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New York Times, Thursday, May 13, 2010

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Simplify things at a ricotta factory?
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 71 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 59%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/13/10 ( No. 22,101 )
Across
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Archaeologists usually find things in this : SITU
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Cutlass part : HILT
9
1992 Jack Nicholson title role : HOFFA
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Asta in the book "The Thin Man," e.g. : SCHNAUZER
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Pang : THROE
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Instruction to an overexcited Frenchman? : WEEWHEEMONSIEUR
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Bartolommeo and Angelico : FRAS
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Call from the field : MOO
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Common Hebrew name : ELI
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Oriole or Tiger, informally : ALER
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Really wet grass expected tomorrow morning? : DEEPDEWDUE
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Tattoos, e.g. : BODYART
29
Hack : CHOP
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Wirers, say: Abbr. : EES
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Box office : GATE
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Interruption causes : AHEMS
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What quilting farmers do? : SEWANDSOW
36
Restrictive wear : IRONS
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Auvers-sur-___, last home of Vincent van Gogh : OISE
39
Top of a suit? : ACE
42
Commodity for John Jacob Astor : PELT
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Camera innovator George : EASTMAN
45
Whitecaps next to an underpriced beachfront property? : WAVESBYBUY
49
Some jellied dishes : EELS
50
Oscars prop: Abbr. : ENV
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Put in one's ___ : OAR
52
Date maker : PALM
53
Simplify things at a ricotta factory? : WEIGHWHEYEASIER
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Old Dodge hatchbacks : OMNIS
60
Box office request : ONEPLEASE
61
Henpeck : NAGAT
62
Hockey's Steve and baseball's Mel : OTTS
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Retired fleet : SSTS
Down
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Missoula-to-Boise dir. : SSW
2
Seal's resting place, perhaps : ICEFLOE
3
Great American Ball Park team : THEREDS
4
Heedless : UNWARY
5
Color : HUE
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Suffix with color : IZE
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Eager beaver's word : LEMME
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Some scouts : TROOP
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Dearborn ___, MI : HTS
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"___ don't know about that" : OHI
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Bronze statue on top of the U.S. Capitol : FREEDOM
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Bobbles : FOULUPS
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Lofty stronghold : AERIE
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Sounds of comprehension : AHS
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Signal of comprehension : NOD
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"The Simpsons" grampa : ABE
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Tournament starting points : DRAWS
24
Jazzy James : ETTA
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They repeat whatever you say : ECHOES
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"That's finally done!" : WHEW
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Realtors, e.g. : AGENTS
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Musician Brian : ENO
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Evaluate : ASSAY
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Lemon ___ : SOLE
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Object of a French prayer : DIEU
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Beach locale of song : IPANEMA
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Gunning : REVVING
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Some Amys, Emmas and Mias : AMELIAS
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Least rocky : CALMEST
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Not the longest dashes : ENS
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Tempts : TEASES
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Victors' cry : WEWON
46
Salaam : BOW
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Unsophisticated boob : YAHOO
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London borough containing Wembley Stadium : BRENT
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Chum : PAL
54
Fashion model Carangi : GIA
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Only 20th-century prez without a coll. degree : HST
56
___ again : YET
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Mini-albums, briefly : EPS
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Hi-___ : RES

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5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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