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NY Times, Mon, Feb 26, 2007

Author: Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q U X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open squares: 74, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 45.1, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 4 of 28 for Mr. Collins — solos: 21, collaborations: 7, Sundays: 1

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© 2007, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Tempest : STORM
6. Cub Scout group : DEN
9. Singer Turner and others : TINAS
14. Chili con ___ : CARNE
15. N.Y.C.'s Park or Lexington : AVE
16. "Dying / Is ___, like anything else": Sylvia Plath : ANART
17. E. M. Forster novel : APASSAGETOINDIA
20. Brooks of comedy : MEL
21. Old punch line? : SCAR
22. Disreputable : SLEAZY
23. Mia of women's soccer : HAMM
24. To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
25. Car parker : GARAGEATTENDANT
32. One of the Astaires : ADELE
33. Dictionary unit : WORD
34. Australian hopper, for short : ROO
35. Manner : MODE
36. Property encumbrances : LIENS
38. "Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
39. Hosp. scan : MRI
40. Cost of a cab : FARE
41. C-3PO, for one : DROID
42. Entities cited in the Penitential Rite : ANGELSANDSAINTS
46. Tipplers : SOTS
47. The Vatican's home : ROME
48. "La Nausée" novelist : SARTRE
51. "Star Wars" guru : YODA
52. Opposite of 'neath : OER
55. What conspiracy theorists look for (as hinted at by 17-, 25- and 42-Across) : THEHIDDENAGENDA
58. Colorado ski town : ASPEN
59. Dined : ATE
60. Spanish hero played by Charlton Heston : ELCID
61. Louts : BOORS
62. "Two clubs," e.g., in bridge : BID
63. Cuts down on calories : DIETS
 1. E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g. : SCAM
2. Reel-to-reel ___ : TAPE
3. Spoken : ORAL
4. I.C.U. helpers : RNS
5. Communiqué : MESSAGE
6. Explorer Vasco ___ : DAGAMA
7. Even once : EVER
8. Ping-Pong table divider : NET
9. Last part : TAILEND
10. Wanting : INNEED
11. Zilch : NADA
12. Phoenix's home: Abbr. : ARIZ
13. Order to Fido : STAY
18. Peak : ACME
19. Some blenders : OSTERS
23. Robust : HALE
24. Lots : ATON
25. Letter after beta : GAMMA
26. Decorate : ADORN
27. Excavate again : REDIG
28. 11- or 12-year-old : TWEEN
29. Crime sometimes done for the insurance : ARSON
30. Untagged, in a game : NOTIT
31. Creatures said to cause warts : TOADS
36. Remained : LASTED
37. Gershwin and others : IRAS
38. Cleveland's lake : ERIE
40. Old gold coins : FLORINS
41. Requiring repair : DAMAGED
43. Rolle who starred in "Good Times" : ESTHER
44. Spoke so as to put people to sleep : DRONED
45. Ice cream drink : SODA
48. Dagger wound : STAB
49. "I see," facetiously : AHSO
50. "___ Man," Emilio Estevez movie : REPO
51. Dubious sighting in the Himalayas : YETI
52. A single time : ONCE
53. Blue-pencil : EDIT
54. X-ray units : RADS
56. Small amount, as of hair cream : DAB
57. Inventor Whitney : ELI
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