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NY Times, Wed, Aug 29, 2007

Author: Jayne and Alex Boisvert / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }
Open squares: 73, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 64.7, New York Times Across Lite file
This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Boisvert.
This is puzzle 2 of 6 for Mr. Boisvert — solos: 5, collaborations: 1, Sundays: 0

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© 2007, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Steering wheel option : TILT
5. Superior to : ABOVE
10. Pacific island nation : FIJI
14. Gas leak evidence : ODOR
15. 20 Mule Team compound : BORAX
16. Canadian dollar bird : LOON
17. Nativity trio : MAGI
18. Ain't grammatical? : ARENT
19. Wilson of "Zoolander" : OWEN
20. Expresses scorn : THUMBSONESNOSE
22. Means' partner : WAYS
23. Swiss artist Paul : KLEE
24. Early TV comic Louis : NYE
26. Blowhard's speech : SCREED
29. 1966 Rolling Stones hit : UNDERMYTHUMB
34. Give a keynote : ORATE
35. Eco-friendly : GREEN
36. Author Fleming : IAN
37. Hose woes : RUNS
38. Nymph of Greek myth : NAIAD
39. ___ breve : ALLA
40. Upper-left key : ESC
41. Prison-related : PENAL
42. Prefix with task : MULTI
43. Scan : THUMBTHROUGH
45. Start a new hand : REDEAL
46. Part of H.R.H. : HER
47. Tubular pasta : ZITI
48. Place to dock : QUAY
51. Human hand characteristic : OPPOSABLETHUMB
57. In good shape : TRIM
58. Rhone feeder : SAONE
59. Back muscles, for short : LATS
60. Loafing : IDLE
61. Word before tube or self : INNER
62. Neutral shade : ECRU
63. Face, slangily : PUSS
64. They may be the pits : SEEDS
65. Percolate : SEEP
 1. Barnum midget : TOMTHUMB
2. Actress Lupino and others : IDAS
3. Business card graphic : LOGO
4. Tchotchkes : TRINKETS
5. Brought down : ABASED
6. Held up : BORNE
7. Creme-filled snack : OREO
8. U-Haul rentals : VANS
9. Like some warranties : EXTENDED
10. Lapel insert : FLOWER
11. Corn Belt state : IOWA
12. "Friends" spinoff : JOEY
13. Roadside stops : INNS
21. Gen. Robert ___ : ELEE
25. Nikkei average currency : YEN
26. It may stick out : SORETHUMB
27. Pie part : CRUST
28. Dressing choice : RANCH
29. Dickens's ___ Heep : URIAH
30. Boortz of talk radio : NEAL
31. ___ Lacs, Minn. : MILLE
32. Big Three meeting place : YALTA
33. Kind of sketch : THUMBNAIL
35. What a prisoner's tattoo may signify : GANG
38. Anxiety may be a symptom of it : NEUROSIS
39. Quarterbacks' play changes : AUDIBLES
41. Rue Morgue's creator : POE
42. Prefix with physics : META
44. Rappers' skill : RHYMES
45. Stair parts : RISERS
47. Stopped listening, with "out" : ZONED
48. Swab name : QTIP
49. Pakistani tongue : URDU
50. Has a fever, say : AILS
52. Plexiglas unit : PANE
53. Corn bread : PONE
54. Queen Anne's ___ : LACE
55. To be, in France : ETRE
56. Encouraging sign : THUMBSUP
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