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NY Times, Thu, May 07, 2009

Author: Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B Q X }
Open squares: 87, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 61.7, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 166 of 172 for Ms. Gorski — solos: 172, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 47

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JimH notes: The four rebus squares must be interpreted differently Across or Down. The answers shown here are correct only for the Across clues. 1-D should be CIRCLE LINE. 14-D is ZERO HOUR. 47-D is SIZE ZERO. 55-D is CROP CIRCLE. Notice that this makes a nicely symmetric set: HOOP/CIRCLE, RING/ZERO, RING/ZERO, HOOP/CIRCLE.
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HOOP
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T
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R
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A
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W
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I
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N
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L
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M
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N
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H
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J
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G
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D
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C
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C
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H
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C
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RING
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H
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HOOP
© 2009, The New York Times
Across Down
1. B-ball player : HOOPSTER
6. Like the Grand Canyon or Fourth of July fireworks : AWEINSPIRING
15. "Casablanca" co-star : LORRE
16. Phobic sort : NEUROPATH
17. Prayer leaders : IMAMS
18. Rush job? : TALKRADIO
19. Broadway Joe : NAMATH
21. "American Pie" actress Tara : REID
22. "Burma Looks Ahead" author : UNU
23. Head of steam? : ESS
24. Give ___ (care) : ADARN
26. Picasso's muse Dora ___ : MAAR
27. De ___ (by right) : JURE
29. Jocund : GAY
31. Cigar distributor, perhaps : PROUDPAPA
36. Fictional hero on a quest to Mount Doom : FRODO
40. Gets past a last difficulty ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : ROUNDSTHECORNER
42. Creepy : EERIE
43. Unisex : HISORHERS
44. "Show pity, ___ die": "The Taming of the Shrew" : ORI
46. Heading in a Keats volume : ODES
47. "Notch" on Orion's belt : STAR
50. Diaper, in Devon : NAPPY
53. Mandela's org. : ANC
56. Agcy. with agents : IRS
57. Stuff the piggy bank : SAVE
58. Take, as an exam : SITFOR
61. Means of some W.W. I raids : ZEPPELINS
64. Complete, quickly : THORO
65. Ousters : EVICTIONS
66. Crunching sound : CRUMP
67. Welcome January 1, say : RINGINTHENEW
68. 1950s fad item : HULAHOOP
 1. New York City tour provider : HOOPLINE
2. Bodies of organisms : SOMAS
3. Suspended air travel? : TRAMS
4. Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
5. Kick back : REST
6. Hill denizen : ANT
7. ___ smile (grin) : WEARA
8. Calculus pioneer : EULER
9. Teeing off : IRKING
10. Sud's opposite : NORD
11. Where you may get steamed : SPA
12. "The Taming of the Shrew" setting : PADUA
13. 1986 Turner autobiography : ITINA
14. Showtime, at NASA : RINGHOUR
20. Strings pulled in heaven? : HARPS
25. The end : DEATH
26. Some aromatic resins : MYRRHS
27. Sonny : JUNIOR
28. Milk dispenser : UDDER
30. Prior to, poetically : AFORE
31. Paid intro? : PRE
32. Beluga delicacy : ROE
33. Joint possession word : OUR
34. ___ Beta Kappa : PHI
35. Classical storyteller : AESOP
37. Series opener : ONE
38. Part of many Dutch surnames : DER
39. Hosp. areas : ORS
41. Buffalo Bill ___ Wild West Show : CODYS
45. Bad way to be caught : INALIE
47. Teeny dress measurement : SIZERING
48. ___ Fountain : TREVI
49. Clinton's first defense secretary : ASPIN
51. Par ___ : AVION
52. Pasta variety : PENNE
53. Run ___ of : AFOUL
54. Bellini opera : NORMA
55. Mysterious art visible from the sky : CROPHOOP
57. Green of "The Italian Job," 2003 : SETH
59. Scratcher's target : ITCH
60. Dolly Parton's "Travelin' ___" : THRU
62. %: Abbr. : PCT
63. Milwaukee-to-Houston dir. : SSW
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