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New York Times, Monday, March 5, 2012

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Across : Apply with a cotton ball, say
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Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Nothnagel. Monday freshness: 95%
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© 2012, The New York Times3/5/12 ( No. 22,763 )
Across
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Nickname for Louis Armstrong : SATCH
6
Plain as day : OVERT
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Apply with a cotton ball, say : DAB
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Table of data, e.g. : ARRAY
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Challenger : DARER
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School's URL ending : EDU
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Hirsute carnival attraction : BEARDEDLADY
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Writer Anaïs : NIN
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Order of coffee in a small cup : ESPRESSO
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Roved : ROAMED
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Pink : ROSY
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Trying to make sense of : SORTINGOUT
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Apollo 11's destination : MOON
28
Stave off, as a disaster : AVERT
29
Arouse from sleep : WAKEN
32
Computer file extension : EXE
33
"Hmm, I guess so" : OHOK
36
___-Wan Kenobi : OBI
37
Hit HBO series set in Baltimore : THEWIRE
41
"Evil Woman" rock grp. : ELO
42
Clark ___, Superman's alter ego : KENT
44
Lumberjack's tool : AXE
45
Gridiron units : YARDS
47
Dwarves' representative in the Fellowship of the Ring : GIMLI
49
Skeptic's rejoinder : IBET
51
Eleventh hour : NICKOFTIME
54
Rick's love in "Casablanca" : ILSA
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Cause of "I" strain? : EGOISM
59
Inquisition targets : HERESIES
61
Chest bone : RIB
62
Children's game hinted at by the circled letters : HIDEANDSEEK
64
TiVo, for one, in brief : DVR
65
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
66
Hit the accelerator : GUNIT
67
Mediterranean, e.g. : SEA
68
Hear again, as a case : RETRY
69
Simple kind of question : YESNO
Down
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Cavalry sword : SABER
2
"You ___ stupid!" : ARESO
3
Pitfalls : TRAPS
4
Request from a tired child : CARRYME
5
Jekyll's alter ego : HYDE
6
Most likely to win, as a favorite : ODDSON
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Bravery : VALOR
8
___ of Good Feelings : ERA
9
1948 John Wayne western : REDRIVER
10
Sign on a tray of samples : TRYONE
11
Scouting mission leader? : DENMOTHER
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"Goodbye, mon ami!" : ADIEU
13
Kind of cake that's ring-shaped : BUNDT
18
Gas brand with a tiger symbol : ESSO
22
Farming: Prefix : AGRO
25
Cab : TAXI
27
Province west of Que. : ONT
29
Chinese cooker : WOK
30
Lincoln, informally : ABE
31
World's longest venomous snake : KINGCOBRA
32
Rams fan? : EWE
34
Obsolete : OLD
35
Some boxing wins, for short : KOS
38
One-third the length of the Belmont Stakes : HALFMILE
39
Interstate sign with an arrow : EXIT
40
Ogle : EYE
43
___ torch (outdoor party lighting) : TIKI
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Up for discussion : ATISSUE
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One in a pit at a concert : MOSHER
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"Whatever you want" : IMEASY
50
Capital of Switzerland : BERN
51
"Study, study, study" types : NERDS
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"Just tell me the answer" : IGIVE
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Start of a rumor : IHEAR
55
Property claims : LIENS
56
Welcome at the front door : SEEIN
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Invite out for : ASKTO
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A little "out there," as humor : EDGY
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Dah's counterpart in Morse code : DIT

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