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New York Times, Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Itsy bits
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BDEFGJKNPQUVWXYZ} Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 116 for Mr. Kahn. Wednesday freshness: 6%
Jim Horne notes:

This puzzle uses only 10 different letters.

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M
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A
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R
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A
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T
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C
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A
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R
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O
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M
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C
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C
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C
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© 2005, The New York Times12/21/5 ( No. 20,497 )
Across
1
Corday's victim : MARAT
6
Billiard shot : CAROM
11
Convenience store sign : ATM
14
Classic game company : ATARI
15
Like World Cup crowds : AROAR
16
Charles X, e.g. : ROI
17
59-Across and others : COMICACTORS
19
Dispenser of 47-Across : MOM
20
Irritate : ROIL
21
Where to spend kips : LAOS
22
Mid fourth-century year : CCCLI
24
Results of ties: Abbr. : OTS
25
___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 : SMOOT
26
Cheer : RAH
27
Shelley's "___ Skylark" : TOA
28
Old Chevy : CAMARO
31
Professional grp. : ASSOC
34
Comment made while fanning oneself : IMHOT
37
Cyclades island : IOS
38
Classic Dickens title (from whose 10 letters this puzzle was constructed) : ACHRISTMASCAROL
41
___ polloi : HOI
42
Itsy bits : ATOMS
43
Must : HASTO
44
Casual walk : STROLL
46
Show : AIR
47
See 19-Across : TLC
48
Commandment word : SHALT
51
___ Poly : CAL
54
Wreck : TOTAL
56
Sail supporter : MAST
57
Colombian city : CALI
58
Coach Parseghian : ARA
59
Ebenezer Scrooge player in a 1951 movie version of 38-Across : ALASTAIRSIM
62
___ chi ch'uan : TAI
63
Conductor Georg : SOLTI
64
Portuguese colony until 1999 : MACAO
65
Entirely : ALL
66
Kind of energy : SOLAR
67
Pile up : AMASS
Down
1
Introduction to economics? : MACRO
2
On ___ (carousing) : ATOOT
3
"Groundhog Day" director : RAMIS
4
Seed covering : ARIL
5
Start of a winning combination : TIC
6
Major export of Ivory Coast : CACAO
7
Movie droid, familiarly : ARTOO
8
Perch : ROOST
9
Stick in the water : OAR
10
Tiny Tim's mother in 38-Across : MRSCRATCHIT
11
Places for theorizers? : ARMCHAIRS
12
Shed item : TOOL
13
Rodolfo's love in "La Bohème" : MIMI
18
___ mater : ALMA
23
Suffix with mini or Web : CAM
25
Working poor, e.g., in 38-Across : SOCIALCLASS
27
Rocky hill : TOR
28
1980's-90's TV nickname : COS
29
Cheer (for) : ROOT
30
Kon-Tiki Museum site : OSLO
31
Cries of delight : AAHS
32
59-Across, e.g. : SCOT
33
It's usually tucked in : SHIRTTAIL
34
"Am ___ believe ...?" : ITO
35
"Dee-lish!" : MMM
36
Joke responses : HAS
39
Cards, on the scoreboard : STL
40
Berne's river : AAR
45
Commercial suffix with Rock : OLA
46
Utah ski resort : ALTA
48
Trivial : SMALL
49
"___ mañana" : HASTA
50
Moving : ASTIR
51
Conspirator against Caesar : CASCA
52
Popular spy show : ALIAS
53
Line at an airport : LIMOS
54
"Bye now" : TATA
55
Spoken : ORAL
57
Jampack : CRAM
60
John : LOO
61
"Well, ___ monkey's uncle!" : IMA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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