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New York Times, Monday, December 10, 2012

Author:
Michael David
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : Capital of Arizona
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Michael David

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. David. Monday freshness: 64%
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© 2012, The New York Times12/10/12 ( No. 23,043 )
Across
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Pharmaceutical co. regulator : FDA
4
Mule of song : SAL
7
Go by, as hours : ELAPSE
13
___ Vegas : LAS
14
CBS forensic drama : CSI
15
Boundless enthusiasm : PASSION
16
Being risked : ATSTAKE
18
One of seven in the Constitution : ARTICLE
19
Prepare to drive a golf ball : TEEUP
20
Helpers: Abbr. : ASSTS
22
Clijsters of tennis : KIM
23
See, as visitors : MEETWITH
25
Author Blume : JUDY
26
Quick punches : JABS
28
"If I Only ___ Brain" : HADA
29
Unruly head of hair : MOP
30
Have a bug : AIL
31
Drink at a sushi bar : SAKE
32
Sauce at a sushi bar : SOY
33
Twisted, as humor : WRY
34
Like December, among the months of the year : TWELFTH
36
___ Moines, Iowa : DES
39
Exxon product : GAS
40
Angers : IRES
41
Pen filler : INK
42
Drool catcher : BIB
43
Old dagger : SNEE
44
Tramp's partner in a Disney film : LADY
45
Corp. money managers : CFOS
47
Border collie, for one : SHEEPDOG
49
Feedbag morsel : OAT
50
At ___ (stumped) : ALOSS
51
Milton ___, leader to Uganda's independence : OBOTE
54
Cashew or hazel, in a grove : NUTTREE
56
Capital of Arizona : PHOENIX
58
Was a bad winner : GLOATED
59
Writer Fleming : IAN
60
French friend : AMI
61
Maximally : ATMOST
62
Science guy Bill : NYE
63
Rent out : LET
Down
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*Smooth : FLAT
2
*Romantic outing : DATE
3
*Legislature : ASSEMBLY
4
Ending with land or sea : SCAPE
5
Show curiosity : ASK
6
Suffer from insomnia : LIEAWAKE
7
Our planet : EARTH
8
D-Day transports: Abbr. : LSTS
9
"Do ___ say, not ..." : ASI
10
*Light truck : PICKUP
11
*Sphere or cube : SOLID
12
*Foe : ENEMY
15
Noodles, e.g. : PASTA
17
Election day: Abbr. : TUES
21
Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? : SIDELINES
24
Defrosts : THAWS
25
Elation : JOY
26
*It moves up and down when you talk : JAW
27
*Broadcast : AIR
29
Kind of scale of mineral hardness : MOHS
31
Attack with a knife : STAB
32
Precipitous : STEEP
35
"Wheel of Fortune" bonus : FREESPIN
36
*Shortcut path, maybe : DIAGONAL
37
*Finish : END
38
*What's up? : SKY
39
U.S. soldiers : GIS
42
*Fanny : BOTTOM
43
Did some blacksmith's work on : SHOED
44
Ear part : LOBE
45
*Cuban drum : CONGA
46
*Tennis umpire's cry : FAULT
47
Winter hazard : SLEET
48
Blackmore's "Lorna ___" : DOONE
50
Partner of sciences : ARTS
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*Cons do it : TIME
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*Depart : EXIT
55
Way of the East : TAO
57
It's pitched with a pitchfork : HAY

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