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New York Times, Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Author:
David Ben-Merre
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Rumple, as hair
TotalDebut
11/9/2013
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.75712%
David Ben-Merre

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FGQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Ben-Merre. Wednesday freshness: 16%
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© 2013, The New York Times1/9/13 ( No. 23,073 )
Across
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Repair bill segment : LABOR
6
They may be checked at the door : IDS
9
Have being : EXIST
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Essential ___ acid : AMINO
15
Siesta : NAP
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Big name in rental trucks : RYDER
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Plant used as ground cover : VINCA
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Did or didn't agree to end the illustrators' strike? : DREWALINE
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Did or didn't dilute the prom bowlful? : ADDEDPUNCH
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Whirling water : EDDY
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Rumple, as hair : MUSS
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Suffix with Marx : ISM
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Like the base-8 number system : OCTAL
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Dean's domain: Abbr. : SCH
30
Apr. workhorse : CPA
33
Did or didn't perform a New Year's ceremony? : DROPPEDTHEBALL
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Butt out? : MOON
38
Org. based in Langley, Va. : CIA
39
Fox talent show, for short : IDOL
40
Did or didn't surpass a D.J.'s mark for accident-free days? : BROKETHERECORD
45
Set, as a price : ASK
46
Pal : BRO
47
Earns the booby prize : LOSES
48
Part of a terza rima rhyme scheme : ABA
49
Corner Monopoly square : JAIL
51
Gem for some Libras : OPAL
54
Did or didn't play a good round of golf? : SHOTSUBPAR
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Did or didn't participate in the Boy Scouts outing? : TOOKAHIKE
62
Dinero : MOOLA
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With 44-Down, features of some Greek architecture : IONIC
64
Pro vote : YEA
65
Zaps, in the kitchen : NUKES
66
Ream unit : SHEET
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Ready for war : ARM
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High, pricewise : STEEP
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Source of pumice : LAVA
2
In the thick of : AMID
3
Tight spot : BIND
4
In a past life : ONCE
5
Item in a gas station kiosk : ROADMAP
6
Pakistan's chief river : INDUS
7
Works on socks, say : DARNS
8
Design detail, briefly : SPEC
9
Disco ___ (1970s) : ERA
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Woody tissue : XYLEM
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Reply of confirmation : IDID
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E-mail command : SEND
13
Long basket, in hoops lingo : TREY
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"This or that?" : WHICH
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Orange juice option : PULP
25
Cow or sow : SHE
26
Landfill emanations : ODORS
27
Shepherd's aid : CROOK
28
Honky-___ : TONK
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Sirius, e.g. : STAR
30
Core group : CADRE
31
Moves laboriously : PLODS
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Detergent brand : ALL
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Lover of Narcissus : ECHO
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Thing with pips : DIE
36
Head shot accompaniers, maybe : BIOS
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Wall St. hire : MBA
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Fall back : EBB
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Wreck, as a hotel room : TRASH
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Bush 41 and Bush 43, for two : ELIS
44
See 63-Across : COLUMNS
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DTs sufferer, for short : ALKIE
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One of a deck pair : JOKER
50
Mr. T TV group : ATEAM
51
Singer Redding : OTIS
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Milne's bear : POOH
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Super-duper : AONE
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Casual greeting : HIYA
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Ring contest : BOUT
57
Elbow : POKE
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On the sheltered side : ALEE
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Stereotypical mobster's voice : RASP
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Insincere display : ACT

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