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NY Times, Sat, Jul 05, 2008

Author: Karen M. Tracey / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.76, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 327 (avg 1.67)
Open squares: 88, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 74.9, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 18 of 28 for Ms. Tracey — solos: 28, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 0

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© 2008, The New York Times
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1. Spanish 101 conjugation part : ESTAS
6. Further : ALSO
10. Staunch : STEM
14. Greek port : CORFU
15. Opal alternative : MOONSTONE
17. Lemony Snicket's count and one of Snoopy's brothers : OLAFS
18. Supposed tools of the devil : IDLEHANDS
19. Serbian provincial capital on the Danube : NOVISAD
21. Supermarket suppliers : DAIRIES
22. Pulitzer-winning critic Richard : EDER
23. Dawdling : DILATORY
24. 1999 comedy featuring aliens called Thermians : GALAXYQUEST
27. "Glengarry Glen Ross" Tony winner Schreiber : LIEV
28. Zimbalist's violin teacher : AUER
29. One of the Obama girls : SASHA
34. Pope during the reign of Charlemagne : ADRIANI
36. Stole : SKULKED
38. Clipper trio : MASTS
39. Hua succeeded him : ZHOU
41. "Morning Dance" band Spyro ___ : GYRA
42. Duo first seen in "Puss Gets the Boot," 1940 : TOMANDJERRY
45. Portable power tool : SABERSAW
49. Much-repeated part of binary code : ZERO
50. Father figures? : CLERICS
51. Earlike organ : AURICLE
54. Morning cry : UPANDATEM
56. Puffy hat wearer : BAKER
57. Less than upstanding : SEMIERECT
58. A stroke might indicate it : ONEAM
59. "Right" : ISEE
60. Shared-bath accommodations, briefly : SROS
61. Opel model : ASTRA
 1. Monopoly subj. : ECON
2. Stand-out performance : SOLO
3. Big name in insurance : TRAVELERS
4. Court evidence, at times : AFFIDAVIT
5. Domestic chicken breed : SUSSEX
6. In : AMID
7. City near Ben-Gurion airport : LOD
8. Perseveres : SOLDIERSON
9. Father-and-daughter actors : ONEALS
10. Possible result of a gunshot : START
11. Fool in "Pagliacci" : TONIO
12. Bitter-___ : ENDER
13. Unpleasant : MESSY
16. Acupuncture alternative : SHIATSU
20. Nordic : ARYAN
23. Exactly : DUE
24. Rock type : GLAM
25. 2000 musical that won four Tonys : AIDA
26. One who asks a lot? : QUIZMASTER
30. Modern dwellers in ancient Numidia : ALGERIANS
31. Zoom : SKYROCKET
32. Foreign address : HERR
33. Diurnally : ADAY
35. On both sides of : ASTRIDE
37. Invasive Japanese import : KUDZU
40. Oxcart driver's shout : HAW
43. Honors for top scorers? : OSCARS
44. Leaping desert rodent : JERBOA
45. Italian apology : SCUSI
46. Rhône-___ (French region) : ALPES
47. 1970s Big Apple mayor : BEAME
48. Keebler's chief elf : ERNIE
51. Acct. numbers : AMTS
52. "A Book of Nonsense" author, 1846 : LEAR
53. First name in humor : ERMA
55. Prefix with tour : ECO
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