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New York Times, Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Author:
Kevan Choset
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : Senate vote
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Kevan Choset

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKVXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Choset. Wednesday freshness: 84%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/10/6 ( No. 20,637 )
Across
1
Subj. of many conspiracy theories : CIA
4
Lion in C. S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia" : ASLAN
9
Woman with ___ : APAST
14
Switch position : OFF
15
Linen fabric : TOILE
16
Mocha alternative : LATTE
17
Bumbler : OAF
18
What was won by the answer to each capitalized clue : TRIPLECROWN
20
Ab ___ (from the start) : INITIO
22
Onetime airport accoster : MOONIE
23
Physicist Fermi : ENRICO
25
Least fictional : REALEST
26
Fail miserably : BOMB
27
Amaze : FLOOR
30
Guesses: Abbr. : ESTS
31
Fortunate, old-style : BLEST
33
Drink : IMBIBE
35
Cover ground, in a way : SOD
36
BATTERY'S PARTNER : ASSAULT
38
___-square test, in statistics : CHI
41
Ends : DEATHS
42
One side in labor negotiations : UNION
44
Part of a Spanish play : ACTO
47
Poet's "below" : NEATH
49
School for William and Harry : ETON
50
Cleared the throat : GARGLED
52
World War marine menaces : UBOATS
54
Fine fiddles : AMATIS
55
"Guys and Dolls" song "Adelaide's ___" : LAMENT
57
UNITED NATIONS BODY : SECRETARIAT
59
Figs. averaging 100 : IQS
62
Squelch : SITON
63
Staffer on TV's "The West Wing" : DONNA
64
Passé : OUT
65
Schools for engrs. : INSTS
66
Chips in chips : ANTES
67
Senate vote : NAY
Down
1
Gentle sound : COO
2
"___ tree falls..." : IFA
3
TOOK AN OATH : AFFIRMED
4
Where a stairway may lead : ATTIC
5
Kinda : SORTOF
6
Year Trajan was born : LIII
7
Dinner that typically comes in a bowl : ALPO
8
First word of Dante's "Inferno" : NEL
9
Big name in kitchen foil : ALCOA
10
One who gets out early : PAROLEE
11
Performs a Yom Kippur ritual : ATONES
12
Double curve, as in yarn : STWIST
13
Beliefs : TENETS
19
Cook with flavor? : EMERIL
21
Quill points : NIBS
23
Goes back : EBBS
24
___ contendere : NOLO
25
Full of vigor : ROBUST
28
On the stock exchange : LISTED
29
WHERE CONAGRA IS HEADQUARTERED : OMAHA
32
___ kwon do : TAE
34
A.C. measure : BTU
37
Least loco : SANEST
38
TICKET : CITATION
39
Thigh-slapper : HOOT
40
Cozy places to stay : INNS
41
Gentle pace : DOGTROT
43
Kind of light : NEON
44
Sampras rival : AGASSI
45
Entered : CAMEIN
46
Plots : TRACTS
48
Kind : HUMANE
51
Legal claims : LIENS
53
Test versions : BETAS
55
___ Hubbard : LRON
56
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
58
Liberal grp. on Capitol Hill : ADA
60
Sine ___ non : QUA
61
Farm pen : STY

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