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New York Times, Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Author:
Timothy Powell
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Down : Potter's buy
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Timothy Powell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Powell. Tuesday freshness: 53%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/5/6 ( No. 20,755 )
Across
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Not a hologram, say : REAL
5
First mate? : ADAM
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Somewhat, slangily : KINDA
14
Kind of clef : ALTO
15
Whittle (down) : PARE
16
Fiery feeling : ARDOR
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"There's a call for you, Mr. Gates" : PHONEBILL
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Talk big : BOAST
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Swatch rival : TIMEX
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Rummy : SOT
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In tune : ONKEY
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Milk, on an Rx : LAC
25
Garbage boat : SCOW
27
"Calm down, Mr. Wahlberg" : EASYMARK
32
Faithful servant in "Otello" : EMILIA
36
Inits. on a telly : BBC
37
Mick Jagger and fellas, with "the" : STONES
39
Singer k. d. ___ : LANG
40
Sufficient, informally : ENUF
42
Blackens, in a way : SOOTS
43
Suffix with electro- : LYTE
44
Hart family sitcom : REBA
45
Build up, as a river's edge : EMBANK
47
Coffee holder : URN
48
In poor taste : TRASHY
50
"Get out of the chair, Mr. Boone" : STANDPAT
52
Swarm : TEEM
54
Trial lawyer's advice : SUE
55
TV doctor : WELBY
58
Part of F.W.I.W. : ITS
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Popular exercise system : TAEBO
65
One way to read : ALOUD
66
"Clean up, Mr. Stewart" : SHOWERROD
68
Bing Crosby's record label : DECCA
69
Toledo's lake : ERIE
70
Event not run in the Olympics : MILE
71
Sausage flavor : SMOKY
72
Hold sway : RULE
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What a ring doesn't have : ENDS
Down
1
Fully absorbed : RAPT
2
K-12 : ELHI
3
Positron's place : ATOM
4
Unfriended : LONELY
5
P.D. alert : APB
6
Honoree's place : DAIS
7
A Guthrie : ARLO
8
Turns to mush : MELTS
9
Comic book blast : KABOOM
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"Press on, Mr. Smith" : IRONWILL
11
Bismarck's locale: Abbr. : NDAK
12
One tablespoon, e.g. : DOSE
13
A bit pretentious : ARTY
18
Boards, e.g. : EXAMS
24
Colorful marble : CATSEYE
26
Some corporate planes : CESSNAS
27
Critic Roger : EBERT
28
Capp lad : ABNER
29
Look at coral reefs, maybe : SCUBA
30
Part of an accusation in the game Clue : ROOM
31
Old TV features : KNOBS
33
Simple two-pointer : LAYUP
34
The "I" in IUD : INTRA
35
Cut taker : AGENT
38
Louisiane ou Floride : ETAT
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"At once, Mr. Owens" : FASTBUCK
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Coach Rockne : KNUTE
49
Prime time : HEYDAY
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"Alas!" : DEARME
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Silas Marner, e.g. : MISER
55
Rolls of dough : WADS
56
Boron or bohrium: Abbr. : ELEM
57
Bats : LOCO
59
Drive-___ : THRU
60
Potter's buy : SOIL
62
Land of poetry : ERIN
63
Typeface option : BOLD
64
Sapphic works : ODES
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Minuscule : WEE

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