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New York Times, Friday, September 1, 2006

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Activity for little hitters
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQU} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 81%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/1/6 ( No. 20,751 )
Across
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Dishes prepared alla Milanese : RISOTTOS
9
Some Western gear : REATAS
15
"Heavens!" : OHMEOHMY
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Aloe soothes it : ECZEMA
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Call from Rocky : YOADRIAN
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Lincoln is the only U.S. president to have one : PATENT
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Point pinpointer: Abbr. : GPS
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Adequate, once : ENOW
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Renaissance fiddle : REBEC
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Interest : BEHALF
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Attention-getting headline in a small ad : NEEDCASH
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Neighbor of Rhône : ISERE
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One of three in eleven: Abbr. : SYLL
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Poor : SLIM
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Tart bar order : VODKAGIMLET
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Eastern language : LAO
35
R & R sites : SPAS
36
Santa ___, Calif. : YNEZ
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Abbr. on a French envelope : MME
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Cry during crunch time : THEHEATISON
46
Runs into : RAMS
48
Década divisions : ANOS
49
Prefix with graphic : ETHNO
50
"Uh-uh" : FRAIDNOT
52
Brains and beauty, e.g. : ASSETS
53
Skater Rodnina with three Olympic golds : IRINA
54
Say you'll go, say : RSVP
56
X : CHI
57
Compound used in aviation fuel : XYLENE
59
Roadblock : HINDERER
62
Words of clarification : IMEANT
63
Bridge opening : ONESPADE
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Roosevelt and Kennedy : TEDDYS
65
Service station? : TEATABLE
Down
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Person of color? : ROYGBIV
2
Bit of wishful thinking : IHOPESO
3
Under the table : SMASHED
4
Citation-filled ref. : OED
5
Climber's prominence : TOR
6
One taking inventory? : THIEF
7
Land with an exclave : OMAN
8
Try to stab, e.g. : SYNONYM
9
Big party: Abbr. : REP
10
Modern greeting : ECARD
11
Old empire members : AZTECS
12
Activity for little hitters : TEEBALL
13
Calling up trouble? : AMNESIA
14
1957 four-LP jazz set subtitled "A Musical Autobiography" : SATCHMO
21
"Actually, you're right" : WELLYES
24
Refuges : ARKS
25
Expressed uncontained joy : LEAPT
27
"Mefistofele" role : ELENA
29
Assent for un hombre : SISENOR
32
Cartoonist Wilson : GAHAN
33
Bordeaux butters? : TETES
37
Teens might try to hide them : ZITS
38
Handyman : MRFIXIT
39
Words with a nice ring to them? : MARRYME
40
Sent free of charge : EMAILED
42
Ace : HOTSHOT
43
Kind of soup : SHECRAB
44
Out of action, in baseball lingo : ONTHEDL
45
"Uh-uh" : NOSIREE
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Actress Cusack, who married Jeremy Irons : SINEAD
51
21-season pitcher Darwin : DANNY
52
Sleep clinic study : APNEA
55
Grape or watermelon : VINE
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A.P. exam org. : ETS
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Reason to move forward annually?: Abbr. : DST
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Grp. concerned with m.p.g. : EPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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