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New York Times, Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Author:
Karen Young Bonin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : Middleton and Moss
TotalDebutLatest
1310/18/19822/22/2012
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Karen Young Bonin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Bonin. Wednesday freshness: 68%
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G
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© 2012, The New York Times2/22/12 ( No. 22,751 )
Across
1
Act greedy : GRAB
5
Newsman Lou : DOBBS
10
Stand taken by a debater : DAIS
14
Elton John/Tim Rice musical : AIDA
15
___ Gay : ENOLA
16
Austen heroine : EMMA
17
Jeering from the bleachers : BOOS
18
Broom made of twigs : BESOM
19
Crazy sort : LOON
20
End of some medieval tournament action? : KNIGHTSGOING
23
Charger : STEED
26
Part of the translation of "anno Domini" : OUR
27
Weapons that hit in a medieval tournament? : CONTACTLANCES
33
Sum up : ADD
34
Holy book : KORAN
35
Middleton and Moss : KATES
38
Estuaries : RIAS
40
Track figure : MILER
42
Flood survivor : NOAH
43
"The Most Happy ___" : FELLA
45
Imitated a wolf : BAYED
47
Spanish bear : OSO
48
Really boring medieval tournaments? : LISTSWEFORGET
51
Actress Zadora : PIA
52
Unwelcome growth : WEEDS
53
Joking around at a medieval tournament? : JOUSTKIDDING
60
See 58-Down : ETCH
61
Noted declarer of bankruptcy in 2001 : ENRON
62
Olympics jump : AXEL
66
W.W. II battle site : STLO
67
Accustom : INURE
68
"The occupation of the idle man, the distraction of the warrior, the peril of the sovereign," per Napoleon : LOVE
69
Creature known scientifically as Bufo bufo : TOAD
70
Heavy reading : TOMES
71
Donald and Ivana, for instance : EXES
Down
1
Shoot the breeze : GAB
2
Carnival city : RIO
3
Fracas : ADO
4
Hamper : BASKET
5
Actress Mazar : DEBI
6
Fairly uncommon blood type, informally : ONEG
7
Nonsense : BOSH
8
Black mark : BLOT
9
Biblical fellow who was dis-tressed? : SAMSON
10
"Back to the Future" transport : DELOREAN
11
Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
12
Springsteen's "___ Fire" : IMON
13
Told all to the cops : SANG
21
Mont. neighbor : NDAK
22
Crud : GUCK
23
Chow down on : SCARF
24
___ for (really delicious) : TODIE
25
Ultimate object : ENDALL
28
Follower of many a dot : COM
29
Some daily papers, informally : TRIBS
30
TV courtroom drama, 1986-94 : LALAW
31
Start or finish of an aphorism regarding justice : ANEYE
32
Patsy : STOOGE
36
Made less rigorous : EASED
37
Things binge drinkers sometimes do : SHOTS
39
Sloppy : SLIPSHOD
41
Zebra : REF
44
___ were : ASIT
46
Blue : DOWN
49
Accept punishment : TAKEIT
50
Entertain : REGALE
53
Witticism : JEST
54
Anne Frank's father : OTTO
55
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's alma mater, in brief : UCLA
56
___ time at all : INNO
57
Oil container : DRUM
58
French artist famous for 60-Acrossing : DORE
59
Juana ___ de la Cruz, Mexican poet/nun : INES
63
Losing row : XOX
64
Brink : EVE
65
French article : LES

Answer summary:
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