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New York Times, Monday, April 5, 2010

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : ___ bene
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Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 185 for Ms. Salomon. Monday freshness: 47%
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© 2010, The New York Times4/5/10 ( No. 22,063 )
Across
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Going for broke, as a poker player : ALLIN
6
Goatee, for one : BEARD
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Corp.'s head money person : CFO
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Sarge's superior : LOOIE
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___-Detoo of "Star Wars" : ARTOO
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Flight board abbr. : ARR
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Campus/off-campus community, collectively : TOWNANDGOWN
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Bone that's part of a "cage" : RIB
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iPhone downloads : APPS
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Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
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Peru's peaks : ANDES
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Majority Muslim in Iran : SHIITE
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Declaration that may be followed by "So sue me" : ILIED
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Confederate flag : STARSANDBARS
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Roasting rods : SPITS
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Med. group : HMO
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Place for ChapStick : LIP
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Charged particle : ION
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John Lennon's lady : YOKOONO
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Environmentalist's prefix : ECO
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"Believe It or ___!" : NOT
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Daisy ___ of "Li'l Abner" : MAE
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Hat for a military specialist : BERET
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Extreme pessimism : GLOOMANDDOOM
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Job for a roadside assistance worker : TOWIN
52
Tater Tots maker : OREIDA
55
No longer vivid : FADED
56
___ bene : NOTA
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Oompah band instrument : TUBA
60
Lincoln, the Rail-Splitter : ABE
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Damage from ordinary use : WEARANDTEAR
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___ de France : ILE
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Where a wedding march ends : ALTAR
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River mouth feature : DELTA
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Dem.'s foe : REP
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Triangular road sign : YIELD
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1950s Ford flop : EDSEL
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Resort near Snowbird : ALTA
2
Figure skating figures : LOOPS
3
Boast of some shampoos : LOWPH
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"No use arguing with me" : IINSIST
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PBS funder : NEA
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Nag to death : BADGER
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As a result : ERGO
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Suffix with origin : ATOR
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Part of an airplane seat assignment : ROW
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Disney's ___ Duck : DONALD
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Seller of coupes and sedans : CARDEALER
12
Chinese side dish : FRIEDRICE
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Heavenly bodies : ORBS
18
Old-time actress Talbot or Naldi : NITA
23
Penpoint : NIB
25
Teeny, informally : ITSY
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Listen ___ (hear via eavesdropping) : INON
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Protected, as the feet : SHOED
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"I love," in Latin : AMO
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Parking space : SPOT
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Perform on "American Idol," e.g. : SING
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Place to "rack 'em up" : POOLTABLE
33
Unable to dig oneself out : INTOODEEP
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Muscat's land : OMAN
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It's north of Okla. : KAN
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Melancholy instrument : OBOE
45
Sent out, as rays : EMITTED
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Fall behind financially : OWE
48
Chicago alternative to O'Hare : MIDWAY
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Senile sort : DOTARD
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Algerian port : ORAN
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Face-offs with guns or swords : DUELS
54
Lessen : ABATE
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Without a cloud in the sky : FAIR
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___ the Great of children's literature : NATE
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Grueling grilling : ORAL
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Asia's shrunken ___ Sea : ARAL
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"The Book of ___" (2010 film) : ELI
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Ike's monogram : DDE

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