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New York Times, Monday, April 27, 2009

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Not appropriate
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
877/7/20066/14/201815
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
51.4849785%
Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Krozel. Monday freshness: 73%
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© 2009, The New York Times4/27/9 ( No. 21,720 )
Across
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Part of a Halloween costume : MASK
5
Rich soil component : HUMUS
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Get an ___ effort : EFOR
14
"Do ___ others as ..." : UNTO
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Not appropriate : UNAPT
16
Duo plus one : TRIO
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Mark left from an injury : SCAR
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Refuse a request : SAYNO
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Detained : HELD
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Separate grains from wheat, e.g. : THRESH
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Valentine candy message : BEMINE
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Animated TV character whose best friend is Boots : DORATHEEXPLORER
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Suffix with access : ORY
29
Young dog or seal : PUP
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China's Mao ___-tung : TSE
31
___ Jima : IWO
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Casey of "American Top 40" : KASEM
34
Main port of Yemen : ADEN
35
2008 campaign personality : JOETHEPLUMBER
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Like paintings and some juries : HUNG
41
As a result : HENCE
42
Fruity cooler : ADE
43
Animal pouch : SAC
46
Plane takeoff guess: Abbr. : ETD
47
Chicken ___ king : ALA
50
Norman Rockwell painting subject of W.W. II : ROSIETHERIVETER
54
Fix permanently, as an interest rate : LOCKIN
55
Helmet from W.W. I or W.W. II : TINHAT
56
"Beauty ___ the eye ..." : ISIN
58
Semiconductor giant : INTEL
60
Idiot : DOPE
61
Tenth: Prefix : DECI
62
Hospital attendant : NURSE
63
Kuwaiti leader : EMIR
64
Business V.I.P. : EXEC
65
Velocity : SPEED
66
Say "No, I didn't" : DENY
Down
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High-priority item : MUSTDO
2
Katie Couric, for one : ANCHOR
3
Like the night sky : STARRY
4
Seoul's home : KOREA
5
Top-secret : HUSHHUSH
6
Italian article : UNA
7
Answer that's between yes and no : MAYBE
8
Coming immediately after, as on TV : UPNEXT
9
Leaves in a huff, with "out" : STOMPS
10
Prefix with -centric : ETHNO
11
Something for nothing, as what a hitchhiker seeks : FREERIDE
12
OPEC product : OIL
13
Fishing pole : ROD
21
March 17 honoree, for short : STPAT
23
___ de France : ILE
25
Sword of sport : EPEE
26
Fancy pitcher : EWER
27
Politico ___ Paul : RON
32
Beer blast centerpiece : KEG
33
Measure of a car's 65-Across: Abbr. : MPH
34
Lincoln, informally : ABE
35
Cousin of karate : JUDO
36
Minimum pizza order : ONESLICE
37
Lusty look : LEER
38
Like the Beatles' White Album : UNTITLED
39
The year 1406 : MCDVI
40
Part of a guffaw : HAR
43
1/60 of a min. : SEC
44
Diet doctor : ATKINS
45
"Don't let it get you down!" : CHINUP
47
Comfortable (with) : ATHOME
48
Go right at it, as work : LEAPIN
49
Vein's counterpart : ARTERY
51
Kind of column, in architecture : IONIC
52
___ nous (between us) : ENTRE
53
Kaput : ENDED
56
Suffix with chlor- : IDE
57
It sells in advertising, they say : SEX
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180 degrees from WNW : ESE

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