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New York Times, Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Author:
John Underwood
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Naysayer
TotalDebutLatest
145/23/20022/10/2009
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.582438%
John Underwood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Underwood. Tuesday freshness: 85%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/19/7 ( No. 21,042 )
Across
1
The gamut : ATOZ
5
Places to kick habits : REHABS
11
Merino mother : EWE
14
Comic Chappelle : DAVE
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Like a paradise : EDENIC
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Gen ___ : XER
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Cool treats : ICES
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Wildlife manager : GAMEKEEPER
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Home of Smith College : NORTHAMPTONMA
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Like some heirs : SOLE
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Flop or lop follower : EARED
26
100 square meters : ARE
29
Home of the U.S. Military Academy : WESTPOINTNY
33
Run out : LAPSE
35
Like a greenhorn : RAW
36
Start the kitty : ANTE
37
Suffix with psych- : OTIC
38
Leopold Bloom's creator : JOYCE
40
Maryland collegian : TERP
41
Unicorn in a 1998 movie : NICO
42
Words of commitment : IDO
43
Correo ___ (words on an envelope) : AEREO
44
Home of Notre Dame : SOUTHBENDIN
48
In position : SET
49
"Blame It ___" (Michael Caine film) : ONRIO
50
Most-cooked parts of roasts : ENDS
52
Home of Michigan State : EASTLANSINGMI
59
Sites for stargazers : PLANETARIA
61
With 64-Across, 2005 Charlize Theron title role : AEON
62
Author Rand : AYN
63
Way past ripe : ROTTEN
64
See 61-Across : FLUX
65
"Absolutely!" : YES
66
Ball : SPHERE
67
Puts into play : USES
Down
1
Score after deuce : ADIN
2
Food in a shell : TACO
3
[see other side] : OVER
4
Citrus peels : ZESTS
5
Wine and dine : REGALE
6
Mingo player on "Daniel Boone" : EDAMES
7
Source of hashish : HEMP
8
Work without ___ : ANET
9
Steven ___, real-life subject of the 1987 film "Cry Freedom" : BIKO
10
Act starter : SCENEI
11
Former lovers, e.g. : EXPARTNERS
12
Minuscule : WEE
13
Mess up : ERR
19
Flow out : EMANATE
21
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" writer : HOWE
24
It may come with more than one side : ENTREE
25
Colorist's vessel : DYEPOT
26
"The Tempest" king : ALONSO
27
Mete out : RATION
28
Devotees of fine dining : EPICUREANS
30
Test for fit : TRYON
31
___-Man : PAC
32
Have a tab : OWE
34
Nova ___ : SCOTIAN
38
Triangular sail : JIB
39
Lyric poem : ODE
43
"The King ___" : ANDI
45
Boorish sorts, in Canada : HOSERS
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Naysayer : DENIER
47
Ready for the rubber room : INSANE
51
Major mess : SNAFU
53
Sporty auto roof : TTOP
54
Plasterer's strip : LATH
55
Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
56
Salon goos : GELS
57
Pouting look : MOUE
58
"Need You Tonight" band : INXS
59
Compensation : PAY
60
Caustic alkali : LYE

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5 unique to this puzzle, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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