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New York Times, Thursday, December 18, 2008

Author:
Michael Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : Like a keeper of confidential information
TotalDebutLatest
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Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Vuolo. Thursday freshness: 26%
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© 2008, The New York Times12/18/8 ( No. 21,590 )
Across
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"Numb3rs" airer : CBS
4
Bearded : FACED
9
In ___ (quickly) : AJIFF
14
Where to go in Greenwich? : LOO
15
It may be tragic : IRONY
16
They start in the middle : RADII
17
Keeper of confidential information : UNDERCOVERAGENT
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Noodle : BEAN
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Sneaking : SLY
22
Wrongs : ABUSES
23
The last King Edward of England : VIII
25
"O terra, addio," e.g. : ARIA
26
Like a keeper of confidential information : SWORNTOSECRECY
32
Title role for Valentino : SHEIK
33
___ Majesty : HIS
34
Fruit used in English jelly : SLOE
35
Slippery one : EEL
36
Subject of Exodus 20:10 : SABBATH
40
"Can't fool me!" : AHA
41
___ fides (bad faith) : MALA
43
Cause of a scare : BOO
44
Daisylike flower : ASTER
46
With 60-Across, what a keeper of confidential information might say : IFITOLDYOUTHEN
50
Leeway : PLAY
51
Unoccupied : FREE
52
Scammer's skill : DECEIT
55
Certain qualifications : IFS
56
Djinn's home in a popular tale : LAMP
60
See 46-Across : IDHAVETOKILLYOU
63
Bring out : EDUCE
64
Buck for a song? : OWENS
65
Slippery one? : ELM
66
Harnesses : TAMES
67
Like the sun : RAYED
68
Davy Jones's locker, with "the" : SEA
Down
1
Listing in a high-school yearbook : CLUB
2
Something to pick : BONE
3
Part of many a drink order : SODA
4
Bearer of cones : FIR
5
Inverse trig function : ARCSIN
6
"Enough!" : COOLIT
7
Part of a famous septet : ENVY
8
Alter, in a way : DYE
9
With French, one of two official languages of Chad : ARABIC
10
Porsche alternatives : JAGUARS
11
Day of destiny : IDES
12
Numismatist's classification : FINE
13
They may be thrown : FITS
18
Poetic coda : ENVOI
19
Most prized, often : RAREST
24
Gets to : IRKS
25
Part of a famous septet : ASIA
26
Stack of papers : SHEAF
27
"___ never!" : WELLI
28
"Yippee!" : OHBOY
29
Lift up : ELATE
30
Singer/songwriter Leonard : COHEN
31
Sophomores, e.g. : YEAR
32
Rest stop sight : SEMI
37
Wear away, as a metallic surface : ABLATE
38
Factor in a wine rating : BODY
39
Bad feeling? : HATE
42
Tranquil : ATPEACE
45
Hard case : SHELL
47
Tapenade ingredients : OLIVES
48
Out of tune : OFFKEY
49
Bearish : URSINE
52
Legislature : DIET
53
Icelandic volume : EDDA
54
Confidant : CHUM
55
Home of Private Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan" : IOWA
57
First side to vote : AYES
58
Spicy chocolate sauce : MOLE
59
Big brand in athletic footwear : PUMA
61
Rocky peak : TOR
62
Cause of tripping? : LSD

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