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New York Times, Monday, September 25, 2006

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Floaters in northern seas
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91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 21 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 7%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/25/6 ( No. 20,775 )
Across
1
Word repeated before "black sheep, have you any wool?" : BAA
4
Semester : TERM
8
Seizes (from) : WRESTS
14
Building add-on : ELL
15
Downwind, on a ship : ALEE
16
Kitt who played Catwoman on "Batman" : EARTHA
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Avg., sizewise : REG
18
Aromatherapy liquid : LAVENDEROIL
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Cereal named for two ingredients it doesn't have : GRAPENUTS
22
___ of Cleves, English queen : ANNE
23
Back of a boat : STERN
24
Emergency PC key : ESC
25
SSW's reverse : NNE
26
The "I" in T.G.I.F. : ITS
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Jacuzzi : HOTTUB
31
Jacuzzis : SPAS
34
Maxima maker : NISSAN
38
"Put ___ Happy Face" : ONA
39
Really tired : PLUMTUCKEREDOUT
42
Small bed : COT
43
Followed the leader : OBEYED
44
Shady giants : ELMS
45
Becomes a parent not by childbirth : ADOPTS
47
Slangy assent : YEP
49
"Once upon a midnight dreary" writer : POE
50
Veneration : AWE
53
Numbskull : MORON
57
No. on a baseball card : STAT
59
Gary Cooper film of 1928 : LILACTIME
61
Overwrought writing : PURPLEPROSE
64
Architect I. M. ___ : PEI
65
Removes, as a knot : UNTIES
66
Sporting sword : EPEE
67
Nest item : EGG
68
Turns back to zero : RESETS
69
Lifeless : DEAD
70
"Nope" : NAH
Down
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Floaters in northern seas : BERGS
2
Vigilant : ALERT
3
Tiny pond plants : ALGAE
4
Aptitude : TALENT
5
Pizazz : ELAN
6
Variety show : REVUE
7
Swim competitions : MEETS
8
Said "I do" together : WED
9
Norma ___, Sally Field role : RAE
10
On the wrong course : ERRANT
11
Paleolithic hammer or ax : STONETOOL
12
Skinny : THIN
13
Realtor's aim : SALE
19
President's foreign policy grp. : NSC
21
Light refractor : PRISM
25
All's opposite : NONE
27
Rebuffs rudely : SNUBS
28
Robust : HARDY
29
E pluribus ___ : UNUM
30
Upside-down sleepers : BATS
31
Org. offering creature comforts? : SPCA
32
Trudge : PLOD
33
Fenders, taillights, etc. : AUTOPARTS
35
Swelling reducer : ICE
36
Where a telescope is aimed : SKY
37
"Get it?" : SEE
40
Lug : TOTE
41
Train stop : DEPOT
46
Baked entree with a crust : POTPIE
48
Controlled the mike : EMCEED
50
Austrian peak : ALP
51
Sent by bank transfer : WIRED
52
Get hitched hastily : ELOPE
54
Turn red, as an apple : RIPEN
55
End of the Greek alphabet : OMEGA
56
Whinny : NEIGH
57
Cowboy boot part : SPUR
58
Ditty : TUNE
60
Between ports : ASEA
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Permit : LET
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Twisty turn : ESS

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

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