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NY Times, Wed, Sep 06, 2006

Author: Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open squares: 75, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 44.0, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 230 of 245 for Mr. Nosowsky — solos: 243, collaborations: 2, Sundays: 29

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© 2006, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Bunsen burner fuel : GAS
4. Womb contents : FETUS
9. Identical socks : MATES
14. Dadaist Jean : ARP
15. ___ Sea, home of the Isle of Man : IRISH
16. Unfriendly way to respond : ICILY
17. Muumuu accessory : LEI
18. Queen's place : GAMEOFCHESS
20. "Tsk tsk" elicitor : SADCASE
22. Pushed around, as food : POKEDAT
23. Listen here : EAR
24. Sunburned : RED
25. Queens place : FARROCKAWAY
31. Fall behind : LAG
34. Race assignment : LANE
35. Voting second in a voice vote : ANTI
36. Comstock ___ : LODE
37. U.S. rocket with a name from classical myth : ARES
38. Dr. Bartolo in Mozart's 4-Down : BASSO
40. "Put a lid ___!" : ONIT
41. Cushiony forest seat : MOSS
42. #2 : VEEP
43. "The African Queen" scriptwriter : AGEE
44. "Say 'ah'" doc : ENT
45. Queens place : SHEASTADIUM
48. Call ___ day : ITA
49. ___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
50. Snack bar content : GRANOLA
54. Hoedown staples : FIDDLES
58. Queen's place : DECKOFCARDS
60. King Kong, e.g. : APE
61. Bubbling on the stove : ABOIL
62. Attribute : TRAIT
63. Straight out of the box : NEW
64. Is wide open, as a chasm : YAWNS
65. "Ready, ___!" : SETGO
66. Animal house : DEN
 1. Molls and dolls : GALS
2. Tiler's measurement : AREA
3. Queen's place, in fiction : SPIDERNEST
4. See 38-Across : FIGARO
5. Pitching stats : ERAS
6. What prisoners do : TIME
7. "What's the ___?" : USE
8. Yellow Pages listing : SHOP
9. It's a knockout : MICKEY
10. Needed to be kneaded, maybe : ACHED
11. Ready to go into overtime : TIED
12. Lioness of book and film : ELSA
13. Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYST
19. "___ good time ?" : FORA
21. Give strokes : CARESS
25. Inamorata, say : FLAME
26. With whom Moses went to Egypt : AARON
27. Semi section : CAB
28. Jack : KNAVE
29. Mixed up : ATSEA
30. Smartens (up) : WISES
31. Queens' place : LONGISLAND
32. Farewell : ADIEU
33. "Don't let those fellas escape!" : GETEM
36. Filthy rich : LOADED
39. Select, with "for" : OPT
45. Counter positions : STOOLS
46. Not quite a majority : HALF
47. Piles on : ADDSTO
48. Finalize, as a cartoon : INKIN
50. Aussie greeting : GDAY
51. Singer McEntire : REBA
52. "Don't have ___, man!" : ACOW
53. Whence the line "It is more blessed to give than to receive" : ACTS
54. Sig Chi, e.g. : FRAT
55. "Gotcha!" : IDIG
56. Sport with masks : EPEE
57. Tailor-made : SEWN
59. "Chances ___" : ARE
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