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New York Times, Monday, February 6, 2012

Author:
Tom Pepper
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
69-Across : Former New York mayor Giuliani
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Tom Pepper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Pepper. Monday freshness: 72%
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© 2012, The New York Times2/6/12 ( No. 22,735 )
Across
1
___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" group) : BAHA
5
Remove, as pencil marks : ERASE
10
Ones ranked above cpls. : SGTS
14
Black, to bards : EBON
15
___ Doone cookies : LORNA
16
Spanish bull : TORO
17
Split a bill evenly with someone : GOHALFSIES
19
Throat clearer : AHEM
20
Throat dangler : UVULA
21
"Zip-___-Doo-Dah" : ADEE
22
Do a fall chore : RAKE
23
"I've had enough!" : NOMORE
25
Ruble : Russia :: ___ : Poland : ZLOTY
27
Milky Way, for one : GALAXY
30
New Zealanders, informally : KIWIS
33
Unrestrained revelry : ORGY
36
Hot temper : IRE
37
Fanglike tooth : CANINE
38
Prefix with classical : NEO
39
Flip out : GOCRAZY
41
Genetic stuff : RNA
42
iPad, for example : TABLET
44
Flamenco cheer : OLE
45
Second to none : BEST
46
Old-fashioned music hall : ODEON
47
Bet on a one-two finish : EXACTA
49
Procrastinator's word : LATER
51
Natural barriers between yards : HEDGES
55
Sport that's been called "a good walk spoiled" : GOLF
57
Pull along : DRAG
60
Safari animal, informally : RHINO
61
"___ sow, so shall ..." : ASYE
62
Leave the drawers in the drawer, say : GOCOMMANDO
64
Speak drunkenly : SLUR
65
___-Detoo of "Star Wars" : ARTOO
66
"Understood" : ISEE
67
Boston ___ (orchestra) : POPS
68
Replies to an invitation : RSVPS
69
Former New York mayor Giuliani : RUDY
Down
1
Commenced : BEGUN
2
From the beginning, in Latin : ABOVO
3
Yawn-inducing : HOHUM
4
The clue for 25-Across, e.g. : ANALOGY
5
North Pole toymaker : ELF
6
Civil rights pioneer Parks : ROSA
7
Saharan : ARID
8
Dwarf who's blessed a lot? : SNEEZY
9
Painter's stand : EASEL
10
Get to work (on) : STARTIN
11
Malfunction : GOHAYWIRE
12
Long, hard journey : TREK
13
Amount between none and all : SOME
18
Dr. Zhivago's love : LARA
24
J. Alfred Prufrock's creator T. S. ___ : ELIOT
26
"Fine by me" : OKAY
28
Rainbow's shape : ARC
29
Office copy, say : XEROX
31
Quaint lodgings : INNS
32
Plane assignment : SEAT
33
Not fooled by : ONTO
34
Librarian's urging : READ
35
Fail financially : GOBELLYUP
37
Prague native : CZECH
39
Mannerly man, briefly : GENT
40
In the style of : ALA
43
Casual shoes : LOAFERS
45
Kind of day, grooming-wise : BADHAIR
47
Blunders : ERRORS
48
Six years, for a U.S. senator : TERM
50
Mystery writer's award : EDGAR
52
Infomercial knife : GINSU
53
Finished : ENDED
54
"Here, piggy piggy piggy!" : SOOEY
55
[Horrors!] : GASP
56
Nobel Peace Prize city : OSLO
58
When Hamlet dies : ACTV
59
Sticky stuff : GOOP
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Hip-hop's ___ Def : MOS

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