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New York Times, Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Author:
Alex Boisvert
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : Doorbell sound
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Alex Boisvert

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FQZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Boisvert. Tuesday freshness: 33%
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© 2012, The New York Times1/24/12 ( No. 22,722 )
Across
1
Brown, Penn or Harvard : IVY
4
Locale of Guantánamo Bay : CUBA
8
Go without food : STARVE
14
"The Good Shepherd" org. : CIA
15
Omani or Yemeni : ARAB
16
Use a fan on : AIRCOOL
17
It twists underwater : EEL
18
He played Jin-Soo Kwon on "Lost" : DANIELDAEKIM
20
"Through the Looking-Glass" character : TWEEDLEDEE
22
Move, in real-estate ads : RELO
23
Swings that result in strikes : MISSES
24
"King" serpents : COBRAS
26
Doorbell sound : CHIME
29
Site of Haleakala National Park : MAUI
30
Pinkish : ROSY
31
Some collectible toys : DIECASTCARS
38
Everything : ALL
39
"That is to say ..." : IMEANT
40
___ Speedwagon : REO
41
1941 Frank Capra film : MEETJOHNDOE
44
Animal that can stand upright : BEAR
45
One who saves the day : HERO
46
Lose it : GOAPE
47
Puts back to zero, say : RESETS
50
Displays appetite, in a way : DROOLS
54
Wheels' connector : AXLE
55
Cornerstone of the American legal system : DUEPROCESS
59
Some hippie wear : TIEDYESHIRTS
62
Had a bite : ATE
63
Writer of sad poems : ELEGIST
64
Slangy turndowns : NAHS
65
Instrument for Clarence Clemons : SAX
66
Show contrition : REPENT
67
"Hey, sailor!" : AHOY
68
Give a go : TRY
Down
1
"Cop Killer" singer who went on to play a cop on TV : ICET
2
Outlook : VIEW
3
Alma mater for Bill and Hillary Clinton : YALE
4
Golfer's assistant : CADDIE
5
They divide Europe and Asia : URALS
6
Bugaboos : BANES
7
Endure : ABIDE
8
Caesar of comedy : SID
9
___-la-la : TRA
10
Biting : ACERBIC
11
Al of "Today" : ROKER
12
"There you have it!" : VOILA
13
St. ___ fire : ELMOS
16
Drink sometimes indicated in comics by "XXX" : ALE
19
Some tech grads : EES
21
TV award : EMMY
24
Social class : CASTE
25
Unsafe? : OUT
26
Stay up all night before a test, say : CRAM
27
Darned thing : HOLE
28
___ of Man : ISLE
29
José's hand : MANO
31
Some expensive dresses : DIORS
32
Modest "Methinks," online : IMHO
33
Poetic time after dusk : EEN
34
Heel : CAD
35
1/2 base x height, for a triangle : AREA
36
Gather in the field : REAP
37
Peeved : SORE
42
U2 guitarist : THEEDGE
43
767, e.g. : JET
44
Pear type : BOSC
46
Photo finish? : GLOSSY
47
Olympics judge, e.g. : RATER
48
Punishment for Napoleon : EXILE
49
Catch 40 winks : SLEEP
50
"Well, obviously!" : DUH
51
Madrid's ___ Sofia Museum : REINA
52
Noted talk show retiree of 2011 : OPRAH
53
Straight: Prefix : ORTHO
55
Mar.-to-Nov. hours : DST
56
Sunup direction : EAST
57
Play the lead role : STAR
58
Alluring : SEXY
60
Yang's counterpart : YIN
61
Superlative suffix : EST

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