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New York Times, Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Arm-twisting
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Peter A. Collins
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 74%
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E
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S
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C
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A
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P
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A
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L
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A
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A
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P
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S
H
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D
O
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B
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S
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X
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R
R
E
E
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O
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A
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L
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E
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R
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I
V
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B
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O
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T
S
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S
K
I
T
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S
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N
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S
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E
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T
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N
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A
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P
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A
L
F
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S
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E
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B
R
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A
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R
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E
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B
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A
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N
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S
T
L
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O
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M
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S
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S
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N
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S
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D
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X
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O
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O
M
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I
N
L
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A
W
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T
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H
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E
U
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O
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A
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P
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H
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W
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R
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A
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A
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B
U
S
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N
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C
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C
A
S
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D
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G
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70
K
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S
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© 2010, The New York Times3/24/10 ( No. 22,051 )
Across
1
Go over the wall, maybe : ESCAPE
7
Asia's Trans ___ Range : ALAI
11
"Great" creature : APE
14
Peter Pan lost his : SHADOW
15
Serenades the moon : BAYS
16
Either of two A's rivals : SOX
17
Word after yes or no : SIRREE
18
Ancient concert halls : ODEA
19
Don Ho adornment : LEI
20
Wagner's earth goddess : ERDA
21
Conveyances at 40-Across : RIVERBOATS
24
Revue bits : SKITS
26
Nintendo's Super ___ : NES
27
Collagist Max : ERNST
28
Some tides : NEAPS
30
1936 foe of Franklin D. : ALF
31
Beaufort ___, area above Alaska : SEA
33
Prickly plants : BRIARS
36
"Voice of Israel" author : EBAN
40
City with a landmark spelled out by the circled letters, reading left to right : STLOUISMISSOURI
43
Former Wall St. letters : NASD
44
Thoroughly frustrate : STYMIE
45
Early seventh-century year : DCX
46
___-pah band : OOM
48
Holiday visitor, maybe : INLAW
50
Org. headquartered on N.Y.C.'s First Avenue : THEUN
53
Part of B.Y.O.B. : OWN
55
Letter before beth : ALEPH
58
1904 event at 40-Across : WORLDSFAIR
61
Coin with the words REPVBBLICA ITALIANA : LIRA
62
One may stand in it : AWE
63
Needle holder : ETUI
64
Problem drinker, e.g. : ABUSER
66
Actor Cage, familiarly : NIC
67
Project, as a 14-Across : CAST
68
Arm-twisting : DURESS
69
Come down with : GET
70
See 65-Down : KNEE
71
Soviet agcy. in Bond novels : SMERSH
Down
1
Slalom maneuvers : ESSES
2
Dodge, as a duty : SHIRK
3
Pro team in 40-Across : CARDINALS
4
Madison Ave. cost : ADRATE
5
Creator of Roderick Usher : POE
6
Basin go-with : EWER
7
Superior to : ABOVE
8
Does dock work : LADES
9
Yesterday, in the Yucatán : AYER
10
Juan Perón's third wife : ISABEL
11
Narnia lion : ASLAN
12
5-Down and others : POETS
13
Be : EXIST
22
Refuse to bend : INSIST
23
Monteverdi opera partly set in the underworld : ORFEO
25
"Elephant Boy" boy : SABU
29
Spectrum-forming solid : PRISM
30
Words after ugly or guilty : ASSIN
31
Govt.-issued ID : SSN
32
Info from the cockpit, for short : ETA
34
"Rehab" singer Winehouse : AMY
35
Adriatic Riviera city : RIMINI
37
Brand associated with 40-Across : BUDWEISER
38
___ cosine : ARC
39
Shoot down : NIX
41
Two-time N.L. batting champ Lefty : ODOUL
42
Emmy winner Ward : SELA
47
Next in the order : ONDECK
49
Cafe aroma, say : ALLURE
50
Vocal nasality : TWANG
51
TV host Mandel : HOWIE
52
Way to stand : ERECT
53
Worth having : OFUSE
54
Ralph of "The Waltons" : WAITE
56
Defensive strategy in basketball : PRESS
57
Like Russian winters : HARSH
59
Ollie's partner : STAN
60
X-ray dosage units : RADS
65
With 70-Across, cause of a limp : BUM

Answer summary:
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