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New York Times, Monday, May 21, 2012

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Rear end
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Livengood. Monday freshness: 64%
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© 2012, The New York Times5/21/12 ( No. 22,840 )
Across
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Mix with a spoon : STIR
5
Not go : STAY
9
Political science subj. : GOVT
13
Biblical water-to-wine locale : CANA
14
Snapshot : PHOTO
15
Flightless bird of South America : RHEA
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"Incidentally ..." : OHBYTHEWAY
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Performs in a play : ACTS
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Response of sympathy : TOOBAD
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Suffix with ranch : ERO
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Cozy dining spot : NOOK
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Lone Star State : TEXAS
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Beef jerky brand : SLIMJIM
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Egg-hatching spot : NEST
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Filmmaker with style and total control : AUTEUR
30
Pairs : DUOS
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___ Hoop : HULA
36
1968 A.L. M.V.P. and Cy Young winner ___ McLain : DENNY
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Cigarette's end : ASH
38
"Holy cow!" : OHMYGOD
40
Dedicated poem : ODE
41
Striped equine : ZEBRA
43
Suspect, in cop lingo : PERP
44
Pairs : TWOS
45
Goofs : ERRORS
47
Carve into, as a plaque : ETCH
49
Performing in a play, say : ONSTAGE
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Following the law : LEGAL
56
Skating jump : LUTZ
58
Sony rival : RCA
59
Southwest desert that includes Death Valley : MOHAVE
60
Sound heard in an empty hallway : ECHO
61
"Never mind" : OHFORGETIT
63
Secluded valley : GLEN
64
Like much diet food, informally : LOFAT
65
1970 Kinks hit : LOLA
66
Indian woman's attire : SARI
67
Found's opposite : LOST
68
Rear end : PRAT
Down
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Sir Walter who wrote "Ivanhoe" : SCOTT
2
Western lake near Squaw Valley : TAHOE
3
E-mail folder : INBOX
4
Some stylish sunglasses : RAYBANS
5
Pronoun for a ship : SHE
6
Locker room handout : TOWEL
7
Big name in arcade games : ATARI
8
Chinese-American virtuoso cellist : YOYOMA
9
Rock associated with hardness : GRANITE
10
"Let's be serious here ..." : OHCOMENOW
11
Presidential rejection : VETO
12
Chore : TASK
14
Deg. for a prof : PHD
17
Zap with a stun gun : TASE
23
A lumberjack might leave one behind : STUMP
24
"Knocked Up" director Apatow : JUDD
26
Sound heard in a movie theater : SHH
28
Loosen, as laces : UNDO
29
Some whiskeys : RYES
30
Flabbergasted state : DAZE
31
Consumer : USER
32
"You've gotta be joking!" : OHBROTHER
34
Chemical in drain cleaners : LYE
35
Have a meeting of the minds : AGREE
38
Rowers : OARS
39
Withdraw, with "out" : OPT
42
Packaged pasta brand : RONZONI
44
2011 Oscar-nominated film about African-American maids : THEHELP
46
Leisurely walk : STROLL
48
Drain cleaner target : CLOG
50
Sound heard before "Gesundheit!" : ACHOO
51
Large fishing hooks : GAFFS
53
Swamp critter : GATOR
54
Walled city in Spain : AVILA
55
Allow to attack : LETAT
56
Pants fillers : LEGS
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The Bruins of the N.C.A.A. : UCLA
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Muscular actor with a mohawk : MRT
62
Grain in Cheerios : OAT

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