NY Times, Sat, Jul 14, 2007

Author: Victor Fleming / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 5.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.48)
Open squares: 94, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 78.5, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 11 of 21 for Mr. Fleming — solos: 13, collaborations: 8, Sundays: 4

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1. Player in three 1970s Pro Bowls : BRADSHAW
9. Dispersion devices : PRISMS
15. Infernal : DEVILISH
16. Any of six popes : ADRIAN
17. It's heard at many a wedding : AVEMARIA
18. San Francisco neighborhood, with "the" : CASTRO
19. Basketball analyst Elmore : LEN
20. Former Shea players : BEATLES
22. Neighbor of Isr., once : UAR
23. Threaded holder : TNUT
25. "Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889" painter : ENSOR
26. Snow on an album cover : HANK
27. Sigmoid curves : OGEES
29. Trough site : STY
30. "Please," to Franz : BITTE
31. Swiss multinational : NESTLE
33. Didn't just nosh : HADAMEAL
35. Kind of carriage : HORSELESS
37. Molotov cocktail, e.g. : FIREBOMB
40. Shucks, so to speak : LIESTO
44. Mets manager Minaya and others : OMARS
45. One along an autobahn? : EIN
47. Aunt who sings part of "The Farmer and the Cowman" : ELLER
48. High ones may produce a roar : RPMS
49. Cape wearer's field : MAGIC
51. Focus provider? : FORD
52. Canyon, e.g. : GAP
53. Columbus, e.g. : MARINER
55. Educ. Testing Service offering : GRE
56. "Not right now" : INABIT
58. Picasso mistress and subject : DORAMAAR
60. Where Antonio and Shylock litigate : VENICE
61. Ingress : ENTRANCE
62. Tequila brand with a red sombrero bottle top : ELTORO
63. Levied : ASSESSED
1. Waldenbooks alternative : BDALTON
2. It's sweet, it's said : REVENGE
3. Ways of access : AVENUES
4. Lower, in a way : DIM
5. Tombstone, e.g. : SLAB
6. Fresh face at a firm : HIREE
7. Easterners : ASIANS
8. "Hey!?" : WHATSTHEBIGIDEA
9. Edsel model : PACER
10. Intake optima: Abbr. : RDAS
11. Return address abbr.? : IRS
12. Orient : SITUATE
13. Plant of the arrowroot family : MARANTA
14. View coral reefs, maybe : SNORKEL
21. Not false : LOYAL
24. Mountaineering aids : TETHERS
26. Word in a documentary's credits : HIMSELF
28. Folks guilty of disorderly conduct : SLOBS
30. "Goin' to Chicago Blues" composer : BASIE
32. Ranch extension? : ERO
34. "Of the," in Oviedo : DEL
36. Campaign staple : SMEAR
37. Not hold something against : FORGIVE
38. Select for a case : IMPANEL
39. Runaway : RAMPANT
41. Advertisers' output : SLOGANS
42. Cookout setting : TERRACE
43. In sequence : ORDERED
46. Curtain fabrics : NINONS
49. One of the Gospels, in a Spanish Bible : MATEO
50. Cadbury Adams brand : CERTS
53. Minute: Prefix : MICR
54. Thin : RARE
57. RNA is a topic in it : BIO
59. Family V.I.P.'s : MAS
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