NY Times, Wed, Nov 15, 2006

Author: David Benkof / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V W Z }
Open squares: 74, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 58.1, New York Times Across Lite file
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Across Down
1. Bulova alternative : OMEGA
6. Hunt and peck, e.g. : TYPE
10. Grabs 40 winks : NAPS
14. Manicurist's expertise : NAILS
15. Film vault holding : REEL
16. Relative of butterine : OLEO
17. Appeal to caprice : STRIKEONESFANCY
19. When tripled, a war movie : TORA
20. Gave the O.K. : SAIDSO
21. Highway headache : TIEUP
22. On the open deck : TOPSIDE
25. Ponzi scheme, e.g. : SCAM
27. You might put some money in it, briefly : IRA
28. Viking Ericson : LEIF
30. Kind of house : PREFAB
34. Military jets' mission : AIRSTRIKE
36. Show that inspired "30 Rock": Abbr. : SNL
37. Roundabout : ROTARY
38. Perch : ROOST
40. Perch : SIT
42. Musical Mel : TORME
43. Draw in : ALLURE
45. Calder Trophy org. : NHL
47. Something usually eaten with sauce : SPARERIB
48. Penetrate slowly : SEEPIN
49. Cedar alternative : TEAK
51. "___ luck?" : ANY
52. Each : APOP
54. Not caught : ATLARGE
56. Pentagonal part of a diamond : PLATE
59. High regard : ESTEEM
61. Native Rwandan : HUTU
62. Go all out for a party, say : SPARENOEXPENSE
66. ___ a secret : INON
67. "Don't Tell ___" ("Cabaret" song) : MAMA
68. Fed. bill : TNOTE
69. Site associated with this puzzle's theme : LANE
70. Kind of sch. : ELEM
71. Comparatively peculiar : ODDER
1. Picketing, perhaps : ONSTRIKE
2. Chinese revolutionary : MAO
3. German "a" : EIN
4. Sharon of "Cagney & Lacey" : GLESS
5. Attack violently : ASSAIL
6. Parts of some car deals : TRADEINS
7. Aches (for) : YENS
8. Zane Grey's "West of the ___" : PECOS
9. Ron who played Tarzan : ELY
10. "Hurry!" : NOTIMETOSPARE
11. Soothing plant : ALOE
12. Indiana town where Cole Porter was born : PERU
13. Halloween prankster's aid : SOAP
18. Bona ___ : FIDES
21. The Sun, The Moon or The Emperor : TAROT
22. Popes' headgear : TIARAS
23. National rival : ORIOLE
24. Conditional release : PAROLE
26. E.M.T. specialty : CPR
29. Longtime Buick plant site : FLINT
31. ___, Straus and Giroux : FARRAR
32. Turning plowshares into swords? : ARMING
33. "Ta-ta!" : BYEBYE
35. Begins to play : STRIKESUPATUNE
39. Claptrap : TRIPE
41. 1980's TV show with a stenciled logo : THEATEAM
44. Musician Brian : ENO
46. Glove material : LATEX
50. Compulsive lifter : KLEPTO
53. Kind of colony : PENAL
55. Alter : AMEND
56. TV's Dr. ___ : PHIL
57. Roman moon goddess : LUNA
58. Gobs : ATON
60. Not all : SOME
62. "Enough already!" : SPAREME
63. Wink's partner : NOD
64. Canonized mlle. : STE
65. Suffix with auction : EER
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