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New York Times, Monday, December 29, 2008

Author:
Kevin Donovan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : "Pulp Fiction" co-star ___ L. Jackson
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Kevin Donovan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Donovan. Monday freshness: 83%
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© 2008, The New York Times12/29/8 ( No. 21,601 )
Across
1
Make believe : FEIGN
6
Barton who founded the American Red Cross : CLARA
11
School grp. : PTA
14
Yo-Yo Ma's instrument : CELLO
15
Alphabetically first name in the Bible : AARON
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Harry Potter's best friend : RON
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Rain source : CLOUD
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It might include a 10, jack, queen and king of hearts : RUMMYHAND
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Speedy two-wheelers : MOPEDS
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___-frutti : TUTTI
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"Pulp Fiction" co-star ___ L. Jackson : SAMUEL
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Something often stubbed : BIGTOE
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Yankees/Red Sox matchup, e.g. : BASEBALLGAME
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Has being : EXISTS
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Primo : AONE
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Sn, chemically speaking : TIN
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On the nose : TOAT
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Series of scenes : ACT
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Make over : REDO
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Massachusetts' Cape ___ : ANN
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Want badly, with "for" : ACHE
40
95 things posted by Martin Luther : THESES
42
Candidate for a Tony : BROADWAYPLAY
44
Andy Warhol genre : POPART
47
Dominant dogs : ALPHAS
48
"Star Trek" lieutenant : UHURA
49
Who often "did it" in a whodunit : BUTLER
51
L'eggs product : PANTYHOSE
53
Game with a bull's-eye : DARTS
57
Annoy : IRK
58
Duck that'll get you down? : EIDER
59
"I'll have the ___" : USUAL
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___ États-Unis : LES
61
Monopoly cards : DEEDS
62
1 cent : PENNY
Down
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Radio monitoring org. : FCC
2
Snakelike fish : EEL
3
U.N. agcy. awarded the 1969 Nobel Peace Prize : ILO
4
Most morose : GLUMMEST
5
"Absolutely" : NODOUBT
6
Steve of "The Office" : CARELL
7
Extol : LAUD
8
An octopus has eight : ARMS
9
CD-___ : ROM
10
"Whenever" : ANYTIME
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Military aircraft engine maker ___ & Whitney : PRATT
12
Kemo Sabe's companion : TONTO
13
Actress MacDowell : ANDIE
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Enormous : HUGE
21
Pod contents : PEAS
23
Anglo-___ : SAXON
24
Like half of Istanbul : ASIAN
25
Prohibition : BAN
26
Commercial prefix with -max or -cam : BETA
27
Tied up, as skates : LACED
28
Understood : GOT
31
Inventor Nikola : TESLA
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Inventors have them : IDEAS
33
Snoopy : NOSY
35
"Now I understand!" : AHA
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Say another way : REPHRASE
38
In formation : ARRAYED
39
Barracks bed : COT
40
Like an N.B.A. center : TALL
41
Much ballyhooed : HYPEDUP
42
TV character who says "Don't have a cow, man!" : BART
43
Tends, as plants : WATERS
44
Tutee : PUPIL
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Chicago air hub : OHARE
46
Petty gangsters : PUNKS
49
Portend : BODE
50
Played for a sap : USED
52
Hightail it, old-style : HIE
54
Something 18-, 26-, 42- or 51-Across might have : RUN
55
Sunbathe : TAN
56
Wily : SLY

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