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New York Times, Monday, March 5, 2007

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Nests, for birds
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVWXZ} This is puzzle # 109 for Mr. Piscop. Monday freshness: 30%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/5/7 ( No. 20,936 )
Across
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Digging tool : SPADE
6
___ McAn shoes : THOM
10
Felt remorse : RUED
14
Israel's Sharon : ARIEL
15
Lira's replacement : EURO
16
"Don't Tread ___" (old flag warning) : ONME
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Planter without hired hands : DIRTFARMER
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Game-stopping call : TIME
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"Zip-___-Doo-Dah" : ADEE
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"I didn't know that!" : GEE
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Nervous giggle : TITTER
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Fabrics for towels, robes, etc. : TERRIES
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Sukiyaki side dish : RICE
27
Auto mechanic : GREASEMONKEY
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Nests, for birds : HOMES
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Fall site in Genesis : EDEN
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Eco-friendly org. : EPA
37
___ Brothers, who sang "Rag Mop" : AMES
38
Fur tycoon John Jacob : ASTOR
40
Trickle out : SEEP
41
A Bobbsey twin : NAN
42
Leave off : OMIT
43
Storied engineer Casey : JONES
44
Any member of Nirvana or Pearl Jam : GRUNGEROCKER
48
Java dispensers : URNS
49
Take back : RETRACT
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Popular drink mix : NESTEA
56
Extra-wide, on a shoebox : EEE
57
Fitzgerald who knew how to scat : ELLA
58
Eurasia's ___ Mountains : URAL
59
Smear campaigner : MUDSLINGER
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Race that once had a four-minute barrier : MILE
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Give off : EMIT
64
Knight's mount : STEED
65
Borscht vegetable : BEET
66
D.C. nine, for short : NATS
67
Pig voiced by Mel Blanc : PORKY
Down
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Begin's co-Nobelist : SADAT
2
Family of lions : PRIDE
3
Broadcaster : AIRER
4
Cleanses : DETERGES
5
Keebler baker, in ads : ELF
6
Humanitarian Mother ___ : TERESA
7
Actor Cronyn : HUME
8
Smelter input : ORE
9
Edgar Bergen dummy ___ Snerd : MORTIMER
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Way past ripe : ROTTEN
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Condo or apartment : UNIT
12
Noted plus-size model : EMME
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___ Xing (sign) : DEER
18
"The Morning Watch" writer James : AGEE
23
Clickable screen symbol : ICON
25
E-file receiver : IRS
26
Change the décor of : REDO
28
Brief tussle : SETTO
29
Like an eagle's vision : KEEN
30
Blunted sword : EPEE
31
Big fat mouths : YAPS
32
Nail to the wall : HANG
33
Epps of TV's "House" : OMAR
34
Chalkboard writing at a cafe : MENU
38
Emphatic words of agreement : AMENAMEN
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Knighted ones : SIRS
40
Bay of Naples tourist city : SORRENTO
42
Hideous sort : OGRE
43
Namath, for most of his career : JET
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Small seed : NUTLET
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Blue jay toppers : CRESTS
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It runs from stem to stern : KEEL
50
"Ragged Dick" writer Horatio : ALGER
51
One iron, in old golf lingo : CLEEK
52
Late, on a report card : TARDY
53
Under the effects of Novocain : NUMB
54
Lake named after an Indian tribe : ERIE
55
Red-tag event : SALE
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Trim, as text : EDIT
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Actress Thurman : UMA
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AOL, e.g.: Abbr. : ISP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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