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New York Times, Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Author:
John Lieb
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Golf standard
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John Lieb

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKQX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Lieb. Tuesday freshness: 33%
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© 2013, The New York Times5/14/13 ( No. 23,198 )
Across
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Locales for "Ocean's Eleven" and several Bond films : CASINOS
8
Beirut's land : LEBANON
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Thousands of fans might do it : THEWAVE
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Japanese art form : ORIGAMI
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Unwrap in a hurry : RIPOPEN
18
Who, What and I Don't Know, in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine : BASEMEN
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Abnormal part of Voldemort's visage : NOSE
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Concern of Freud : EGO
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Layer of the earth between the crust and the core : MANTLE
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"Just ___!" ("Be right there!") : ASEC
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Marx's "___ Kapital" : DAS
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Hotel amenity often near the elevator : ICE
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Make, as an income : EARN
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Sun : STAR
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Hawaiian garland : LEI
33
Suffix with neur- : OTIC
34
Destruction : LOSS
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Talk show host DeGeneres : ELLEN
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Olive ___ (Popeye's gal) : OYL
41
Pool measurement : DEPTH
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X-ray units : RADS
43
Refuse : DENY
45
Golf standard : PAR
46
13-digit library info : ISBN
49
Horse color : ROAN
50
Day before : EVE
51
Civil War side: Abbr. : CSA
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Sushi ingredient : RICE
55
Sealed, as a driveway : TARRED
57
Thanksgiving staple : YAM
58
"Don't have ___, man!" : ACOW
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Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" : UMA
60
Napped : SNOOZED
62
Grand Canyon locale : ARIZONA
66
A lifeguard's whistle might create one : TANLINE
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Alternative to a forward pass : LATERAL
68
Cowboy seats : SADDLES
69
Pinto and Flounder, in "Animal House" : PLEDGES
Down
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Middle: Abbr. : CTR
2
Yellowfin tuna : AHI
3
Aug. follower : SEP
4
"You can't make me!" : IWONT
5
With 41-Down, title teen in a 2004 indie hit : NAPOLEON
6
Pig out : OVEREAT
7
Capitol Hill V.I.P.: Abbr. : SEN
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University of New Mexico team : LOBOS
9
Wipes off : ERASES
10
Cut in half : BISECT
11
Ripen : AGE
12
Status-seeking sort ... or a solver of this puzzle, initially? : NAMEDROPPER
13
Last Greek letter : OMEGA
14
Boys, in Bogotá : NINOS
20
Amateur detective in 1967's "The Clue in the Crossword Cipher" : NANCYDREW
22
Roger Bannister, notably : MILER
23
Amtrak high-speed train : ACELA
24
"Song Sung Blue" singer : NEILDIAMOND
29
1983 Duran Duran hit : RIO
31
Ginger ___ : ALE
35
Ward (off) : STAVE
36
Destroy, as documents : SHRED
38
Suffix with shepherd : ESS
40
Virgo preceder : LEO
41
See 5-Down : DYNAMITE
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Undyed : NATURAL
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South America's largest country : BRAZIL
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Christianity's ___ Creed : NICENE
51
Anatomical sacs : CYSTS
52
Yemen's capital : SANAA
54
Secret writings : CODES
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Demolished : RAZED
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Antiquated : OLD
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Austrian peak : ALP
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Alternative to .com : ORG
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Scottish denial : NAE
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Franken and Gore : ALS

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