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New York Times, Monday, September 11, 2006

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Nutcase
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
673172130
CircleScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
91.611220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GQZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 17%
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M
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J
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L
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T
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P
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© 2006, The New York Times9/11/6 ( No. 20,761 )
Across
1
Blind trio in a children's rhyme : MICE
5
Cripples : MAIMS
10
Hindu prince : RAJA
14
On the ocean : ASEA
15
Eve of "Our Miss Brooks" : ARDEN
16
"Be it ___ so humble ..." : EVER
17
Tenant's monthly check : RENT
18
Embroidery, e.g. : NEEDLEWORK
20
Crosses (out) : XES
21
Wrote fraudulently, as a check : KITED
22
Armored vehicles : TANKS
23
Chicago-based TV talk show : OPRAH
25
Actor Bert in a lion's suit : LAHR
27
Lantern usable during storms : HURRICANELAMP
31
Snaky curves : ESSES
32
Activist Brockovich : ERIN
33
Mauna ___ (Hawaiian volcano) : LOA
36
Like arson evidence : ASHY
37
Bread for breakfast : TOAST
39
Bucket : PAIL
40
Prefix with cycle : TRI
41
Closed : SHUT
42
Refuse a request : SAYNO
43
Hanukkah food : POTATOPANCAKE
47
Dramatist Simon who wrote "Plaza Suite" : NEIL
48
Rewords : EDITS
49
Tolerate : ABIDE
52
Fable writer : AESOP
54
Olympic gold-medal runner Sebastian : COE
57
Some makeup : FACEPOWDER
59
Alluring : SEXY
60
Actor Baldwin : ALEC
61
Hackneyed : TRITE
62
Leg's midpoint : KNEE
63
Hazard : RISK
64
Without the help of written music : BYEAR
65
Hankerings : YENS
Down
1
Karl who philosophized about class struggle : MARX
2
"Aha!" : ISEE
3
Government suppression of the press : CENSORSHIP
4
Have dinner : EAT
5
Nutcase : MANIAC
6
Franklin known as the Queen of Soul : ARETHA
7
___ fixe (obsession) : IDEE
8
Busybodies : MEDDLERS
9
Weekend NBC hit, for short : SNL
10
Put on the stove again : REWARM
11
The Bard's river : AVON
12
Bozo : JERK
13
Torah holders : ARKS
19
Wharton's "___ Frome" : ETHAN
21
___ Kringle : KRIS
24
Hunter's target : PREY
26
Landed (on) : ALIT
27
Summer oppressiveness : HEAT
28
SALT I signer : USSR
29
"Cool!" : NEATO
30
Do some acting : PLAYASCENE
34
Sty sound : OINK
35
___ vera : ALOE
37
Spicy Asian cuisine : THAI
38
Criminal activity : OUTLAWRY
39
Treaty : PACT
41
Precipitous : STEEP
42
Small scissor cut : SNIP
44
Next up : ONDECK
45
Pre-euro Spanish coin : PESETA
46
Worshipful one : ADORER
49
Way, way off : AFAR
50
"___ Ha'i" ("South Pacific" song) : BALI
51
Frosty desserts : ICES
53
___ Britt on "Desperate Housewives" : EDIE
55
Yoked beasts : OXEN
56
What the starts of 18-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across all have : EYES
58
Wagering loc. : OTB
59
Heavens : SKY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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