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New York Times, Thursday, May 4, 2006

Author:
Rob Richardson
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Fair-hiring inits.
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Rob Richardson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {W} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Richardson. Thursday freshness: 79%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/4/6 ( No. 20,631 )
Across
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Literally, "the gentle way" : JUDO
5
Ottava ___ (poetry type) : RIMA
9
Some porcelain : SPODE
14
African antelope : ORYX
15
Holy man : IMAM
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Surfer wannabe : HODAD
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2000 Olympics greeting : GDAY
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Benihana founder Rocky ___ : AOKI
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Mediterranean resort island : IBIZA
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Eye in the sky : UNMANNEDDRONE
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Old Roman port : OSTIA
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One-eighty : UEY
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Natives encountered by explorer James Cook : MAORI
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Way up the mountain : TBAR
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Dross : SLAG
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Prepare to share, maybe, as a song : UPLOAD
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Suffix with ranch : ERIA
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"Take ___" : ONE
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Some setups : STINGOPERATIONS
42
Fair-hiring inits. : EEO
43
French sight-seer? : OEIL
44
Opposite of whole : NONFAT
45
Once, once : ERST
47
Huff : SNIT
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Writer Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
50
Box score no. : RBI
52
Water nymph of myth : NAIAD
54
"Ain't" ain't part of it : QUEENSENGLISH
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Home turf for many commuters, with "the" : BURBS
60
___ consequence : OFNO
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Heater stats : BTUS
63
"Key" employee : VALET
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"Bon ___" : SOIR
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Old ___, Conn. : LYME
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They sometimes slip : DISKS
67
Tolkien monsters : ORCS
68
Suit : EXEC
Down
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Nudge : JOG
2
Language in which "Pakistan" means "land of the pure" : URDU
3
Actress Cannon : DYAN
4
Head butt, e.g. : OXYMORON
5
Jocular : RIANT
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"No problemo" : IMONIT
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Home in on : MAKEABEELINEFOR
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In : AMID
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British draft horse : SHIRE
10
N'awlins sandwiches : POBOYS
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God of wisdom : ODIN
12
Bowl over : DAZE
13
Author LeShan : EDA
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Italian cheese : ASIAGO
22
Malodorous Malaysian fruit : DURIAN
25
Louvre, par exemple : MUSEE
26
More suitable : APTER
27
Mixtures : OLIOS
29
Airport monitor abbr. : ARR
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Bath sponge : LOOFA
32
Year's record : ANNAL
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Brave deed of yore : GESTE
35
Ices : DOESIN
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Lacking a key : ATONAL
40
End of a sporting match : PIN
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Like mudpies and wax fruit : INEDIBLE
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Game show host impersonated by Ferrell : TREBEK
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Astringent, as wine : TANNIC
51
Outdoes : BESTS
53
Hockey's Kravchuk and Korolev : IGORS
54
Paris's ___ d'Orsay : QUAI
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Modern links, for short : URLS
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Unexceptional : SOSO
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Band with the 1979 hit "Babe" : STYX
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"Essays Moral and Political" philosopher : HUME
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Underwear letters : BVD
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Jiffy : SEC

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