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New York Times, Monday, November 5, 2007

Author:
Jeremy Horwitz
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Across : Muck
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Jeremy Horwitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {X} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Horwitz. Monday freshness: 48%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/5/7 ( No. 21,181 )
Across
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"Lady Marmalade" singer ___ LaBelle : PATTI
6
Musical phrase : RIFF
10
On the briny : ASEA
14
Birdlike : AVIAN
15
Poet ___ Khayyám : OMAR
16
Butter slices : PATS
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T. S. Eliot title character who measures out his life with coffee spoons : JALFREDPRUFROCK
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Not just recent : ALLTIME
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Muck : GOOP
22
"The Simpsons" bartender : MOE
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Light throw : TOSS
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Studio sign : ONAIR
29
Actress MacDowell of "Groundhog Day" : ANDIE
32
Really impressed : AWED
34
Geller with a spoon-bending act : URI
35
Light golden lager : PILSNER
38
___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
39
Editor out to smear Spider-Man : JJONAHJAMESON
42
Parti-colored : PIED
43
Dance class outfit : LEOTARD
44
Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
45
Sheep cries : BAAS
46
Rapids transits : RAFTS
50
A goose egg : ZIPPO
52
Phobia : FEAR
55
Unfortunate sound when you bend over : RIP
56
Hay storage locale : LOFT
58
Saw-toothed : SERRATE
61
Vice president who once famously mashed "potato" : JDANFORTHQUAYLE
65
Come to shore : LAND
66
Baby bassoon? : OBOE
67
War horse : STEED
68
Lyric poems : ODES
69
Puppy bites : NIPS
70
Sexy nightwear : TEDDY
Down
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___ party (sleepover) : PAJAMA
2
Frankie of "Beach Blanket Bingo" : AVALON
3
Cultivated the soil : TILLED
4
President who later served as chief justice : TAFT
5
Initials on a cross : INRI
6
Where you might hear "Ride 'em, cowboy!" : RODEO
7
Little devil : IMP
8
Distant : FAR
9
Lively '60s dance : FRUG
10
Kitchen spill catcher : APRON
11
Brazil's largest city : SAOPAULO
12
And so on: Abbr. : ETC
13
"___ and ye shall receive" : ASK
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CPR pro : EMT
19
Grocery offering : FOOD
24
California city in a 1968 Dionne Warwick hit : SANJOSE
25
Accumulation on the brow : SWEAT
27
Persia, today : IRAN
28
___ Tin Tin : RIN
30
Its first ad touted "1,000 songs in your pocket" : IPOD
31
German article : EIN
33
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
36
Singsong syllables : LALA
37
Grain bundle : SHEAF
38
Beef quality graders: Abbr. : USDA
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Guitarist Hendrix : JIMI
40
747, e.g. : JETPLANE
41
Be mistaken : ERR
42
La ___, Bolivia : PAZ
45
Hit, as on the noggin : BOFF
47
Worn at the edges : FRAYED
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Like the Marquis de Sade or the Duke of Earl : TITLED
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Rapid : SPEEDY
51
Unilever skin cream brand : PONDS
53
Fireplace remnants : ASHES
54
Necessary: Abbr. : REQ
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Roger Rabbit or Donald Duck : TOON
59
Corrosion sign : RUST
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Appraise : RATE
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Female singer's 2001 album that debuted at #1 : JLO
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"Dear old" guy : DAD
63
Slugger's stat : RBI
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Blouse or shirt : TOP

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