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New York Times, Friday, December 31, 2010

Author:
Caleb Madison
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Across : Thingamajig
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
355/13/20084/19/20193
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9154565
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
131.6221859%
Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Z} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Madison. Friday freshness: 55%
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J
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© 2010, The New York Times12/31/10 ( No. 22,333 )
Across
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One likely to die on the road? : JALOPY
7
What something may go down to : THEWIRE
14
Foster girl : JEANIE
15
Poster girl : TEENIDOL
16
Debunked? : ARISEN
17
Response to great news : IMSOGLAD
18
Big tin exporter: Abbr. : BOL
19
Beat badly : STOMP
21
Battle joiner's choice : SIDE
22
Kind of replication : RNA
23
Sticks up for, maybe? : ABETS
25
Serbian city where Constantine the Great was born : NIS
26
Org. with towers : AAA
27
Luzón, e.g. : ISLA
28
Thingamajig : WIDGET
31
Film in which Eddie Murphy voices the dragon Mushu : MULAN
33
Lit : AFLAME
35
Be revolting : STICKITTOTHEMAN
40
Homes within nations : TEPEES
41
San Francisco's Museo ___ Americano : ITALO
42
Red giants in the night sky : SSTARS
45
Procure : REAP
47
Big hit : POW
48
Cross character : TAU
49
Not dormant : ASTIR
51
As : QUA
52
Ice legend's family : ORRS
54
Head start? : AITCH
56
It's often hung illegally : UEY
57
"The Humbugs of the World" author, 1865 : PTBARNUM
60
Be coerced : HAVETO
62
Relationship in the 2009 film "I Love You, Man" : BROMANCE
63
1974 hit with Spanish lyrics : ERESTU
64
"Got it" : YESISEE
65
The Allman Brothers Band, e.g. : SEXTET
Down
1
Creator of TV's "Alias" : JJABRAMS
2
Blimp navigator : AERONAUT
3
Boxer who wrote "Reach!" : LAILAALI
4
Switch sides? : ONS
5
Some county fair contest entries : PIES
6
Folks getting into dirt : YENTAS
7
Bait : TEMPT
8
Bucks, e.g. : HES
9
Rock's Brian : ENO
10
Freaks (out) : WIGS
11
Not going anywhere : IDLING
12
Carrier of drum cases, maybe : ROADIE
13
First in line, say : ELDEST
15
Over and over : TIMEAFTERTIME
20
Like M&M's : OBLATE
24
Sacrifice fly? : SWAT
27
Cartoonist, at times : INKER
29
64-Across, to a cat : IMHIP
30
Debugger? : DEET
32
Court proceedings : ACTA
34
Freak : LOSEIT
36
Self, in a Latin phrase : IPSA
37
Many users follow its directions : MAPQUEST
38
"Gentille" one of song : ALOUETTE
39
Problem for one who's trapped : NOWAYOUT
42
Visit : STOPBY
43
"The Transcendence of the Ego" writer : SARTRE
44
Some muscle cars : TURBOS
46
___ National Park : ARCHES
50
It may stick to your ribs : SAUCE
53
Language related to Finnish : SAMI
55
Dummy on a greyhound track : HARE
58
Coll. peer leaders : RAS
59
Uptown's dir. in N.Y.C. : NNE
61
Really try : VEX

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