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New York Times, Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Author:
Pete Muller
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Boo-boo
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251.6065%
Pete Muller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {S} Spans: 2 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Muller. Tuesday freshness: 8%
1
F
2
R
3
E
4
T
5
A
6
M
7
A
8
J
9
A
10
P
11
A
12
R
13
T
14
A
I
R
Y
15
B
I
G
A
16
B
O
N
E
R
17
Q
T
I
P
18
E
C
R
U
19
D
E
I
C
E
20
A
C
E
21
R
T
A
I
N
22
C
O
M
M
O
N
23
D
O
T
24
T
A
M
25
E
N
D
26
O
27
R
28
E
29
L
E
30
O
31
V
32
R
E
33
D
34
L
E
T
35
T
E
R
W
I
36
L
L
N
O
37
T
38
B
39
E
40
A
L
T
A
41
E
N
O
42
E
R
A
T
43
F
O
U
N
44
D
45
A
N
Y
W
46
H
47
E
R
E
I
N
48
K
I
T
49
L
E
E
R
50
E
T
A
51
A
52
D
53
D
54
L
O
55
O
56
A
G
57
E
58
T
H
E
59
P
U
Z
Z
60
L
61
E
T
O
D
62
A
63
Y
64
E
A
T
A
T
65
O
A
T
H
66
G
L
A
67
D
68
A
B
O
V
E
69
N
I
T
E
70
E
L
L
A
71
M
I
X
E
D
72
E
D
E
R
73
D
Y
E
D
© 2006, The New York Times4/18/6 ( No. 20,615 )
Across
1
Worry (about) : FRET
5
Key related to F# minor: Abbr. : AMAJ
9
Not together : APART
14
Light : AIRY
15
Nickname for the Aqueduct Racetrack : BIGA
16
Boo-boo : BONER
17
Little wax remover : QTIP
18
Alternative to nude : ECRU
19
Prepare for winter takeoff : DEICE
20
What you may notice about the puzzle you are doing, part 1 : ACERTAINCOMMON
23
Period : DOT
24
Tartan cap : TAM
25
Termination : END
26
Mined rock : ORE
29
Byzantine emperor called "the Armenian" : LEOV
32
Carmine, for one : RED
34
What you may notice, part 2 : LETTERWILLNOTBE
40
Utah winter recreation area : ALTA
41
Rocker Brian : ENO
42
The "E" of Q.E.D. : ERAT
43
What you may notice, part 3 : FOUNDANYWHEREIN
48
Medical bag : KIT
49
Lewd look : LEER
50
Greek H : ETA
51
Append : ADD
54
Bathroom, in Brighton : LOO
56
Bronze ___ : AGE
58
What you may notice, part 4 : THEPUZZLETODAY
64
Greatly bother : EATAT
65
Pledge : OATH
66
Garbage bag choice : GLAD
68
Over : ABOVE
69
Nick at ___ : NITE
70
Jazzy Fitzgerald : ELLA
71
Jumbled together : MIXED
72
River to the Fulda : EDER
73
Not colored naturally : DYED
Down
1
Common Web page: Abbr. : FAQ
2
Hayworth of "Pal Joey" : RITA
3
Olympian Heiden : ERIC
4
Not handwritten : TYPED
5
Helper in crime : ABETTER
6
Layered mineral : MICA
7
Prefix with cultural : AGRI
8
Quick trip : JAUNT
9
Midbody : ABDOMEN
10
Ode or haiku : POEM
11
Cartoon art : ANIME
12
Military info-gathering : RECON
13
Vogue : TREND
21
Part to play : ROLE
22
Director Reiner : CARL
26
Norwegian monarch : OLAF
27
Move, to a Realtor : RELO
28
"___, Brute?" : ETTU
30
"A Prayer for ___ Meany" : OWEN
31
Old record material : VINYL
33
Hardly an idler : DOER
35
Vehicle with a gun turret : TANK
36
Actor Rob : LOWE
37
Birch or beech : TREE
38
Tempting food : BAIT
39
Italian exploder : ETNA
44
Watered down : DILUTED
45
Complete gamut : ATOZ
46
Moor flora : HEATHER
47
Therefore : ERGO
51
Top group : ATEAM
52
Abu ___, oil emirate : DHABI
53
You can do it in rehab : DETOX
55
Kind of layer protecting the earth : OZONE
57
Barely beaten : EDGED
59
Cover a road : PAVE
60
Like an egg : LAID
61
Ending with major : ETTE
62
Join (with) : ALLY
63
An Ivy : YALE
67
"Dear old" guy : DAD

Answer summary:
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