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NY Times, Fri, Jun 17, 2005

Author: Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 21, Avg Word Len: 6.18, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.43)
Open squares: 114, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 72.8, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 209 of 245 for Mr. Nosowsky — solos: 243, collaborations: 2, Sundays: 29

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© 2005, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Show little concern despite fears : PUTONABRAVEFACE
16. Slide projection? : ONECELLEDANIMAL
17. Cause of gray hairs : STRESSANDSTRAIN
18. ___ de Torquemada (Spanish Inquisition leader) : TOMAS
19. Kitten, at times : MEWER
20. "No seats" sign : SRO
21. Has ___ with : ANIN
22. Sands locale : VEGAS
23. Cybercafe patron : USER
24. ___-X : GEN
25. Under siege : BESET
26. Washed-out : SPENT
27. Post master? : EDITOR
29. How a super may live : RENTFREE
31. Moreover : ELSE
33. El ___ (cheap cigar, in slang) : ROPO
34. Some Lake Victoria viewers : UGANDANS
38. Electrical units : FARADS
42. Forbidden fruits : NONOS
43. Con : CHEAT
45. Hué holiday : TET
46. Great pretender : LIAR
47. Put up : ERECT
48. Certain mortgage, informally : REFI
49. E.S.L. part: Abbr. : ENG
50. Respond to a doctor's request : SAYAH
51. ___-Powell (Boy Scouts founder) : BADEN
52. Partly concur : AGREEUPTOAPOINT
55. Persevered : STAYEDTHECOURSE
56. Refuge : HOMELESSSHELTER
 1. It may get a licking : POSTAGE
2. Flabby : UNTONED
3. Ends : TERMINI
4. Drink : OCEAN
5. Loch ___ : NESS
6. Racing Unsers : ALS
7. Charges : BLAMES
8. Word-breaker : RENEGER
9. Kool-Aid instruction : ADDWATER
10. Mantel pieces : VASES
11. ___'acte : ENTR
12. Chalet building material : FIR
13. Stockpiler : AMASSER
14. Resident of a Mideast capital : CAIRENE
15. Land above the Rio Grande : ELNORTE
22. Vice follower : VERSA
23. In the running to be : UPFOR
25. Darkens, as type : BOLDS
26. Parade honoree, in brief : STPAT
28. Drift : TENOR
30. Cottage cheese style : NOFAT
32. Disguises, in a way : ENCRYPTS
34. Loose : UNLEASH
35. Attending : GOINGTO
36. Tops for pots : ANAGRAM
37. Some close fits : SHEATHS
39. Was humbled : ATEDIRT
40. Alibi, often : DEFENSE
41. Frugal one : STINTER
44. Hints of the past : ECHOES
47. ___ vie : EAUDE
48. Fauvist painter Dufy : RAOUL
50. Sew shut, as a falcon's eyes : SEEL
51. Lodge letters : BPOE
53. Check out : EYE
54. "Oh" overseas : ACH
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