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New York Times, Monday, May 26, 2008

Author:
Mark Sherwood
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Experts with the ends of 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down
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Mark Sherwood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QY} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Sherwood. Monday freshness: 66%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/26/8 ( No. 21,384 )
Across
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Irons or Woods : ACTOR
6
Iridescent gem : OPAL
10
Classic clown : BOZO
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Old Big Apple restaurateur : SARDI
15
Put blacktop on : PAVE
16
Word repeated before "pants on fire" : LIAR
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Strap-on leg supports : KNEEBRACES
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Sister of Prince Charles : ANNE
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Reason for an R rating : SEX
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Apple seeds' location : CORE
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Film critic Gene : SISKEL
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Without slack : TAUT
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Lady's partner : GENT
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Cavalry cry : CHARGE
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Experts with the ends of 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down : DENTISTS
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Eagle's nest : AERIE
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Cornmeal bread : PONE
35
Biblical flood survivor : NOAH
36
Lame gait : LIMP
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Michelangelo masterpiece : DAVID
38
Event proceeds : GATE
39
Fox's "American ___" : IDOL
40
Away from the storm : ALEE
41
Cancel, at Cape Canaveral : SCRUB
42
Rifle and revolver : FIREARMS
44
Poisonous atmosphere : MIASMA
45
Part of a birthday celebration : CAKE
46
Waste reservoir : SUMP
47
Football refs : ZEBRAS
50
Mitchell who sang "Big Yellow Taxi" : JONI
51
"___ the season ..." : TIS
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"Peek-___, I see you!" : ABOO
55
Mincemeat, e.g. : PIEFILLING
58
Gullet : CRAW
59
Bones: Lat. : OSSA
60
22-Across's longtime partner : EBERT
61
Middle of many a steering wheel : HORN
62
Wed. follower : THUR
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Things to salve : SORES
Down
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Seeks info : ASKS
2
Chaplin prop : CANE
3
"Jurassic Park" giant, informally : TREX
4
Poem often titled "To a ..." : ODE
5
Chest protector : RIBCAGE
6
Some psychedelic designs : OPART
7
Show worry in the waiting room, maybe : PACE
8
"___ Maria" : AVE
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Decreased : LESSENED
10
It sets things off : BLASTINGCAP
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Sound piggish : OINK
12
Western writer Grey : ZANE
13
Baseball's Hershiser : OREL
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Rakish sort : ROUE
23
Bank statement abbr. : INT
24
Feat for Secretariat : TRIPLECROWN
25
Three wishes granter : GENIE
26
Sacramento's state: Abbr. : CALIF
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Title heroine played by Shirley Temple in 1937 : HEIDI
28
Knight's protection : ARMOR
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Hawks' opposites : DOVES
30
Goes up, up, up : SOARS
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Jazz great Art : TATUM
32
"Come Back, Little ___" : SHEBA
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___ d'Or (Cannes award) : PALME
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Appearing and disappearing feature on Jupiter : DARKSPOT
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"Fresh as a daisy" and others : SIMILES
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Org. that helps with tow service : AAA
44
Tax-exempt investment, for short : MUNI
46
To date : SOFAR
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2007 Masters champion Johnson : ZACH
48
Longest Spanish river : EBRO
49
Wild hog : BOAR
50
Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring" : JESU
51
Level : TIER
52
Legal memo starter : INRE
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Some noncoms: Abbr. : SGTS
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Approximately: Suffix : ISH
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Debt-incurring Wall St. deal : LBO

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