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New York Times, Thursday, March 16, 2006

Author:
Ben Tausig
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Nelson Mandela's native tongue
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Ben Tausig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QVW} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Tausig. Thursday freshness: 64%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/16/6 ( No. 20,582 )
Across
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Shark rival : JET
4
Rosemary and sage : SHRUBS
10
National, previously : EXPO
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Flurry : ADO
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Berate : RAILAT
16
Pick stuff up : SHOP
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Manipulative technique : REVERSEPSYCHOLOGY
19
Parks of Alabama : ROSA
20
Letter that's not really at the end of the Greek alphabet : ZETA
21
She, in Italy : ESSA
22
Web surfer, e.g. : USER
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They can carry a tune : IPODS
26
Thrown in the air : UPCAST
28
Discrimination against a majority : REVERSERACISM
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"Dallas" mother : ELLIE
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Baloney : ROT
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Kind of consciousness : CLASS
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Asian capital whose name means "place of the gods" : LHASA
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More lustrous : SLEEKER
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Lay off : ABSTAIN
44
Kicking dance : CONGA
45
Over and over : OFTEN
47
Stand at home? : BAT
48
Booker, at times : AGENT
50
What mirrors show : REVERSEIMAGES
52
Something in the air : OXYGEN
55
New Zealand native : MAORI
57
Satisfy : MEET
58
Stage actress Caldwell and others : ZOES
60
Watch part : FACE
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Arctic exclamation : BRRR
65
Search-by-definition tool : REVERSEDICTIONARY
68
Film lead-in for Cop : ROBO
69
Love letter salutation : MYDEAR
70
Make it while the sun shines : HAY
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Checkup : EXAM
72
Puts forth : EXERTS
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Casual greetings : YOS
Down
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Rapper who co-founded Roc-a-Fella Records : JAYZ
2
Hipness : EDGE
3
Binge : TOOT
4
Hit sign : SRO
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"That'll show him!" : HAH
6
Put through a sieve : RICED
7
Novel that begins "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan ..." : ULYSSES
8
Low pitch : BASS
9
Minnesota twin? : STPAUL
10
Red Sox fans' slogan until 2004 : REVERSETHECURSE
11
Nelson Mandela's native tongue : XHOSA
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Sits for a shot : POSES
13
Eyeball benders : OPART
18
Like some church matters : LAIC
24
Bundle : PACKAGE
25
Shield border : ORLE
27
Heineken, e.g. : PILSNER
28
Richie's mom, to the Fonz : MRSC
29
Play alone : SOLO
30
Coast-to-coast hwy. : ITEN
32
Future atty.'s hurdle : LSAT
35
Middle name of The King : ARON
37
Rhyme scheme of the "Rubáiyát" : AABA
38
Kingdom in a 1951 Broadway musical : SIAM
39
No pro : ANTI
41
Home equity conversion : REVERSEMORTGAGE
43
"Eso ___" (Paul Anka hit) : BESO
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N.S.A. headquarters near Baltimore : FTMEADE
49
It may cause a breakdown : ENZYME
51
Knack : GIFT
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Card game without 8's, 9's and 10's : OMBRE
53
Copy : XEROX
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San Francisco's ___ Buena Island : YERBA
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Grant portrayer in 1970's-80's TV : ASNER
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Endangered antelope : ORYX
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Hurting : ACHY
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"Ta-ta!" : CIAO
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"Grand" brand : EDYS
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Granola grain : OAT
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Auditing org. : IRS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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