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New York Times, Monday, August 21, 2006

Author:
Elayne Cantor
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Lilac or violet
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
38/21/20069/30/20122
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2100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.652150%
Elayne Cantor

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Cantor. Monday freshness: 36%
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© 2006, The New York Times8/21/6 ( No. 20,740 )
Across
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Capital of Tibet : LHASA
6
[Oh, my heavens!] : GASP
10
"Get lost, kitty!" : SCAT
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String ties : BOLOS
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Sharif of film : OMAR
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Tiny bit : IOTA
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Sound after a tear is shed : SNIFF
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Shoestring : LACE
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Unappetizing food : GLOP
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Parental demand #1 : GETOFFTHEPHONE
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Major leaguer : PRO
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British rocker Brian : ENO
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Actor Beatty : NED
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Sheet of ice : FLOE
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Putin's rejection : NYET
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Sets (down) : LAYS
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Parachute part : CORD
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Grooved on : DUG
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Lobbying grp. : PAC
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Parental demand #2 : CLEANUPYOURROOM
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General at Appomattox : LEE
44
___ favor (please, in Spanish) : POR
45
Gumbo vegetable : OKRA
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"Gee willikers!" : GOSH
48
Surmounting : ATOP
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"Hey ? you!" : PSST
50
Cousin of "ruff!" : ARF
51
Column's counterpart : ROW
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"Well, ___-di-dah!" : LAH
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Parental demand #3 : DOYOURHOMEWORK
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Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
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Long car, for short : LIMO
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Construction piece : IBEAM
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Salon job : PERM
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Mishmash : OLIO
67
Fine thread : LISLE
68
Sequoia, for one : TREE
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New Jersey hoopsters : NETS
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Kid's response to 20-, 37- and 55-Across : LATER
Down
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Abbr. on a dumbbell : LBS
2
___ Kong : HONG
3
"That's ___!" (debate retort) : ALIE
4
Plays down, as an issue : SOFTPEDALS
5
In reference to : ASFOR
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Sport with woods and Woods : GOLF
7
Part of a Latin 101 conjugation : AMAT
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Scented pouch : SACHET
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Fuss over oneself : PREEN
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[Isn't he dreamy?!] : SIGH
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Massachusetts, e.g., before 1776 : COLONY
12
Makes amends : ATONES
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Not live : TAPED
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Dipping dish : FONDUE
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Like Peary's explorations : POLAR
26
Govt. media watchdog : FCC
27
Chat room joke response : LOL
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Miner's load : ORE
30
Nope's counterpart : YUP
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Pharaoh's land : EGYPT
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Woe on an observation deck : ACROPHOBIA
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Lilac or violet : PURPLE
38
India's first P.M. : NEHRU
39
Tic-tac-toe win : OOO
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Green-lights : OKS
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Surgery sites, for short : ORS
42
"Welcome" site : MAT
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Worker with an apron : GROCER
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From way back when : OFYORE
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For some time : AWHILE
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Skillful : ADEPT
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Synthetic fiber : ORLON
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"Where there's ___ ..." : AWILL
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"This one's ___!" : ONME
57
Fail to mention : OMIT
58
Dairy farm sounds : MOOS
59
Take a break : REST
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Cabbagelike vegetable : KALE
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Mal de ___ : MER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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