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New York Times, Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Early second-century year
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: 36 Missing: {FJZ} Scrabble average: 1.89 This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Merrell. Wednesday freshness: 95%
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© 2006, The New York Times4/5/6 ( No. 20,602 )
Across
1
Silo filler, for short : ICBM
5
Shooter : BBGUN
10
Fed : TMAN
14
"See ya!" : CIAO
15
Not so good : WORSE
16
Half: Prefix : HEMI
17
King of the road? : HIGHWAYREX
19
Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
20
Front line in a game : PAWNS
21
Call : SUMMON
23
Standard quiz show material : TRIVIA
25
Buttinsky : BUSYBODY
27
Ballyhoo : HYPE
28
See 23-Down : GAP
29
Mount : STEED
30
Unusual shoe spec : EEE
31
___ of Napoleon : TOMB
33
Bart and Ringo : STARRS
34
Cereal that's partly ground? : DIRTYTRIX
36
Snubs : SPURNS
39
OS X user, maybe : IMAC
40
Org. with June finals : NBA
43
Hit Dreamworks character : SHREK
44
Business magazine : INC
45
Sleek, for short : AERO
46
Accompanier : TAGALONG
48
Imp : RASCAL
50
Passover gatherings : SEDERS
51
Pretty smart : QUICK
52
Col.'s superior : GENL
53
Bashful groom's wear? : BEDTIMETUX
57
___ de gallo sauce : PICO
58
Keep ashore, due to cold weather : ICEIN
59
Swoosh maker : NIKE
60
Black stone : ONYX
61
Features on some 'Vettes : TTOPS
62
Ticked (off) : TEED
Down
1
First person in Germany : ICH
2
Early second-century year : CII
3
Instrument played standing up : BAGPIPE
4
American desert : MOHAVE
5
Tarzan, to natives : BWANA
6
Word before and after "will be" : BOYS
7
Warning sound : GRR
8
Exhausts : USESUP
9
Link : NEXUS
10
Hitchhiker's duty? : THUMBTAX
11
Copycat : METOOER
12
Bill of Rights writer, e.g. : AMENDER
13
Fall weather feature : NIP
18
It ended on Nov. 11 : WWI
22
Swami, e.g. : MYSTIC
23
With 28-Across, popular retailer : THE
24
Alcohol grain : RYE
25
Treating very gently : BABYING
26
Football meas. : YDS
28
Intl. standard : GMT
31
Little ring : TINKLE
32
Surgery sites, for short : ORS
33
Mme. across the Pyrenees : SRA
34
Suffer from deli ichthyophobia? : DREADLOX
35
Cable TV inits. : TMC
36
Travel option for about 30 yrs. : SST
37
Start gradually, as a program : PHASEIN
38
Matter of life and death : URGENCY
40
Bit of business wear : NECKTIE
41
Sports ___ : BRA
42
Time Warner company : AOL
44
Entomologist's interest : INSECT
45
Rise : ASCENT
47
Rocket's course : ORBIT
48
Archaeological site : RUINS
49
Order to a firing squad : AIM
51
Swab's name : QTIP
52
Mail place: Abbr. : GPO
54
"In excelsis ___" : DEO
55
Hawaiian strings : UKE
56
Crossed (out) : XED

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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