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New York Times, Monday, May 28, 2012

Author:
Kurt Mueller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Capital of Jordan
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Kurt Mueller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Mueller. Monday freshness: 86%
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© 2012, The New York Times5/28/12 ( No. 22,847 )
Across
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Suffix with differ : ENT
4
Early American patriot Thomas : PAINE
9
Speedy : RAPID
14
Gen ___ (child of a 29-Across) : XER
15
Capital of Jordan : AMMAN
16
"William Tell," for one : OPERA
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Where: Lat. : UBI
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Land that's not inland : COAST
19
Gave a speeding ticket : CITED
20
Stereotypical entree at a campaign event : RUBBERCHICKEN
23
It's transfused in a transfusion : BLOOD
24
Brits' thank-yous : TAS
25
___ carte : ALA
28
Powerful D.C. lobby : AARP
29
One born in the late 1940s or '50s : BABYBOOMER
33
Prefix with conservative : NEO
34
___-Japanese War : SINO
35
Lerner's songwriting partner : LOEWE
36
Item carried by an Amish driver : BUGGYWHIP
39
Way underpriced : CHEAP
42
Ogled : EYED
43
Nothing ___ the truth : BUT
46
Farmer's wish : BUMPERCROP
49
10th grader: Abbr. : SOPH
50
___-Caps : SNO
51
Cheerleader's cheer : RAH
52
Authored : WROTE
53
The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order : TONGUETWISTER
58
Protein acid, for short : AMINO
60
U.C.L.A. athlete : BRUIN
61
"If you ask me," in texts : IMO
62
Sainted ninth-century pope : LEOIV
63
Daily reading for a pope : BIBLE
64
Clean air org. : EPA
65
Orange soda brand : FANTA
66
"Sailing to Byzantium" poet : YEATS
67
Roll of green? : SOD
Down
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Beyond the metro area : EXURBAN
2
Interstellar clouds : NEBULAE
3
___ Bridge (former name of New York's R.F.K. Bridge) : TRIBORO
4
Walked back and forth : PACED
5
Love personified : AMOR
6
Apple computer : IMAC
7
Poet Ogden : NASH
8
Thing : ENTITY
9
Absolutely dependable : ROCKSOLID
10
"... blackbirds baked in ___" : APIE
11
Honeybunch or snookums : PETNAME
12
Rage : IRE
13
Annual June honoree : DAD
21
Jazz style : BOP
22
Taxi : CAB
26
___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, once) : LEW
27
Live and breathe : ARE
29
Gargantuan : BIG
30
Taiwanese-born director Lee : ANG
31
Charles of "Algiers," 1938 : BOYER
32
"Alley ___!" : OOP
34
Luminous stellar explosion : SUPERNOVA
36
Protestant denom. : BAP
37
Cheyenne's home: Abbr. : WYO
38
Cool, in old slang : HEP
39
"___ News Sunday Morning" : CBS
40
Attila, for one : HUN
41
Love or rage : EMOTION
43
Wee 'un's footwear : BOOTIES
44
Lively, in music : UPTEMPO
45
In phrases, something to share or hit : THEROAD
47
Dishcloth : RAG
48
A little on the heavy side : CHUBBY
49
12th graders: Abbr. : SRS
52
Rosés, e.g. : WINES
54
"I'm ___!" : ONIT
55
Great Lake between Huron and Ontario : ERIE
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Heavy instrument to march with : TUBA
57
Lose freshness, as a flower : WILT
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1936 candidate Landon : ALF
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___ culpa : MEA

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