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New York Times, Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : West Point team
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 117 for Mr. Kahn. Tuesday freshness: 42%
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© 2006, The New York Times1/10/6 ( No. 20,517 )
Across
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Basics : ABCS
5
Raft wood : BALSA
10
Goes (for) : OPTS
14
Christine ___ (29-Down's love) : DAAE
15
Leave stranded by a winter storm : ICEIN
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One who says "I say, old chap" : BRIT
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See 11-Down : DIVA
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It crashes in 29-Down/60-Across : CHANDELIER
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Seethes : STEWS
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Reverse of WNW : ESE
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Site of Margaret Mead studies : SAMOA
24
With 40- and 51-Across, composer of 29-Down/60-Across, as well as 63-Across : ANDREW
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Position : STAND
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End a suit : SETTLE
30
Oboist's need : REED
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___ Stadium, home of the U.S. Open : ASHE
32
Theater areas : AISLES
36
Old spy org. : OSS
39
Addict : USER
40
See 24-Across : LLOYD
41
Aware of : ONTO
42
Slice (off) : LOP
43
Toy gun ammo : PELLET
44
Condo, e.g. : UNIT
45
When repeated, words of agreement : HEAR
47
Communion tables : ALTARS
49
Famed fireman Red : ADAIR
51
See 24-Across : WEBBER
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Buddhist temple sights : GONGS
55
"___ had it!" : IVE
56
Persistently worry : NAGAT
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See 29-Down : OFTHEOPERA
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Longest-running show in Broadway history until 1/9/06 : CATS
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Cheer (for) : ROOT
65
Painter Matisse : HENRI
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Real name of 29-Down : ERIK
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West Point team : ARMY
68
Hot, blue spectral type : OSTAR
69
Salon supplies : DYES
Down
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Attaches : ADDS
2
Can of worms? : BAIT
3
Spelunking site : CAVE
4
Brine : SEAWATER
5
Pen name : BIC
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One who's sore : ACHER
7
Place for a renter's signature : LEASE
8
Tendon : SINEW
9
Now ___ then : AND
10
Flattened at the poles : OBLATE
11
Carlotta, in 29-Down/60-Across : PRIMADONNA
12
Fasten, as a ribbon : TIEON
13
Costly strings : STRAD
19
Twisty curves : ESSES
21
NBC fixture since '75 : SNL
25
Casino worker : DEALER
27
Fellow named Bellow : SAUL
28
Petrol provider : ESSO
29
With 60-Across, longest-running show in Broadway history as of 1/9/06 : THEPHANTOM
30
Levi's jeans brand : REDTAB
33
Indisposed : ILL
34
Peruvian money : SOL
35
Soap ingredient : LYE
37
Cookbook direction : STIR
38
Tipplers : SOTS
41
Went faster than : OUTRACED
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Examine grammatically : PARSE
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You might get a ticket for doing this : EIGHTY
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Novelist Deighton : LEN
49
Old marketplace : AGORA
50
Help with : DOFOR
51
Wetnaps, e.g. : WIPES
52
Happening : EVENT
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Quotable Yogi : BERRA
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Indiana city near Chicago : GARY
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Play to ___ : ATIE
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Sounds of disapproval : TSKS
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"So there you are!" : OHO
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Put on TV : AIR

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