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New York Times, Friday, October 20, 2006

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Claret alternative, briefly
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QX} Spans: 9, (3 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Early. Friday freshness: 3%
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© 2006, The New York Times10/20/6 ( No. 20,800 )
Across
1
Suit protector? : GOLDENPARACHUTE
16
2003 Pancho Villa portrayer : ANTONIOBANDERAS
17
Some European political leaders : SOCIALDEMOCRATS
18
Book of the Book of Mormon : ENOS
19
Powers that be : INS
20
Spread stick : OLEO
21
French shaker contents : SEL
22
Large number : SCAD
24
Exerciser's target : ABS
26
Word repeated in "The Whiffenpoof Song" : BAA
27
Something that might roll over, briefly : IRA
28
J.F.K.'s U.N. ambassador : AES
31
Statement subsequently belied : FAMOUSLASTWORDS
37
Locale of more than 50 volcanoes : ALEUTIANISLANDS
38
Classic piano tune first recorded in 1921 : KITTENONTHEKEYS
39
The "gods" in "Chariots of the Gods?," in brief : ETS
40
Lover of Orion : EOS
41
Places where organs may be seen: Abbr. : ORS
42
Radio station expense : CDS
43
Charge of Moses : JEWS
45
Letter getters: Abbr. : POS
48
Goldfish in "Pinocchio" : CLEO
51
Claret alternative, briefly : ZIN
52
It's drawn for the dirty : BATH
53
Isn't pleasant to remember : LEAVESABADTASTE
58
Illegally : UNDERTHECOUNTER
59
Time in Times Square : EASTERNSTANDARD
Down
1
Exhausts, say : GASES
2
"___ hand ..." : ONONE
3
Blake on "M*A*S*H," e.g. : LTCOL
4
Two, in Brazil : DOIS
5
Bambi's aunt : ENA
6
Nonexistent : NIL
7
Conductors' places : PODIA
8
Evening, in Emden : ABEND
9
Natural butters : RAMS
10
"Is that ___?" : ANO
11
Agcy. founded to help fight malaria : CDC
12
Lengthy meals? : HEROS
13
Orsk is on it : URAL
14
Poet who wrote the novel "The Fathers" : TATE
15
Brand with a tiger mascot : ESSO
22
Like some onions : SAUTEED
23
Ones associated with wheels and deals : CASINOS
24
Where you may see a bust : ARTSHOW
25
Crybabies : BAWLERS
26
Spell : BOUT
27
Start of a 20 Questions question : ISIT
28
1948 Chemistry Nobelist Tiselius : ARNE
29
Swirl : EDDY
30
Deflation indicator : SSSS
31
Deceptive play : FAKE
32
Hopped off : ALIT
33
Team with a bridge in its logo : METS
34
Its flag has a big white circle in the middle : LAOS
35
Novelist Packer : ANN
36
Kentucky ___, annual Louisville race : OAKS
42
Really fancy : COVET
43
Is in harmony : JIBES
44
Pass : ENACT
45
Kind of salad : PASTA
46
Lustrous fur : OTTER
47
Dig discovery: Var. : SHERD
48
Lead : CLUE
49
River through Yakutsk : LENA
50
St. Louis bridge designer : EADS
51
Paula of CNN : ZAHN
52
Company : BAND
54
Long intro? : ERE
55
Symphony score abbr. : STR
56
Beyond medical help, for short : DOA
57
Beer holder : TUN

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