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New York Times, Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Author:
Corey Rubin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Little jerks
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Corey Rubin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {F} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Rubin. Wednesday freshness: 70%
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© 2009, The New York Times5/27/9 ( No. 21,750 )
Across
1
One-two part : JAB
4
Cattle-herding breed : CORGI
9
Playground retort : AMTOO
14
Draft pick? : ALE
15
Keats title starter : ODEON
16
Stands at wakes : BIERS
17
Diam. x pi : CIR
18
Get on : BOARD
19
Daisy type : OXEYE
20
Words of encouragement to a Brit? : KEEPONLORRYIN
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Up to : UNTIL
24
Abu Dhabi's fed. : UAE
25
Little jerks : TICS
28
"Hey, over here!" : PSST
29
Group of dancing Brits? : CONGAQUEUE
32
One way to think : ALOUD
34
Dark horse's win : UPSET
35
Eggs Benedict need : HAM
38
With 30-Down, kind of clause : OPT
39
Aramis, to Athos : AMI
41
Causes for stadium cheers, for short : TDS
42
Extract with a solvent : ELUTE
44
Give off : EXUDE
46
British smart alecks? : WISEBLOKES
49
Favor one side, perhaps : LIMP
53
Dresden denial : NEIN
54
Sail through : ACE
55
Wedding memento : VIDEO
56
Sleep like a Brit? : CATCHSOMEZEDS
60
When doubled, a wolf's call : HUBBA
62
Turbine part : ROTOR
63
Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G : ALI
64
On ___ (hot) : AROLL
65
Money in la banque : EUROS
66
Net judge's call : LET
67
iPhone display unit : PIXEL
68
Piece in the game of go : STONE
69
Method: Abbr. : SYS
Down
1
Hike, as a price : JACKUP
2
Vulcans and Romulans : ALIENS
3
Left Bank toppers : BERETS
4
Computer language in Y2K news : COBOL
5
Take too much of, briefly : ODON
6
True-to-life : REAL
7
Bout : GOROUND
8
Clad like some Halloween paraders : INDRAG
9
Bernstein/Sondheim's "___ Like That" : ABOY
10
Have a tussle : MIXITUP
11
Hardest to see, perhaps : TEENIEST
12
Direct conclusion? : ORY
13
Sugar suffix : OSE
21
Hummus holder : PITA
22
"The Crying Game" Oscar nominee : REA
26
Like some actors going on stage : CUED
27
Things some designers design : SETS
29
Friday, notably : COP
30
See 38-Across : OUT
31
British pound, informally : QUID
33
Leopold's partner in a sensational 1924 trial : LOEB
35
Rough-___ (unfinished) : HEWN
36
Get caught in ___ : ALIE
37
It may have a spinning ballerina : MUSICBOX
39
Pink-slip : AXE
40
Lambda followers : MUS
43
Like a solid argument : TENABLE
44
Just manages : EKESOUT
45
Monarch crowned in 1558: Abbr. : ELIZ
47
Geneva's ___ Léman : LAC
48
Earth tones : OCHRES
50
Worthy principles : IDEALS
51
This-and-that concert performance : MEDLEY
52
Puts forth : POSITS
55
Chapter's partner : VERSE
57
Seven-foot, say : TALL
58
Other, in Oaxaca : OTRO
59
Provide with a rear view? : MOON
60
Chance, poetically : HAP
61
Ocean State sch. : URI

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