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New York Times, Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Author:
Dave Mackey
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Channel surfer's need
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
67/26/20065/21/20081
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.541935%
Dave Mackey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Mackey. Wednesday freshness: 9%
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© 2006, The New York Times7/26/6 ( No. 20,714 )
Across
1
Listing : ATILT
6
Where ballplayers wear gray, with "the" : ROAD
10
Nae-sayer? : SCOT
14
Wish granter : GENIE
15
Just beat : EDGE
16
Chemical defense : MACE
17
With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said : EXCUSEMEOFFICER
20
LAX stat. : ETA
21
Vietnam War locale : LAOS
22
Pattern for a 10-Across : TARTAN
23
Strike back, say : REACT
25
Scrapes : SKINS
26
Writer/editor Brown : TINA
28
Batters' needs : HELMETS
32
Pile up : AMASS
34
Cartoon bear : YOGI
35
Luau souvenir : LEI
38
See 17-Across : BUTTHATSIGNSAYS
42
Bring into play : USE
43
Audio effect : ECHO
44
"The People's Court" prop : GAVEL
45
Some Louisianans : CREOLES
48
Soufflés do it : RISE
49
Very, in music : ASSAI
52
Auspices : AEGIS
54
Where stevedores toil : WHARFS
56
Witty Bombeck : ERMA
57
___ polloi : HOI
60
See 17-Across : FINEFORSWIMMING
63
Biblical preposition : UNTO
64
Wine valley : NAPA
65
Krupa portrayer in a 1959 film : MINEO
66
Table expander : LEAF
67
Boomers' kids : GENX
68
Unsettled feeling : ANGST
Down
1
"The Morning Watch" author : AGEE
2
Send a message to, these days : TEXT
3
Personified : INCARNATE
4
Lucy of "Charlie's Angels" films : LIU
5
Inventor Nikola : TESLA
6
Channel surfer's need : REMOTE
7
Pindar works : ODES
8
Of yore : AGO
9
Nimble-fingered : DEFT
10
Smug looks : SMIRKS
11
Desert flora : CACTI
12
Poseidon's place : OCEAN
13
Gulls' kin : TERNS
18
For one : EACH
19
Observing Ramadan : FASTING
24
Steinbeck title starter : EAST
26
Off-limits: Var. : TABU
27
Radio jock Don : IMUS
29
Disinfectant brand : LYSOL
30
Cry of mock surprise : MOI
31
Cackleberry : EGG
33
Tin star sporter : SHERIFF
35
Giving in abundance : LAVISHING
36
Frosty's coals : EYES
37
Marooning spot : ISLE
39
Air hero : ACE
40
Le Duc ___, 1973 Peace co-Nobelist : THO
41
Mysore garb : SARI
45
Name preceder on an envelope : CAREOF
46
Swab target : EARWAX
47
Teamster's rig : SEMI
49
Worth no stars : AWFUL
50
Distinguish oneself : SHINE
51
Year-end temp : SANTA
53
Beta follower : GAMMA
55
MP3 download : SONG
56
Armchair athlete's aid : ESPN
58
Till stack : ONES
59
Croce's "___ a Name" : IGOT
61
Comic Charlotte : RAE
62
Lowest val. : MIN

Answer summary:
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