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New York Times, Monday, November 10, 2008

Author:
Gail Grabowski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
64-Across : The start of 17-Across or 11- or 33-Down
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1311/18/20027/8/20144
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0580000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.573411%
Gail Grabowski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Grabowski. Monday freshness: 28%
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© 2008, The New York Times11/10/8 ( No. 21,552 )
Across
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Like the air around Niagara Falls : MISTY
6
Counterpart of comedy : DRAMA
11
Feed seed : OAT
14
Entertain : AMUSE
15
Smidgens : IOTAS
16
Actress Peeples : NIA
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Open-textured cotton fabric : CHEESECLOTH
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AOL or MSN : ISP
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Stayed out of sight : HID
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Allergic reaction : SNEEZE
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Fillet of ___ : SOLE
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Gift-giver's urging : OPENIT
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Showed boredom : YAWNED
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Impressive grouping : ARRAY
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Possible result of slamming on the brakes : SKID
31
Señor's "Positively!" : SISI
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Without a guarantee of condition : ASIS
36
Battery terminal : ANODE
39
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
40
"___ or plastic?" : PAPER
42
F.B.I. agent : GMAN
43
Scarfs (down) : WOLFS
45
Folk singer Seeger : PETE
46
E-mail command : SEND
47
Uses a pew : SITS
49
Relief from the sun : SHADE
51
Alpine dwelling : CHALET
53
Discourages : DETERS
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Marathon, e.g. : RACE
58
Say, as the Pledge of Allegiance : RECITE
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By way of : VIA
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Feel feverish : AIL
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The start of 17-Across or 11- or 33-Down : TACOTOPPING
66
A/C meas. : BTU
67
Make amends : ATONE
68
Clear the blackboard : ERASE
69
Bro or sis : SIB
70
Capital of Oregon : SALEM
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Descartes and others : RENES
Down
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Like a he-man : MACHO
2
Beatnik's "Got it" : IMHIP
3
Napped leather : SUEDE
4
Mao ___-tung : TSE
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Polite affirmation : YESSIR
6
What high rollers roll : DICE
7
Part on stage : ROLE
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Completely, after "from" : ATOZ
9
Shipboard pals : MATEYS
10
Cigarette's end : ASH
11
Russian church feature : ONIONDOME
12
An usher walks up and down it : AISLE
13
Sealed up, as a package : TAPED
18
Lure into a crime : ENTRAP
22
Backyard apparatus for kids : SWINGSET
24
Manicurist's tool : NAILFILE
26
Letters before an alias : AKA
28
"Rush!" on an order : ASAP
29
"Holy cow!" : YIPES
31
Use needle and thread : SEW
32
"What was ___ do?" : ITO
33
Jazzy Latin dance site : SALSACLUB
35
Third son of Adam and Eve : SETH
37
Actor Aykroyd : DAN
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Bring to a halt : END
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Entertain with a tale : READTO
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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Rock layers : STRATA
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More profound : DEEPER
51
Grouchy sorts : CRABS
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Port-au-Prince's land : HAITI
54
Perrier rival : EVIAN
55
Get the soap out : RINSE
56
Wise ones : SAGES
59
Environmental sci. : ECOL
60
Dunce cap, geometrically : CONE
61
Talked-about twosome : ITEM
64
Profs.' helpers : TAS
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Opposite of post- : PRE

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