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NY Times, Mon, Aug 31, 2009

Author: Fred Piscop / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open squares: 73, Cheater squares: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Freshness Factor™: 56.0 (• 77.2 Mon. %-ile), NYT Across Lite file
This is puzzle 98 of 98 for Mr. Piscop — solos: 98, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 14

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© 2009, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Fastener that may have a Phillips head : SCREW
6. "One more thing ..." : ALSO
10. Eject, as 16-Across : SPEW
14. Tara's Scarlett : OHARA
15. Factory whistle time : NOON
16. Material from a volcano : LAVA
17. Roger Bannister was the first : FOURMINUTEMILER
20. "You've got mail" co. : AOL
21. Trudge (along) : PLOD
22. Sheeplike : OVINE
23. In the proper manner : DULY
24. Agents' customers : CLIENTS
26. Women's quarters, in sultans' homes : HAREMS
29. Fan sound : WHIRR
30. Emergency removal of people, for short : EVAC
31. "Rise and ___!" : SHINE
32. "Paper or plastic?" item : BAG
35. How something may be done, nostalgically : FOROLDTIMESSAKE
39. Old competitor of Pan Am : TWA
40. Heeded the alarm : AROSE
41. ___ and proper : PRIM
42. Mensa-eligible : SMART
43. Area west of the Mississippi : PLAINS
45. Regardless of : DESPITE
48. 500 sheets : REAM
49. Visitor in "District 9" : ALIEN
50. Little vegetables that roll : PEAS
51. Pitchfork-shaped Greek letter : PSI
54. Features of yawls or ketches : FOREANDAFTSAILS
58. Essayist's newspaper piece : OPED
59. Suffix with billion : AIRE
60. Fabric introduced by DuPont : ORLON
61. Poetic nights : EENS
62. Use a spyglass : PEER
63. Sport with shotguns : SKEET
 1. Couch : SOFA
2. Part of a sneeze after "ah-ah-ah ..." : CHOO
3. Fidel Castro's brother : RAUL
4. "To ___ is human ..." : ERR
5. Indian beads used as money : WAMPUM
6. Really bother : ANNOY
7. Ear-busting : LOUD
8. Drunkard : SOT
9. Marine ___ (presidential helicopter) : ONE
10. Tiny slice of pie : SLIVER
11. Politico Sarah : PALIN
12. Long jump or 100-meter dash : EVENT
13. Peddlers peddle them : WARES
18. Woes : ILLS
19. Fabrics with wavy patterns : MOIRES
23. Art ___ (1920s-'30s style) : DECO
24. Doorbell : CHIME
25. Queue : LINE
26. Test the weight of : HEFT
27. Swear to : AVOW
28. ___ avis : RARA
29. Predecessor of bridge : WHIST
31. Part of a mall : STORE
32. Italian port on the Adriatic : BARI
33. Closely related : AKIN
34. Rubies, emeralds, etc. : GEMS
36. Thin layer : LAMINA
37. "Dang!" : DRAT
38. E-mail often caught in filters : SPAM
42. Risks being caught in a radar trap : SPEEDS
43. Bog fuel : PEAT
44. Rodeo ropes : LASSOS
45. Willem of Spider-Man movies : DAFOE
46. Run off to the justice of the peace : ELOPE
47. Patrol car wailer : SIREN
48. Direct, as for information : REFER
50. Whittle down : PARE
51. Heap : PILE
52. ___ gin fizz : SLOE
53. "Money ___ everything!" : ISNT
55. 40 winks : NAP
56. Expire : DIE
57. Noah's vessel : ARK
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