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New York Times, Thursday, May 26, 2005

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : Jiffs
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 5%
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© 2005, The New York Times5/26/5 ( No. 20,288 )
Across
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Letter in radio communications : ALFA
5
"I finally finished!" : THERE
10
Have ___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
14
Gun man : COLT
15
Hoist again, as a sail : RERIG
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Darling dog : NANA
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With 27-, 39-, 46- and 62-Across, a brain teaser, whose answer appears in the circled squares : TWORHYMINGWORDS
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Dark brown : SEPIA
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It may come out of left field : PEG
22
___ fit : HISSY
23
Game with 108 cards : UNO
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Informed of : UPON
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See 17-Across : FROMANIMPORTANT
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Fight stopper, at times : REF
36
Mayo is part of it : ANO
37
Loose overcoat : ULSTER
38
One may be rolled : OAT
39
See 17-Across : ADDRESS
41
Long ___ : AGO
42
Outline : SCHEMA
44
Flier to Copenhagen : SAS
45
Like Lincoln: Abbr. : REP
46
See 17-Across : THELARGERISFIVE
50
Former Israeli president Weizman : EZER
51
Once known as : NEE
52
Oil source : OLIVE
55
Lincoln, to friends : ABE
58
Cousin of a guanaco : LLAMA
62
See 17-Across : TIMESTHESMALLER
65
Destructive 2004 hurricane : IVAN
66
Put up : RAISE
67
Shangri-la : EDEN
68
Jiffs : SECS
69
"Are too!" response : AMNOT
70
Leaf collector : RAKE
Down
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Isn't passive : ACTS
2
Emmy nominee for "The West Wing" : LOWE
3
Lead balloon : FLOP
4
Indoor plant site : ATRIUM
5
Tackle : TRY
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Drug source : HEMP
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___ Canal : ERIE
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Handle at the cash register : RINGUP
9
___ roll : EGG
10
Chooses formally : ANOINTS
11
Musical units : BARS
12
Peters out : ENDS
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"No problem" : EASY
18
Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
19
Coillike shapes : WHORLS
24
Why a risk may be taken : ONADARE
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Nicolas ___, 17th-century French Classical painter : POUSSIN
27
Fall coat : FROST
28
Boxer's asset : REACH
29
"... that government ___ people ..." : OFTHE
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Neighbor of Ky. : IND
31
Code name : MORSE
32
Company that once employed Steve Jobs : ATARI
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Israeli place name that means "south" : NEGEV
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Metaphor, literarily : TROPE
39
Blows away : AMAZES
40
___ canal : EAR
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High rolls : ELEVENS
47
Semisweet cracker : GRAHAM
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Ward on the set : SELA
49
Guy : FELLER
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Singer Redding : OTIS
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Not filmed : LIVE
54
Apple best seller : IMAC
56
60's protest : BEIN
57
Petrol brand : ESSO
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"Same Time, Next Year" star : ALDA
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Wimpish : MEEK
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"Rosamund" composer : ARNE
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Sung syllable : TRA
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Nolan Ryan, e.g., when he started in the Major Leagues : MET

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