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NY Times, Tue, Dec 02, 2008

Author: Matt Ginsberg / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open squares: 73, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 68.4, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 9 of 17 for Mr. Ginsberg — solos: 14, collaborations: 3, Sundays: 5

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© 2008, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Ships' complements : CREWS
6. Org. that defends the Bill of Rights : ACLU
10. Sound of ... an explosion : BOOM
14. On the level : LEGIT
15. ... thunder : CLAP
16. One of Scotland's Inner Hebrides : IONA
17. Fireplace : INGLE
18. ... a mother with noisy kids : HUSH
19. ___ Pictures (entertainment company) : SONY
20. Indispensable : NEEDED
22. ... a toy train : CHOOCHOO
24. ... a raindrop in a puddle : KERPLUNK
26. Comical Costello : LOU
27. Cuba, e.g., to Cubans : ISLA
28. Looked up to : ADMIRED
32. ... a table tennis ball (with 45-Across) : PING
35. Not enough room to swing ___ : ACAT
37. Prefix with dactyl : PTERO
38. Not worth a ___ : SOU
39. ... brakes : SCREECH
41. All the sounds in this puzzle together? : DIN
42. ... a basketball through a basket : SWISH
44. "La Bamba" actor Morales : ESAI
45. See 32-Across : PONG
46. Dermal art : TATTOOS
48. "Right now!," to a doctor : STAT
50. ... a knock on a door : RAP
51. ... Road Runner : BEEPBEEP
55. ... grease in a deep fryer : SPLATTER
59. Destine for, as oblivion : DOOMTO
60. Count ___ of Lemony Snicket books : OLAF
61. Run for it : FLEE
63. Egypt's Nasser : GAMAL
64. It follows first, second and third : HOME
65. ... a porker : OINK
66. Classic British Jaguar : ETYPE
67. Columnist's column : OPED
68. Judge : RATE
69. Test track features : ESSES
 1. ... champagne glasses : CLINK
2. Zellweger of "Jerry Maguire" : RENEE
3. Ham-and-___ (incompetent sort) : EGGER
4. Boar : WILDPIG
5. Braces (oneself) : STEELS
6. ... a surprised German : ACH
7. ... a hen : CLUCK
8. Mascara's place : LASH
9. Maintain : UPHOLD
10. Serving with ham and gravy : BISCUIT
11. ... a circusgoer : OOOH
12. ___ account (never) : ONNO
13. B.L.T. ingredient : MAYO
21. Fond ___, Wis. : DULAC
23. Get-up-and-go : OOMPH
25. Mother-of-pearls : NACRES
28. Relaxed : ATEASE
29. Second serve, for example : REDO
30. "___ Brockovich" : ERIN
31. ... a doorbell : DONG
32. ... a cheater in class : PSST
33. Place name before and after City : IOWA
34. "Bonne ___" (French wish at bedtime) : NUIT
36. Two-time loser to D.D.E. : AES
39. Little ham? : SHOAT
40. Quoted : CITED
43. Attacked from above : STRAFED
45. "McHale's Navy" craft : PTBOATS
47. Select : OPTFOR
49. Highest point in an orbit : APOGEE
51. Ford and Bush adviser Scowcroft : BRENT
52. TV trophies : EMMYS
53. Day's march : ETAPE
54. The ends of the earth : POLES
55. London entertainment district : SOHO
56. ... a person sitting down : PLOP
57. Pathetic : LAME
58. "On the Waterfront" director Kazan : ELIA
62. Squeeze (out) : EKE
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