NY Times, Thu, Mar 09, 2006

1 S

2 Q

3 U

4 A

5 R

6 I

7 N

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13 T

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15 G

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T

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18 E

P

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O

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19 U

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20 A

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21 S

22 S

P

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C

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L

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W

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L

29 T

H

R

E

30 E

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M

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S

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S

36 O

R

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S

37 A

38 C

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40 A

L

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G

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Y

45 S

D

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47 U

H

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49 M

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M

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A

52 R

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P

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57 S

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O

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60 S

C

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61 B

62 S

O

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64 P

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67 F

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70 F

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71 T

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72 U

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Across		Down
1. Places to do-si-do : SQUAREDANCECLUBS 6. With 71-Across, one way to think (with a hint to this puzzle's theme) : INSIDE 12. Decline of the West? : SUNSET 14. Mason jar use : CANNING 16. Happens to, old-style : BETIDES 18. Any "Star Wars" film : EPISODE 19. Prefix with polar : UNI 20. Bisector : AXIS 22. Encourage : SPURON 25. Drift (about) : GAD 27. Dish eaten with a spork : SLAW 28. "Good" cholesterol inits. : HDL 29. Daily regimen : THREESQUAREMEALS 31. In : AMID 33. Mommy's triplets? : EMS 35. Losers : ALSORANS 37. One on the links : ACE 40. Home of Nascar's Talladega Superspeedway: Abbr. : ALA 42. Brightness units, for short? : IQS 43. ___ Pepper : SGT 44. Don who won the 1962 Cy Young award : DRYSDALE 47. Above 13, briefly : UHF 49. Satisfy : MEET 52. ___ room (dorm facility) : REC 55. Some houses are built on it : SPEC 57. __-Blo (brand of fuse) : SLO 58. Henry James novel set in New York City : WASHINGTONSQUARE 60. Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt : SCARAB 62. Tender : SORE 64. Pokey : PEN 65. Turns in : RETIRES 67. Husbandry : FARMING 69. At hand : INCLOSE 70. "Get real!" : FACEIT 71. See 6-Across : THEBOX		2. Slake : QUENCH 3. Loose : UNTIED 4. Walt Whitman's "___ Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing" : ASI 6. Something to slip on : ICE 7. Isn't vigilant : NAPS 8. Impertinent ones : SNIPS 9. Parochial : INSULAR 10. 3-D representations : DIORAMAS 11. Funding, as a chair : ENDOWING 13. ___ Avery of Looney Tunes : TEX 15. ___-Y (modern youth) : GEN 17. :-<, in a chat room : SIGH 21. Detective writer Paretsky : SARA 24. Jacobs Field's home, on scoreboards : CLE 26. Poor boy provider : DELI 32. Summer observance: Abbr. : DST 34. Harebrained : MAD 36. Kyrgyzstan city : OSH 37. Fleet leader: Abbr. : ADM 38. It's seen in the first or last quarter : CRESCENT 39. Pirate feature : EYEPATCH 41. Charity : ALMS 45. Unfruitful : STERILE 46. Catch in pots : EELS 48. Italian monk : FRA 51. You may hit it when you're angry : ROOF 53. Spots : ESPIES 54. ___ Blanc, popular wine grape : CHENIN 56. Faux chocolate : CAROB 60. Hindu honorific : SRI 61. Kiss, in a Paul Anka song : BESO 63. Battle of Britain fliers: Abbr. : RAF 66. Make more alluring, with "up" : SEX 68. 1974 John Wayne movie : MCQ