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NY Times, Tue, Nov 06, 2007

Author: John Underwood / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open squares: 78, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 50.3, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 12 of 14 for Mr. Underwood — solos: 14, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 2007, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Home in an old warehouse district : LOFT
5. Virus named for a river : EBOLA
10. Trans-Siberian Railroad stop : OMSK
14. Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
15. U.S./Canada early warning syst. : NORAD
16. City bond, for short : MUNI
17. Eisenhower was one : FIVESTARGENERAL
20. Move unsteadily : TEETER
21. Delon of "Purple Noon" : ALAIN
22. Cedar Rapids college : COE
23. 2:30, aboard ship : FIVEBELLS
27. Dele undoers : STETS
29. Something new : AFIRST
30. Ho Chi Minh's capital : HANOI
31. Boris Godunov, for one : TSAR
32. Rove, with "about" : GAD
35. Full range : EXTENT
37. It's off the tip of Italy : SICILY
40. Bad-mouth : DIS
41. ___ war syndrome : GULF
45. ___ plume : NOMDE
46. Chiang Kai-shek's capital : TAIPEI
48. Mountain cats : PUMAS
49. Rests for a bit : TAKESFIVE
52. Singleton : ONE
53. "Waiting for Lefty" playwright : ODETS
54. Like Dickens's Dodger : ARTFUL
57. Shortly after quitting time, for many : QUARTERPASTFIVE
62. Forearm bone : ULNA
63. Shul V.I.P. : RABBI
64. Pizzeria fixture : OVEN
65. Hot times in France : ETES
66. Befuddled : ATSEA
67. Try for a role : READ
 1. Brit's elevator : LIFT
2. Garfield's foil : ODIE
3. Nickel : FIVECENTS
4. Slugging it out : TOETOTOE
5. ___'acte : ENTR
6. Feathery wrap : BOA
7. Bobby of the Bruins : ORR
8. Dillydally : LAG
9. Fruity quencher : ADE
10. Brunch dish : OMELET
11. Wall art : MURAL
12. Symbol of slowness : SNAIL
13. Ceramists' baking chambers : KILNS
18. Welcomes, as a guest at one's home : SEESIN
19. Catches red-handed : NABS
23. Jack Sprat's taboo : FAT
24. Hypotheticals : IFS
25. Rome's ___ Veneto : VIA
26. Blunders : ERRS
27. Outbuilding : SHED
28. Vehicle with a medallion : TAXI
32. Request for a congratulatory slap : GIMMEFIVE
33. Pierce player : ALDA
34. Gray concealers : DYES
36. End-of-workweek cry : TGIF
38. At a cruise stop : INPORT
39. Be worth : COUNTFOR
42. AP competitor : UPI
43. "My Name Is Asher ___" : LEV
44. "For shame!" : FIE
46. Colorful fishes : TETRAS
47. Helper: Abbr. : ASST
49. Brimless cap : TOQUE
50. At least 21 : ADULT
51. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil : KEANE
54. Home to most Turks : ASIA
55. Iris's place : UVEA
56. Libraries do it : LEND
58. Big Band ___ : ERA
59. Turn state's evidence : RAT
60. "Sesame Street" channel : PBS
61. Honest ___ : ABE
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