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New York Times, Monday, September 18, 2006

Author:
Dave Tuller
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Across : Swiss-based relief group
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabbleFresh
11.6064%
Dave Tuller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Tuller. Monday freshness: 87%
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J
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© 2006, The New York Times9/18/6 ( No. 20,768 )
Across
1
Comedian Foxworthy : JEFF
5
Tiff : SPAT
9
Manhandle : PAWAT
14
Early TV role for Ron Howard : OPIE
15
Author Victor : HUGO
16
Comment to the audience : ASIDE
17
1960's series about a boy and his bear : GENTLEBEN
19
Outsides of lemons and limes : RINDS
20
12th-grader : SENIOR
21
Swiss-based relief group : REDCROSS
23
Johnny of "Pirates of the Caribbean" : DEPP
25
Itsy-bitsy : WEE
26
Choose : OPT
29
Greeting with a hug and a kiss, say : WARMWELCOME
35
Cawing birds : CROWS
37
Go bankrupt : FAIL
38
Ever and ___ : ANON
39
Kind of lamp at a luau : TIKI
40
Composer Franz : LISZT
41
Give temporarily : LEND
42
Genesis garden : EDEN
43
___ Major : URSA
44
Popeye's burly foe : BLUTO
45
Feature of the Christian God : TENDERMERCY
48
Cathedral seat : PEW
49
Dernier ___ (the latest thing) : CRI
50
Cold and damp, as a basement : DANK
52
Home of a hypothetical monster : LOCHNESS
57
"I haven't the foggiest" : NOIDEA
61
Miss ___ of TV's "Dallas" : ELLIE
62
Compliment : KINDWORDS
64
Grabs (onto) : GLOMS
65
Object of devotion : IDOL
66
Mailed : SENT
67
"Full House" actor Bob : SAGET
68
Being nothing more than : MERE
69
"The Bridge on the River ___" : KWAI
Down
1
Runs for exercise : JOGS
2
Sporting sword : EPEE
3
Huckleberry ___ : FINN
4
Offensive-smelling : FETID
5
Mountain climber's guide : SHERPA
6
Place to play darts : PUB
7
Chemical used by document forgers : AGER
8
Dial ___ : TONE
9
Package : PARCEL
10
"If memory serves ..." : ASIRECALL
11
Overindulger of the grape : WINO
12
Throws in : ADDS
13
___ Trueheart of "Dick Tracy" : TESS
18
Big name in movie theaters : LOEWS
22
Lived (in) : DWELT
24
Employer of flacks : PRFIRM
26
Santa's reindeer, minus Rudolph : OCTET
27
Egotist's sin : PRIDE
28
Subway coin : TOKEN
30
En ___ (as a group) : MASSE
31
Harry Potter, for one : WIZARD
32
Outdo by a little : ONEUP
33
Three-card scam : MONTE
34
Furnish with a fund : ENDOW
36
Porch music maker : WINDCHIME
40
Alison who won a Pulitzer for "Foreign Affairs" : LURIE
44
Previously, up to this point : BYNOW
46
Polar explorer Shackleton : ERNEST
47
Wick holder : CANDLE
51
Newsstand : KIOSK
52
Chicken drumsticks : LEGS
53
Earthenware pot : OLLA
54
Job for a drain cleaner : CLOG
55
Read over hurriedly : SKIM
56
Pro or con : SIDE
58
Provoked, as enemy fire : DREW
59
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
60
Wine-producing region of Italy : ASTI
63
Neither hide ___ hair : NOR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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