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John Farmer 

NY Times, Wed, Dec 17, 2008

Author: John Farmer
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { K Q }, Scrabble score: 328 (avg 1.77)
Open squares: 76, Cheater squares: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Freshness Factor™: 56.8 (• 67.0 Wed. %-ile), NYT Across Lite file
This is puzzle 15 of 25 for Mr. Farmer — solos: 25, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 1

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© 2008, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Inundated : AWASH
6. Trailblazed : LED
9. Caught congers, e.g. : EELED
14. Entrance : MESMERIZE
16. They may have a view of a bridge : XRAYS
17. Nut in a can of premium mixed nuts : MACADAMIA
18. Bitmap bit : PIXEL
19. On occasion : EVERYSOOFTEN
21. Salon job : TINT
22. "One ___ Soldier" (antiwar song) : TIN
23. Yuppie ___ (chronic fatigue syndrome) : FLU
26. Wind up : END
27. Yesteryear, nostalgically : GOODOLDDAYS
32. Some football linemen: Abbr. : RGS
33. Hyatt alternative : OMNI
34. "A Thousand Acres" novelist Smiley : JANE
35. Order of the Arrow members : BOYSCOUTS
39. Low-___ diet : CARB
42. Competitor of uBid : EBAY
43. Emergency PC key : ESC
46. Makes something better in a big way : DOESWONDERS
50. Kind of jacket : MAO
51. Tricky : SLY
52. Leatherworker's tool : AWL
53. Singer/songwriter Aimee : MANN
54. Ducky : FINEANDDANDY
59. One of the Gandhis : RAJIV
62. Sherwood Forest minstrel : ALANADALE
63. Like lapis lazuli : AZURE
64. "Two cents plain" drink : SODAWATER
65. Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent : NOTES
66. Celestial Seasonings product : TEA
67. Suffix with road and speed : STERS
 1. Electric gauge : AMMETER
2. Not staying in one's lane : WEAVING
3. Climbs : ASCENDS
4. Natty : SMART
5. Actress Lamarr : HEDY
6. Door-to-door delivery service? : LIMO
7. Opera singer Pinza : EZIO
8. Ignoring : DEAFTO
9. Lay out : EXPEND
10. Land o' leprechauns : ERIN
11. Not enforcing all the laws : LAX
12. CBS logo : EYE
13. Alternative to dial-up : DSL
15. ___ Tafari (Haile Selassie) : RAS
20. ___ Tuesday (53-Across's pop band) : TIL
23. "Black box" regulator: Abbr. : FAA
24. Former White House adviser Nofziger : LYN
25. Exhaust, with "up" : USE
27. Schmaltz : GOO
28. "Peg ___ Heart" : OMY
29. Turn-___ (thrills) : ONS
30. Cut into small cubes : DICED
31. Spinners of the Spinners, e.g. : DJS
35. Air gun ammo : BBS
36. U.K. honor : OBE
37. Onetime Mideast letters : UAR
38. Game show host Treadway and others : TYS
39. Music store stock : CDS
40. "You've got mail" co. : AOL
41. Spain's Carlos I or II : REY
43. Spring : EMANATE
44. "Happy Gilmore" star, 1996 : SANDLER
45. House Judiciary Committee chairman John : CONYERS
47. Gives up : WAIVES
48. "The devil looks after his ___" : OWN
49. Div. for the Mets and Marlins : NLEAST
53. Angry with : MADAT
54. Boot : FIRE
55. First-aid salve : ALOE
56. Zippo : NADA
57. Some evidence : DNA
58. Crow cousins : DAWS
59. Fled or bled : RAN
60. ___ dye : AZO
61. Project : JUT
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