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NY Times, Fri, Jan 27, 2006

Author: Sherry O. Blackard / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 64, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 6.22, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.42)
Open squares: 117, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 86.1, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 46 of 53 for Ms. Blackard — solos: 48, collaborations: 5, Sundays: 1

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© 2006, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Didn't immediately go on : PAUSED
7. "Don't fall for that" : ITSATRAP
15. Title bandit in a Verdi opera : ERNANI
16. Postseason event : BOWLGAME
17. Some fertile regions : DELTAS
18. Bottle label : ONELITER
19. Disorderly type? : ANARCH
20. It doesn't require a full deck : SKAT
21. Yvette's years : ANS
22. G.P.S. device, at times : LOCATOR
24. Botanical beards : ARISTAE
26. Shout to a cabbie : STEPONIT
28. "Scarface" setting : MIAMI
29. Back together : RECONNECTED
32. Locks up : ICES
36. Comic introduction? : SERIO
37. Figs. in bank records : SSNS
38. Teller's area : MAGICTRICKS
41. Teaser : PROMO
42. Not in harm's way : SHIELDED
47. Best : OPTIMAL
50. "With Reagan" writer : EDMEESE
51. Wall St. purchase : SHR
52. Better writing : EDIT
54. Seven of 1,000,000 : DIGITS
55. Arduous : TOILSOME
57. Quickly : INASEC
58. Checking one's territory : ONPATROL
59. Beat one's gums : NATTER
60. Antiphon : RESPONSE
61. Like patent leather : GLOSSY
 1. Piano trio : PEDALS
2. Playground retort : ARENOT
3. Loosen : UNLACE
4. Ruthless governor : SATRAP
5. One passing : ENACTOR
6. Not straight : DISHONEST
7. Native Nigerians : IBOS
8. Big name in small trucks : TONKA
9. Not just say : SWEAR
10. Record : ALLTIME
11. ___ Friday's : TGI
12. Rappers' sounds : RATATATS
13. Emphatic concurrence : AMENAMEN
14. Annual celestial display : PERSEIDS
23. Kitchen aid : RICER
25. Sets a setter on, say : SICS
27. Spelling and others : TORIS
30. Calling : NICHE
31. "Is that a fact?!" : NOKIDDING
32. Wolf in sheep's clothing, e.g. : IMPOSTOR
33. Something auto-dialed? : CARPHONE
34. Star treks? : EGOTRIPS
35. ___ Hills (edge of the San Fernando Valley) : SIMI
39. Totals : COMESTO
40. Primary : SEMINAL
43. Smooth, to Solti : LEGATO
44. Many of the Founding Fathers : DEISTS
45. Actress Chandler and others : ESTEES
46. Catch sight of : DESCRY
48. Gild : ADORN
49. Long rides? : LIMOS
53. Cast leader? : TELE
56. Sometime PC supporter : LAP
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