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NY Times, Tue, Jun 12, 2007

Author: Jonathan Gersch / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open squares: 70, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 46.5, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 2 of 3 for Mr. Gersch — solos: 3, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 2007, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Former U.N. chief Javier ___ de Cuéllar : PEREZ
6. Colorist : DYER
10. Black Power symbol : FIST
14. Site of Crockett's demise : ALAMO
15. Gutter site : EAVE
16. Creep (along) : INCH
17. Spoonerism, usually : SLIPOFTHETONGUE
20. Something that may be brought back from the beach : TAN
21. Abbr. in a help wanted ad : EEO
22. Instruments played with bows : VIOLS
23. Sight along the Thames : WINDSORCASTLE
28. Most acute : KEENEST
30. Bran material : OAT
31. Draft org. : SSS
32. Get on one's nerves : GRATE
33. Indiana ___ : JONES
35. Actress Roseanne : BARR
36. Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across : KNOTS
38. Clickable image : ICON
42. Baby screecher : OWLET
44. Observe Yom Kippur : ATONE
45. Deadly viper : ASP
48. "The Star-Spangled Banner" contraction : OER
49. Like some dental floss : UNWAXED
51. Hoedown folks : SQUAREDANCERS
54. Author Vonnegut and others : KURTS
55. General on a Chinese menu : TSO
56. Lilliputian : WEE
59. San Francisco tourist attraction : FISHERMANSWHARF
64. Modern ice cream flavor : OREO
65. Little explorer on Nickelodeon : DORA
66. Raise : HOIST
67. Pete Rose's team : REDS
68. Small bit : SNIP
69. Actress Moorehead : AGNES
 1. Previous : PAST
2. Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
3. Slickers and the like : RAINWEAR
4. Akihito's title: Abbr. : EMP
5. Madhouse : ZOO
6. Abhor : DETEST
7. Popular e-mail provider : YAHOO
8. Grandmother of Enoch : EVE
9. Abbr. after some generals' names : RET
10. That's all : FINIS
11. Metal bars : INGOTS
12. Crews' craft : SCULLS
13. Postdocs often publish them : THESES
18. Gangsters' foes : FEDS
19. Elliptical : OVATE
24. Emcee's delivery : INTRO
25. Word between two last names : NEE
26. Etymological basis : ROOT
27. Axes : CANS
28. Putin's former org. : KGB
29. Pitcher's stat : ERA
33. Small bit : JOT
34. Instrument often accompanied by a pair of small drums : SITAR
36. Swiss painter Paul : KLEE
37. "Happy Days" put-down : NERD
39. Crew's leader : COXSWAIN
40. Atomic number of hydrogen : ONE
41. Flanders of "The Simpsons" : NED
43. "It's ___ than that!" : WORSE
44. Great reverence : AWE
45. Request : ASKFOR
46. Future knight : SQUIRE
47. Puckered : PURSED
49. Open, in a way : UNSNAP
50. Cpls. and others : NCOS
52. One of the Three Musketeers : ATHOS
53. Centipede maker : ATARI
57. Gaelic language : ERSE
58. Newts : EFTS
60. Tpkes. : RDS
61. Back-to-school time: Abbr. : MON
62. "Huh?" : WHA
63. Big bike : HOG
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