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New York Times, Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Author:
Robert Cirillo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Across : Missing link, possibly
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Robert Cirillo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKQWZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cirillo. Tuesday freshness: 62%
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© 2010, The New York Times2/9/10 ( No. 22,008 )
Across
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Warm-up for the college-bound : PSAT
5
Vena ___ (blood line to the heart) : CAVA
9
Victory overcoming 100-to-1 odds, e.g. : UPSET
14
Prefix with sphere : HEMI
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Horatian verses : ODES
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___ del Rey, Calif. : PLAYA
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Shiite leader : IMAM
18
Lead-in to tiller : ROTO
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Put a duty on : TAXED
20
Chocolate candy from Portugal? : LISBONBONBON
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Gist : ESSENCE
24
Missing link, possibly : APEMAN
28
Milne hopper : ROO
29
"___ grip!" : GETA
31
"Don't Bring Me Down" grp. : ELO
32
African nomad who hasn't had a thing to drink? : SOBERBERBER
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Rep. rival : DEM
37
Mississippi senator Cochran : THAD
38
Generous ___ fault : TOA
39
Small amount : IOTA
40
Tummy muscles : ABS
41
Lively Indian dance? : INCANCANCAN
45
___ polloi : HOI
46
"High Hopes" lyricist Sammy : CAHN
47
Pizza ___ : HUT
48
French schools : LYCEES
50
Fill and then some : SATIATE
54
Drum that's under all the others? : BOTTOMTOMTOM
57
No. 2 in the statehouse : LTGOV
60
See 61-Across : UNIT
61
Molecular 60-Across : ATOM
62
How a bride and groom leave the altar, metaphorically : ASONE
63
60-Across of computer memory : BYTE
64
"Treasure Island," for one : TALE
65
Lecher : SATYR
66
Required element in many figure skating competitions : AXEL
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Lead-in to while : ERST
Down
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Lover: Suffix : PHILE
2
They're followed by the finals : SEMIS
3
Heap up : AMASS
4
Filled with trees : TIMBERED
5
Pipe material for Frosty the Snowman : CORNCOB
6
Acrobat software maker : ADOBE
7
Presidential "no" : VETO
8
"___ of the Sun" (Jack London novel) : ASON
9
Feeling well : UPTOPAR
10
Vehicle that taxis : PLANE
11
Instrument for Kenny G : SAX
12
Part of a storm or a potato : EYE
13
Small amount : TAD
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___ about (approximately) : ONOR
22
Diminish : BATE
25
French red wine : MEDOC
26
Prince Valiant's wife : ALETA
27
"What God has joined together, let ___ put asunder" : NOMAN
29
What a lame joke might elicit : GROAN
30
Israeli statesman Abba : EBAN
32
Lesley of "60 Minutes" : STAHL
33
"Wow!" : OHBOY
34
Like the A B C's : BASIC
35
Prepare a commemorative plate, say : ETCH
39
Very close friend : INTIMATE
41
Freeze up : ICEOVER
42
Condé ___ (magazine publisher) : NAST
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Movable article of personal property : CHATTEL
44
Garage occupant : AUTO
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Black key material : EBONY
50
Whack, biblically : SMITE
51
Fragrant oil : ATTAR
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What a poor workman blames, in a saying : TOOLS
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Irish patriot Robert : EMMET
55
Marching band instrument : TUBA
56
Common cameo stone : ONYX
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The Shangri-___ ("Leader of the Pack" group) : LAS
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Airport screening org. : TSA
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"___ milk?" : GOT

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