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New York Times, Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Author:
Caleb Madison
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Across : ... of 1979
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
355/13/20084/19/20193
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9154565
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
131.6221859%
Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Madison. Wednesday freshness: 86%
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© 2010, The New York Times12/1/10 ( No. 22,303 )
Across
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With 66-Across, subject of this puzzle, born 12/1/1935 : WOODY
6
"Maude" star Arthur : BEA
9
With 64-Across, 1-/66-Across movie of 2005 : MATCH
14
"If memory serves ..." : ASIRECALL
16
Dress in the Forum : STOLA
17
... of 1987 : RADIODAYS
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Some tomatoes : ROMAS
19
Faux pas : MISSTEP
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Winter hrs. in St. Louis : CST
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... of 1990 : ALICE
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___ exchange : ION
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It's high on the pH scale : BASE
28
Silents actor Novarro : RAMON
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... of 1979 : MANHATTAN
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Asian nurse : AMAH
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Dorothy's state: Abbr. : KAN
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"Too bad!" : AWW
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... of 1971 : BANANAS
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... of 1973 : SLEEPER
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Be up : BAT
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Mayo is in it : ANO
42
___ land : LALA
43
... of 1977 : ANNIEHALL
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Par ___ : AVION
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Part of l'été : AOUT
49
A mean Amin : IDI
50
... of 1983 : ZELIG
51
Nelson Mandela's org. : ANC
52
Shaded passageway : PERGOLA
55
Verdi's very : MOLTO
57
... of 1978 : INTERIORS
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Close, in verse : ANEAR
63
Feverishness : FEBRILITY
64
See 9-Across : POINT
65
Raiders make them, informally : TDS
66
See 1-Across : ALLEN
Down
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Something played out in a theater : WAR
2
Spanish she-bear : OSA
3
Geometric suffix : OID
4
Demoisturized, in commercial names : DRI
5
Palace workers : YEOMEN
6
Flock sounds : BAAS
7
Heavenly : ELYSIAN
8
Hall-of-Famer Walter who was a Dodger manager for 23 years : ALSTON
9
No. on a car : MSRP
10
___ Z : ATO
11
Male with whiskers : TOMCAT
12
Top-level : CLASSA
13
Get a move on : HASTEN
15
Early fifth-century year : CDI
20
Surround with a glow : ENHALO
22
Sheik's mount : ARAB
23
Spiritual guide : LAMA
24
One-named 1970s-'80s supermodel : IMAN
25
Live together : COHABIT
27
Vitamin involved in cell metabolism : BTWELVE
29
"Keep them coming, Juan!" : MAS
30
Amazement : AWE
32
TV's ___ Lee : KATHIE
35
Scot's not : NAE
36
Show announced by Don Pardo for 30+ years, for short : SNL
37
Construction worker's lunch container : PAIL
38
H. G. Wells people : ELOI
39
Phoned : RANG
41
Neatened, in a way : ALIGNED
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Certain travel guide : AAAMAP
44
"Stop! You've got it all wrong!" : NONONO
45
Centers : NUCLEI
46
Unmoored : ADRIFT
47
Hank with voices on "The Simpsons" : AZARIA
52
Left side : PORT
53
Places where the Daily Racing Form is read, in brief : OTBS
54
Celtic sea god : LER
56
Get bronze : TAN
58
Excellent, slangily : ILL
59
Lube (up) : OIL
60
Way: Abbr. : RTE
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Dict. listing : SYN

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