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New York Times, Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Author:
Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Community of plant and animal life
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Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 46 for Ms. Keller. Tuesday freshness: 25%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/25/10 ( No. 22,113 )
Across
1
Deep-six : TOSS
5
Crosswise, on deck : ABEAM
10
Movie lot sights : SETS
14
"Beat it!" : SHOO
15
Martini's partner in wine : ROSSI
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Turkish title of old : AGHA
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Not stuffy : AIRY
18
Pesky swarm : GNATS
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H.S. math class : TRIG
20
Keypad forerunner : ROTARYDIAL
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Safecracker : YEGG
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They, in Thiers : ILS
24
Coarse, as humor : EARTHY
26
Knock down in rank : DEMOTE
30
Term of address from a hat-tipper : MAAM
32
Seat of Marion County, Fla. : OCALA
33
Ghana, once : GOLDCOAST
38
Company that makes Lincoln and Mercury : FORD
39
Afternoon fare ... or a hint to the ends of 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across : SOAPS
40
Eliciting a "So what?" : BLAH
41
Body suit shade, perhaps : FLESHTONE
43
Community of plant and animal life : BIOME
44
Blossoms-to-be : BUDS
45
Glossy fabric : SATEEN
46
Absolutely perfect : SPOTON
50
Mineo of "Exodus" : SAL
51
Zap in the microwave : NUKE
52
One of two in a Christmas song : TURTLEDOVE
59
"Axis of evil" land : IRAN
60
Stiller's partner in comedy : MEARA
61
Like thrift shop wares : USED
62
Snowman's prop : PIPE
63
Vows locale : ALTAR
64
Came into a base horizontally : SLID
65
Give off : EMIT
66
Down and out : NEEDY
67
Broadway honor : TONY
Down
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Peter the Great, e.g. : TSAR
2
Kent State locale : OHIO
3
Do a laundry chore : SORT
4
___ beans (miso ingredients) : SOYA
5
Pattern named for a Scottish county : ARGYLE
6
Wall Street buys : BONDS
7
Morales of "La Bamba" : ESAI
8
Terrier in whodunits : ASTA
9
Isn't completely honest with : MISLEADS
10
Lecherous figure of Greek myth : SATYR
11
Everglades wader : EGRET
12
Chicken piece : THIGH
13
Drooping : SAGGY
21
Meter maid of song : RITA
25
Onetime Jeep mfr. : AMC
26
Tip, as a hat : DOFF
27
Earth Day subj. : ECOL
28
Foal's mother : MARE
29
Cutlass or 88 : OLDS
30
Haunted house sounds : MOANS
31
Mont Blanc, par exemple : ALPE
33
Well-behaved : GOOD
34
Article that may list survivors, in brief : OBIT
35
Burn soother : ALOE
36
Common bar order, with "the" : SAME
37
"That was ___ ..." : THEN
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Movie double, often : STUNTMAN
42
"Def Comedy Jam" channel : HBO
43
Seat at a barn dance : BALE
45
Job interview topic : SALARY
46
Take potshots (at) : SNIPE
47
Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read : PURIM
48
Cousin of a giraffe : OKAPI
49
Basic belief : TENET
50
Fine fiddle, for short : STRAD
53
River to the Ubangi : UELE
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Credit card statement figure : RATE
55
Do some housecleaning : DUST
56
Capital on a fjord : OSLO
57
Way to a man's heart? : VEIN
58
Whirling water : EDDY

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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