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NY Times, Fri, Sep 29, 2006

Author: David Quarfoot / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 346 (avg 1.76)
Open squares: 99, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 77.5, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 10 of 29 for Mr. Quarfoot — solos: 24, collaborations: 5, Sundays: 1

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© 2006, The New York Times
Across Down
1. 78th Academy Awards host : JONSTEWART
11. Slugger known as the Big Cat : MIZE
15. Honolulu Harbor landmark : ALOHATOWER
16. "May It Be" singer, 2002 : ENYA
17. Modern loading site : CDROMDRIVE
18. Häagen-___ : DAZS
19. Retail chain started near Detroit in 1962 : KMART
20. A person might drop one while dieting : DRESSSIZE
22. Certain giftwrap design : SANTAS
24. "Bridal Chorus" bride : ELSA
25. Bad: Prefix : DYS
26. It's like -like : OID
27. ___ Gen. : MAJ
29. Byzantine emperor called "the Wise" : LEOVI
31. Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park locale : NDAK
33. Admirer, and then some : BIGGESTFAN
37. "Any man who wants to be president is either an ___ or crazy": Dwight Eisenhower : EGOMANIAC
39. Two-sided : BIPARTISAN
42. Comanche relative : HOPI
46. Fictional town in a 1945 Pulitzer-winning novel : ADANO
47. Maze : WEB
49. Place to take stock? : PEN
50. N.H.L. star nicknamed St. Patrick : ROY
51. Pacer and Rambler : AMCS
55. ___ Raiders (activist group) : NADERS
57. It has a place in "herstory" : WOMENSLIB
60. Étoile's field : DANSE
61. Site of a 1992 Al Qaeda attack : ADEN
62. Security alert : DONOTENTER
64. Zest : RIND
65. Conversation closer : OVERANDOUT
66. Suffix with leather : ETTE
67. Mae West, for one : SEXGODDESS
 1. State capital on the Pearl River : JACKSON
2. Alternative to war : OLDMAID
3. Rouyn-___, Quebec : NORANDA
4. Cheat, in a way : SHORT
5. Percussion instrument : TAMTAM
6. Sched. info : ETD
7. Promise : WORD
8. "Bird on ___" : AWIRE
9. Cut loose : REVEL
10. Bit of salon waste : TRESS
11. Pharmacy stock, for short : MEDS
12. Helping : INAIDOF
13. Destructive tropical American weevil : ZYZZYVA
14. Starts gently : EASESIN
21. Dip choice : SALSA
23. Cousin of a clog : SABOT
28. First name in psychedelic rock : JIMI
30. Fix firmly : ETCH
32. New Jersey's ___ University : KEAN
34. Something graded between E and F? : GAS
35. Bother, with "at" : GNAW
36. German article : EINEN
38. [Not more homework!] : GROAN
39. Shakers and tongs, e.g. : BARWARE
40. Red Skelton musical comedy : IDOODIT
41. It can make you square : PAYMENT
43. Like some pumps : OPENTOE
44. Rescuer of Andromeda, in myth : PERSEUS
45. Wedges : INSERTS
48. A villain might come to one : BADEND
52. Platform introduced in 1981 : MSDOS
53. Relative of a rose apple : CLOVE
54. Nasal spray brand : SINEX
56. Classic fantasy game, informally : DANDD
58. "The Neverending Story" author Michael : ENDE
59. Evil "Star Trek" group, with "the" : BORG
63. Eastern path : TAO
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