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NY Times, Fri, Nov 26, 2004

Author: Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.59)
Open squares: 101, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 67.5, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 199 of 245 for Mr. Nosowsky — solos: 243, collaborations: 2, Sundays: 29

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© 2004, The New York Times
Across Down
1. "I haven't finished yet!" : THERESMORE
11. Kick : MOAN
15. Stravinsky opera-oratorio : OEDIPUSREX
16. Poop : INFO
17. Life supporter : OXYGENTENT
18. Sportscaster Ronnie : LOTT
19. Tied up : LASHED
20. Macedonian's neighbor : SERB
22. Clear : NET
23. Spare change? : TIRE
25. Dwight Eisenhower, e.g. : WARHERO
27. Chef d'état, once : ROI
30. Hootenanny, e.g. : SING
32. Go back and forth in deciding : SEESAW
33. Pedigree org. since 1884 : AKC
34. Party line part : TENET
36. 1969 Dustin Hoffman role : RATSO
37. Carry : BEAR
39. Arriving, supposedly : DUEIN
41. Like Ali Baba, at first : POOR
42. "The Devil and Daniel Webster" writer : BENET
44. Key : ISLET
46. Be off : ERR
47. Teary 1954 Patti Page hit : ICRIED
49. Set in stone : ETCH
50. Pen pal's locale? : STY
51. 1970's Peter Benchley thriller : THEDEEP
53. Arcade game starter : SKEE
55. "My mama done ___ me" : TOL
56. Cut : SLIT
58. Upside-down V : LAMBDA
62. Noted 1998 initial public offering : EBAY
64. Be nonchalant : PLAYITCOOL
66. ___ record : SETA
67. Must : HAVENEEDTO
68. Overbrim : TEEM
69. Advice starter : IFIWEREYOU
 1. Not the real decision-maker : TOOL
2. Prefix with syllabic : HEXA
3. Frozen dessert brand : EDYS
4. "Amen!" : RIGHT
5. Thruster, sometimes : EPEEIST
6. Like adobe : SUNDRIED
7. Two hrs. earlier than N.Y. : MST
8. Panners' finds : ORES
9. Sign up for more : RENEW
10. Spear-carriers, e.g. : EXTRAS
11. Big lotto win, briefly : MIL
12. Paying attention : ONONESTOES
13. Not precisely : AFTERASORT
14. "It'll be fine" : NOTTOWORRY
21. Southern honorific : BRER
24. The blahs : ENNUI
26. Lot : HEAP
27. Early pregnancy check : RABBITTEST
28. Southern lake whose name comes from Muskogean for "big water" : OKEECHOBEE
29. Empathetic comment : ICANRELATE
31. V formation, often : GEESE
35. Leans : TILTS
38. Daschle's successor as Senate minority leader : REID
40. V formation, often : NECKLINE
43. Links things : TEES
45. It has wings but can't fly : THEATER
48. Site of the ancient Pythian Games : DELPHI
52. Steamed dish : PILAF
54. Roast turkey, maybe? : EMCEE
57. Rikki-tikki-___ : TAVI
59. Main part : BODY
60. Inflict on : DOTO
61. Baseball family name : ALOU
63. Orange dish : YAM
65. Needle-leafed tree : YEW
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