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Hamburger with fries, e.g. : ORDER
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Spur : IMPEL
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"Can't Help Lovin' ___ Man" : DAT
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Tennis division : SET
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"Dumb" girl of old comics : DORA
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Prefix with physical : META
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Webzine : EMAG
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Seek damages from : SUE
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Course after the appetizer : ENTREE
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Calm : SERENE
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Holder of arrows : QUIVER
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Stocking stuffer? : TOE
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Deceive : LIETO
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Bother : ANNOY
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Old horse : NAG
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Skate on ice : GLIDE
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Radii neighbors : ULNAS
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Tach reading, for short : RPM
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Cry to an attack dog : SIC
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Env. insertion : ENC
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Naval officer below lieut. : ENS
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Barely make, with "out" : EKE
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"Oedipus ___" : REX

Answer summary:
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