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New York Times, Monday, February 9, 2009

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Across : Santa's helpers
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FKQZ} This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 25%
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© 2009, The New York Times2/9/9 ( No. 21,643 )
Across
1
French friends : AMIS
5
Four: Prefix : TETRA
10
"___ be a cold day in hell ..." : ITLL
14
Make over : REDO
15
Shake hands (on) : AGREE
16
Heavy cart : DRAY
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1968 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono : TWOVIRGINS
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Land of the so-called "Troubles" : EIRE
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Fashion designer Perry : ELLIS
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Classic muscle car : GTO
22
Men whom women can't trust : CADS
23
It's measured in amperes: Abbr. : ELEC
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What a wizard casts : SPELL
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Umpire's call at the start of an inning : BATTERUP
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Averts, with "off" : STAVES
35
Word before Jordan or Canada : AIR
36
Kitchen wrap brand : SARAN
38
Words to live by : CREDO
39
Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia : TSAR
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Boob tube (and a hint to 17- and 65-Across and 11- and 30-Down) : TVSET
43
Bridge or tunnel designer: Abbr. : ENGR
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Santa's helpers : ELVES
46
Cybercommerce : ETAIL
48
Dubai and Abu Dhabi are part of it: Abbr. : UAE
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Oozed : SEEPED
51
2009 Super Bowl champs : STEELERS
53
Luxury Toyota make : LEXUS
55
Construction site watchdog, for short : OSHA
56
Coffee, slangily : JAVA
58
Succeeded at musical chairs : SAT
60
Bewildered : ATSEA
64
News item that often has a person's age in the headline : OBIT
65
Polynesian-themed restaurant chain : TRADERVICS
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"If all ___ fails ..." : ELSE
69
White-feathered wader : EGRET
70
2.54 centimeters : INCH
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Norman who created "All in the Family" : LEAR
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University officials : DEANS
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"A Death in the Family" author James : AGEE
Down
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
2
Whimper : MEWL
3
Fox's "American ___" : IDOL
4
Communist council : SOVIET
5
Contents of a La Brea pit : TAR
6
Silly Putty holder : EGG
7
Calc prerequisite : TRIG
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Landlords' due : RENTS
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"___ Fables" : AESOPS
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"Goodness gracious!" : IDECLARE
11
Courtroom : TRIALVENUE
12
Cooking grease : LARD
13
Caustic compounds : LYES
18
The British ___ : ISLES
24
The "E" of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Sneaky pitch : CURVE
27
And so on: Abbr. : ETC
28
___ Motel ("Psycho" setting) : BATES
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Airplane seating request : AISLE
30
Document checked at the border : TRAVELVISA
31
They might be checkered : PASTS
33
___ Allan Poe : EDGAR
34
Sensitive spots : SORES
37
"Keen!" : NEATO
40
Fast-firing firearm : REPEATER
42
Scores like 1-1 and 2-2 : TIES
45
Reason for an R rating : SEX
47
"The Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
50
Checked for fingerprints : DUSTED
52
Riga's land : LATVIA
54
"Beetle Bailey" boss : SARGE
56
"Piano Man" performer Billy : JOEL
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Up to the task : ABLE
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"Gone With the Wind" plantation : TARA
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Do lullabies, e.g. : SING
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Behold, to Brutus : ECCE
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Former Davis Cup captain Arthur : ASHE
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Cozy room : DEN
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Visitors from Venus, say : ETS

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