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New York Times, Thursday, May 27, 2010

Author:
Josh Knapp
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Neat
TotalDebutLatest
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Josh Knapp

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Knapp. Thursday freshness: 76%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/27/10 ( No. 22,115 )
Across
1
Israeli tourist attraction on the Dead Sea : MASADA
6
"Fawlty Towers" airer : BBC
9
Look like a creep : OGLE
13
Withdraws, with "out" : OPTS
14
Testify in court : SWEAR
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Smart-alecky : FLIP
17
Japanimation character with a line of school supplies : HELLOKITTY
18
An ellipse has two : FOCI
19
___ Darya (river to the Aral Sea) : AMU
20
Switch : SWAP
21
Winged Greek god : EROS
22
"Get a clue!" : WAKEUP
25
Takes a spill : EATSDIRT
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Tinkertoy alternative : KNEX
27
Firing need : OVEN
29
1927 Upton Sinclair novel : OIL
30
"Ghosts" playwright : IBSEN
31
Neat : SPRUCE
33
"The Giving Tree" author Silverstein : SHEL
36
One in a crowd : EXTRA
38
Resorts to : USES
39
Roadside sights : MOTELS
40
Not perfect : HUMAN
41
Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr. : ATH
42
Handout from an aspiring musician : DEMO
43
U.S.N. brass: Abbr. : ADMS
47
Total witch : SHEDEVIL
50
Call before shooting : ACTION
51
Bar mitzvah party staple : HORA
52
Virgil contemporary : OVID
54
___ dye : AZO
55
Event on an estate : HUNT
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Where cabs wait? : WINECELLAR
59
"Ahhh, O.K." : ISEE
60
Shangri-las : EDENS
61
Reynolds of "Boogie Nights" : BURT
62
Asian holidays : TETS
63
Start of many French titles : LES
64
Takes in : ADOPTS
Down
1
Sighting at a punk rock concert, maybe : MOHAWK
2
So-called missing link : APEMAN
3
Name on many a hospital : STLUKE
4
Communication system for the gorilla Koko: Abbr. : ASL
5
"Shoot!" : ASK
6
Where to look for hidden words in this puzzle's fifth and eleventh columns? : BETWEENTHELINES
7
1942 Philippines fighting locale : BATAAN
8
Remains here? : CRYPT
9
Iced : OFFED
10
Oh-so-splendid : GLORIOUS
11
Food that usually comes in red or black : LICORICE
12
The New Testament has 21 : EPISTLES
15
Mich. neighbor : WIS
23
52-Across, e.g., in his later years : EXILE
24
Mannequins are in them : POSES
28
Puzzle : VEX
31
Caramel-coconut Girl Scout cookie : SAMOA
32
Barrel toward : RUNAT
33
Sellout : SMASHHIT
34
Breeding ground : HOTHOUSE
35
Modern means of connecting : ETHERNET
37
Mojito component : RUM
42
Undergo mitosis : DIVIDE
44
Oldish means of connecting : DIALUP
45
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik" composer : MOZART
46
Stifled laughs : SNORTS
48
Some history memorization : DATES
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There's one at the end of this clue : VOWEL
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Opium ___ : DEN
57
Jefferson Davis's org. : CSA
58
Certain corp. takeover : LBO

Answer summary:
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