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New York Times, Saturday, December 25, 2010

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Santa ___
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Stanley Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FHQX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Newman. Saturday freshness: 1%
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© 2010, The New York Times12/25/10 ( No. 22,327 )
Across
1
"The Twentieth Century" producer : CBSNEWS
8
Point : DECIMAL
15
Knock noise : RATATAT
16
Spring : EMANATE
17
How some pranks are done : ONADARE
18
1970s "first mother" : LILLIAN
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Santa ___ : CATALINAISLAND
21
Security Council veto : NON
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Makeup of some burgers : SOY
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Stunning : DAZING
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Put away : DOIN
30
Get stuck : JAM
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Off-white shade : IVORY
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Sight from the top of the Leaning Tower : ARNO
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Out-and-out : PURE
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Santa ___ : MONICAMOUNTAINS
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Isn't straight : LIES
40
Certain party, in headlines : DEMS
41
Members of an ancient empire : INCAS
42
Golf scorecard abbr. : YDS
43
Part of the planning for many a surprise birthday party : RUSE
44
Happy cohort? : SNEEZY
45
Company with an I.P.O. in both 1992 and 2009 : AOL
46
Point : DOT
48
Santa ___ : ANITARACETRACK
56
Stir up : ANIMATE
57
Schmaltz : TREACLE
58
Builds a foundation, say : DONATES
59
Bridge topic : ENDPLAY
60
Lab procedure : DNATEST
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Some game show questions : TOSSUPS
Down
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Big snapper, informally : CROC
2
Actor who played the villain in 2009's "Star Trek" : BANA
3
Doctor's directive : STAT
4
Zip : NADA
5
Endnote abbr. : ETAL
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Big blender maker : WARING
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Old office worker : STENO
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Place for a ham : DELI
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E.P.A. measurement : EMISSION
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Tap : CALLON
11
Fine furniture feature : INLAY
12
Water carrier : MAIN
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Slightly : ATAD
14
Wiseman who directed "Live Free or Die Hard" : LEN
20
Wife of Perseus : ANDROMEDA
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How distant stars shine : DIMLY
24
Go around : AVOID
25
Thinks about nothing, with "out" : ZONES
26
Tennessee's state flower : IRIS
27
Former U.S. capital: Abbr. : NYC
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Heavy load : ONUS
30
Oomph : JUICE
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"I Love Lucy" executive producer : ARNAZ
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Embarrassing : MESSY
34
City north of Des Moines : AMES
35
Stamp sheet : PANE
37
Fawns over : ADULATES
38
Corrosion-resistant plating : TIN
43
Circumvolve : ROTATE
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"Perfection under fire" product : STERNO
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Imply : AIMAT
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Certain chamber piece : OCTET
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Uninformative attribution: Abbr. : ANON
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Granada girl : NINA
50
Doctor's directive : REST
51
Turner and others : TEDS
52
Chins or jaws : RAPS
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Opponent of the Patriot Act, for short : ACLU
54
Give a hand? : CLAP
55
They have all the answers : KEYS
56
Foot up : ADD

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