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New York Times, Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Author:
Adam Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Company with the stock ticker symbol DNA
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Adam Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Cohen. Wednesday freshness: 65%
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© 2009, The New York Times12/30/9 ( No. 21,967 )
Across
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Iditarod vehicle : SLED
5
Tay and Lomond : LOCHS
10
Film format sometimes in 3-D : IMAX
14
Internet cafe offering : WIFI
15
With 68-Across, "Carry on" : ASYOU
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___-Coburg-Gotha (old British royal house) : SAXE
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Letter preceding bravo : ALFA
18
Wallace ___ of "Manhattan" : SHAWN
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January 1 title word : AULD
20
Company with the stock ticker symbol BKS : BARNESANDNOBLE
23
Strawberry Fields pilgrimage figure : ONO
24
Page, for example : AIDE
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Company with the stock ticker symbol DNA : GENENTECH
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Tree sacred to the Druids : ALDER
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Panama, for one : HAT
35
Green of "Radio Days" : SETH
36
1973 Paul McCartney & Wings hit : MYLOVE
37
Russian city on the Oka : OREL
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Company with the stock ticker symbol ZZ : SEALY
41
Feudin' with : AGIN
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Unyielding : STRICT
44
Syrup brand : KARO
46
Stash of cash : WAD
47
Herb with antiseptic properties : THYME
48
Company with the stock ticker symbol PZZA : PAPAJOHNS
50
Order whose members have included five U.S. presidents : ELKS
52
Rubina ___ of "Slumdog Millionaire" : ALI
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Company with the stock ticker symbol HOG : HARLEYDAVIDSON
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Many diva performances : SOLI
61
Amtrak debut of 11/17/2000 : ACELA
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Ophthalmologist's concern : STYE
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Cartel led by a secretary general : OPEC
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Former Fox series set in Newport Beach : THEOC
65
Art Deco architect William Van ___ : ALEN
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Part of a Zippo : WICK
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Competitor of 39-Across : SERTA
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See 15-Across : WERE
Down
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DNA collector, perhaps : SWAB
2
Oscar winner Kedrova : LILA
3
Chutzpah : EFFRONTERY
4
Wiest of "Radio Days" : DIANNE
5
Bonny gal : LASS
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Dept. of Labor division : OSHA
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Printer's color : CYAN
8
Elephant rider's seat : HOWDAH
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Many a Muslim : SUNNI
10
Queen in events of 1492 : ISABELLA
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Rough up : MAUL
12
Highway toll unit : AXLE
13
Struck (out) : XED
21
Seemingly forever : EONS
22
Jazz singer who took her surname from pig Latin : ODAY
25
Pac-Man enemy : GHOST
26
Image on eco-friendly products : EARTH
27
Try to prove : TEST
28
Time off from l'école : ETE
29
Grammy winner ___ Khan : CHAKA
31
Item used with high frequency? : DOGWHISTLE
32
Competitor of Aquafina : EVIAN
33
Rips to pieces : RENDS
36
Vidal's "___ Breckinridge" : MYRA
38
Often-bawdy verse : LIMERICK
40
Michael Phelps workout unit : LAP
43
Word on a business card : CELL
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Ventura County's ___ Valley : OJAI
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Freudian topic : PSYCHE
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"He who hesitates is lost," e.g. : OLDSAW
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Colleague of Byron and Shelley : KEATS
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Pueblo language : HOPI
54
Actor Guinness : ALEC
55
Hinds, e.g. : DEER
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Zillions : ALOT
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Explorer Cabeza de ___ : VACA
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___ and terminer : OYER
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Endangered state bird : NENE
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Barnyard mother : SOW

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4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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