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New York Times, Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Author:
Richard Jacobs
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Prohibits
TotalDebut
13/7/2006
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.4969%
Richard Jacobs

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Jacobs. Tuesday freshness: 16%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/7/6 ( No. 20,573 )
Across
1
Vertical : ERECT
6
Catches some rays : TANS
10
Yoked pair : TEAM
14
Longtime Yankees manager Joe : TORRE
15
Pi r-squared for a circle : AREA
16
Time to go caroling : YULE
17
Trip planner's aid : ATLAS
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Price : COST
19
Bluenose : PRIG
20
Start of a quip : THEBLOODTYPEOFA
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Mars ___ : BAR
24
February 14 figure : EROS
25
Handsome Grant : CARY
28
Utah resort : ALTA
31
On edge : TENSE
35
___ Gardner who married Frank Sinatra : AVA
36
Covered walkway : STOA
37
Like Harlem, to SoHo : UPTOWN
38
Quip, part two : RANKPESSIMISTIS
41
Go-getters : TIGERS
42
Not live broadcasting : TAPE
43
Robot's "brains," for short : CPU
44
Plaintive poem : ELEGY
45
Actress Moore : DEMI
46
Prayer pronoun : THEE
47
Ballet move : PLIE
49
All-Star game org. : NBA
51
End of the quip : ALWAYSBNEGATIVE
59
1980 Olympics mascot : BEAR
60
First king of Israel : SAUL
61
Certain hat material : STRAW
62
Go the distance : LAST
63
Coffee dispensers : URNS
64
Play with : TEASE
65
Catch sight of : ESPY
66
Being: Lat. : ESSE
67
Marine ornithologists' subjects : ERNES
Down
1
Louisiana, e.g., to Louis : ETAT
2
___ I.R.A. : ROTH
3
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
4
Unpleasant : CRABBY
5
Nikola who developed alternating current : TESLA
6
___ Bell : TACO
7
Noted shortstop's nickname : AROD
8
Lipton rival : NESTEA
9
Lecher : SATYR
10
Prepares for publication : TYPESETS
11
Money in Monaco : EURO
12
Arab leader? : ALIF
13
___ Millions lottery : MEGA
21
Gives a keynote address : ORATES
22
One-dish dinner : POTPIE
25
French menu : CARTE
26
To no ___ : AVAIL
27
Cooktop : RANGE
29
___ Alamos : LOS
30
Palate : TASTE
32
Unit on a belt : NOTCH
33
Use, as a credit card : SWIPE
34
Follow : ENSUE
36
With agility : SPRYLY
37
Behind-the-plate job : UMPING
39
Beer blast : KEGPARTY
40
Answer to "Are you or are you not?" : IAM
45
Prohibits : DEBARS
46
Shred : TATTER
48
Matter of debate : ISSUE
50
Moisten, in the oven : BASTE
51
Fit for the job : ABLE
52
Where sheep graze : LEAS
53
Stinger : WASP
54
Church women : NUNS
55
"Who ___?" : ELSE
56
Part of Bush's Axis of Evil : IRAN
57
Flower holder : VASE
58
Milk dispensers? : EWES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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