NY Times, Thu, Jan 04, 2007

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1. Picnic staple : SLAW 5. Lincoln and others : ABES 9. Skiing mementos? : CASTS 14. Puncture : HOLE 15. "The Last of the Mohicans" woman : CORA 16. Playwright Fugard : ATHOL 17. Actor Morales : ESAI 18. Make : EARN 19. Isabel, for one : REINA 20. Condescend : DEIGN 22. Rodeo performer : ROPER 24. Good or bad name, informally : REP 25. Sprint : HUNDREDYARDDASH 28. Advantages : UPSIDES 31. Classic Paris couture house : DIOR 32. Poured : RAINED 33. Haiti, once : FRENCHCOLONY 37. Kind of orch. : SYM 38. Friend, slangily : BRO 39. Oxford letters : EEE 40. Without a regular schedule : APERIODICALLY 44. Spanish entree : PAELLA 47. Concert wind : OBOE 48. Having I-strain? : SELFISH 49. President : COMMANDERINCHIEF 53. One of a pair of conjunctions : NOR 54. Novelist Gide : ANDRE 55. As yet : SOFAR 59. Sci-fi figure : DROID 61. "Tobermory" writer : SAKI 63. Singular, to Caesar : RARA 64. "___ Mio" : OSOLE 65. Currier's partner : IVES 66. Uncommon trick taker : TREY 67. Goes (for) : SELLS 68. ___ Gwyn, mistress of Charles II : NELL 69. Neptune's realm : SEAS		1. Tool holder : SHED 2. Shake : LOSE 3. Asia's Trans ___ mountains : ALAI 4. Prefight event : WEIGHIN 5. Crackerjack : ACE 6. Gets on : BOARDS 7. Kind of message : ERROR 8. Los Angeles harbor site : SANPEDRO 9. Small bag : CARRYON 10. Got down : ATE 11. Bake in a shallow dish : SHIRR 12. Opposite of flabby : TONED 13. Haphazardly : SLAPDASH 21. Botticelli figure : NUDE 23. Adams of "The Ernie Kovacs Show" : EDIE 26. ___ Brooks, 1950's-60's "Meet the Press" host : NED 27. Not go straight : ARC 28. ___ Major : URSA 29. Week or month at the office, usually : PAYPERIOD 30. ___ Valley, Calif. : SIMI 33. Zap : FRY 34. Prefix with pad : HELI 35. Wearers of eagle insignia : COLONELS 36. Word repeated in a Beatles refrain : YEAH 38. Isn't conspicuous : BLENDSIN 41. Iowa college : COE 42. Rubs : ABRADES 43. Pork ___ : LOIN 44. Canadian prov. : PEI 45. Subjects of Guinness records? : ALES 46. Struggles : EFFORTS 48. Mideast money : SHEKEL 49. Members of a raiding party : COMMANDOS 50. Origin of the word "troll" : NORSE 51. Show eager anticipation : DROOL 52. Hunger for : CRAVE 56. Commuting cost : FARE 57. Realm : AREA 58. Skates : RAYS 60. In a bad way : ILL 62. Cuba, e.g.: Abbr. : ISL