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New York Times Crossword Solution – Dec 12, 2007

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Today’s crossword had a theme to make the parsimonious happy: it centered around “A Good Deal”. We had “Black Jack”, “Two For One”, “Bazillion” and “Golden Parachute”. The theme wasn’t so obvious, since those phrases don’t share too much in common.

New word: “Snell” for “Fishhook attachment” and “Oca” for “Andean tuber”. Some other toughies were the usual slew of proper nouns from pop culture and sports that no one knew. “Peri” for “Gilpin of “Frasier”", “Lee Z Cobb” for “Willy Loman player on Broadway” and “Kinar” for “Seven-time N.L home run champ” rounded up the hard section.

The rest was ho-hum and we finished it with time to spare.

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O
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Across

  • 1. Snookered
  • 4. Discourse topic
  • 9. Raced the Super G, say
  • 14. Butterfly ___ (sash)
  • 15. Underwater wave 
    generator
  • 16. Vegas request
  • 17. 21 in two cards
  • 19. Williams of "Happy 
    Days"
  • 20. "The Lion King" queen
  • 21. Andean tuber
  • 22. Sapphic works
  • 23. Circular seal
  • 25. Happy hour offering, 
    maybe
  • 29. Drinking sprees
  • 31. Ex-G.I.'s grp.
  • 32. "Hurrah!"
  • 33. Dander
  • 34. Fruits de ___ (seafood)
  • 35. Use a ewer
  • 36. C.E.O. protector
  • 41. ___ fixe
  • 42. Ranch moniker
  • 43. Ranch call
  • 44. Annual Scripps event
  • 45. Drum site
  • 46. Gymnast's helper
  • 50. Huge amount, slangily
  • 53. Runway asset
  • 54. Cartoonist Addams
  • 55. ___ Kovic, role for 
    Tom Cruise
  • 57. Machu Picchu dweller
  • 58. Like melted caramel
  • 62. Citified
  • 63. Initiates, in a cruel way
  • 64. Quick to learn
  • 65. Brit's blade
  • 66. Fishhook attachment
  • 67. Carlos or Felipe

Down

  • 1. Pal around (with)
  • 2. Loud, like trumpets
  • 3. Try to reach a talk show, 
    say
  • 4. Sound uttered while 
    shaking the head
  • 5. "28 Flavors" chain, for 
    short
  • 6. Puts into effect
  • 7. Brilliantly colored bird
  • 8. Neighbor of Mo.
  • 9. Follow secretly
  • 10. Seven-time N.L. home 
    run champ
  • 11. Dress shop compliment
  • 12. Funny Philips
  • 13. Iniquity site?
  • 18. 1956 Bernstein operetta
  • 22. Means of exit
  • 24. "Primal Fear" star, 
    1996
  • 26. Recovered from
  • 27. Suffix with aqua
  • 28. Brontë heroine
  • 30. Bowling shoes, often
  • 34. Mel Gibson's "mad" 
    role
  • 35. Airport security request
  • 36. Bee Gees' surname
  • 37. Concert halls
  • 38. Willy Loman player on 
    Broadway
  • 39. Gilpin of "Frasier"
  • 40. Place to brood
  • 45. Comic Boosler
  • 46. Catch some Z's
  • 47. Musical inability
  • 48. Go over the wall, 
    maybe
  • 49. Donald Trump's field
  • 51. Rumormonger's start
  • 52. Item with pedals
  • 56. December air
  • 58. Gloomy guy?
  • 59. "... ___ mouse?"
  • 60. Starts of sneezes
  • 61. Fast www link

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