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New York Times, Monday, November 3, 2008

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Artist clears the bases?
TotalDebutLatest
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Susan Gelfand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Gelfand. Monday freshness: 42%
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© 2008, The New York Times11/3/8 ( No. 21,545 )
Across
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"Green ___" of 1960s TV : ACRES
6
Spoiled kid : BRAT
10
Bossy's offspring : CALF
14
Fill the crevices of, as a window frame : CAULK
15
Capital of Italia : ROMA
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Zero-shaped : OVAL
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Etiquette expert writes messages online? : EMILYPOSTS
19
Device for a plow team : YOKE
20
Thieves' locale : DEN
21
Moist, as morning grass : DEWY
22
Dog : barked :: cat : ___ : MEOWED
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Frees (of) : RIDS
25
Poverty : WANT
26
Singer speculates? : STEVIEWONDERS
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Eliminate the stubble : SHAVE
32
Pupil's surrounder : IRIS
33
___ & Tina Turner Revue : IKE
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Misjudges : ERRS
36
Princess who helped Jason : MEDEA
38
Tel ___ : AVIV
39
Ballot marks : XES
40
When repeated, a Samoan city : PAGO
41
Ingrid Bergman or Bjorn Borg : SWEDE
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Artist clears the bases? : WINSLOWHOMERS
46
Food, informally : EATS
47
Actress Lupino and others : IDAS
48
Many Halloween costumes : GHOSTS
51
Cross-country ___ : SKIS
52
Grain in Cheerios : OAT
55
Announcement for the head of a queue : NEXT
56
Actress searches? : HELENHUNTS
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Skater's jump : AXEL
60
"___ and out" : OVER
61
Bar legally : ESTOP
62
Decrease, as the moon : WANE
63
Rover's "hands" : PAWS
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Hotel offerings : ROOMS
Down
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Scored perfectly on : ACED
2
Arrived : CAME
3
Damage beyond repair : RUIN
4
90° pipe turn : ELL
5
Jump from a plane : SKYDIVE
6
Read a little here and there : BROWSE
7
Pink, as cheeks : ROSY
8
Gal. or qt. : AMT
9
One of the six states of Australia : TASMANIA
10
Cousin of the gray wolf : COYOTE
11
Declare openly : AVOW
12
Great Salt ___ : LAKE
13
Skipped town : FLED
18
Foot: Prefix : PEDI
23
Wraps up : ENDS
24
Guns, as an engine : REVS
25
Had on : WORE
26
One "tamed" in Shakespeare : SHREW
27
Ankle bones : TARSI
28
To whom a husband leaves an estate : WIDOW
29
Potomac, for one : RIVER
30
Loses control on a snowy road, say : SKIDS
31
Gender : SEX
34
Cain and Abel's mother : EVE
36
Bobbysoxer's hangout : MALTSHOP
37
They're subject to inflation : EGOS
38
Inspires reverence in : AWES
40
Warm-up exam for future collegians : PSAT
41
See 53-Down : SMASHER
43
Butterfinger candy bar maker : NESTLE
44
Parkgoers with backpacks : HIKERS
45
Chief Norse god : ODIN
48
Chew (on) : GNAW
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Six: Prefix : HEXA
50
Plow team : OXEN
51
Whole lot : SLEW
52
Aware of : ONTO
53
With 41-Down, nuclear device : ATOM
54
Recipe measures: Abbr. : TSPS
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Actress Longoria : EVA
58
G.I. uplifter : USO

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