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New York Times, Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Author:
Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Across : Auto-racing designation
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Peterson. Tuesday freshness: 85%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/4/10 ( No. 22,092 )
Across
1
Dudley Do-Right's org. : RCMP
5
Banjo sound : TWANG
10
Video recorders, briefly : CAMS
14
Anticipatory cry : OHOH
15
Tend to, as plants : WATER
16
"So true!" : AMEN
17
Disk-shaped sea creature : SANDDOLLAR
19
Bit of dialogue : LINE
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Oral hesitations : ERS
21
Bruins' sch. : UCLA
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High-I.Q. crew : MENSA
23
Actress Carrere : TIA
24
Shift blame to another : PASSTHEBUCK
27
More posh : TONIER
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Approx. takeoff hour : ETD
30
Bashful : SHY
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Routing abbr. : ATTN
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Immeasurably vast : COSMIC
35
Chowder ingredient : SOFTSHELLCLAM
40
Tater Tots brand : OREIDA
41
Santa ___ (hot California winds) : ANAS
43
Exclamation in Berlin : ACH
46
Leatherworker's tool : AWL
47
Current unit : AMPERE
49
Hit that just clears the infield : BLOOPSINGLE
53
Short smoke? : CIG
54
Turkish money : LIRAS
55
Jean who wrote "The Clan of the Cave Bear" : AUEL
56
Hydroelectric project : DAM
57
"He loves," in Latin : AMAT
58
Auto-racing designation : FORMULAONE
61
"Scrubs" actor Braff : ZACH
62
Not abridged : UNCUT
63
Baseball great Musial : STAN
64
Ones who've been through divorce court : EXES
65
Horseshoers' tools : RASPS
66
Pain in the neck : PEST
Down
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Stone discovery site : ROSETTA
2
"Ben-Hur" racers : CHARIOTS
3
Global agricultural company : MONSANTO
4
Advanced deg. : PHD
5
Kind of garage : TWOCAR
6
Masons' creations : WALLS
7
Muscular Charles : ATLAS
8
Union with 3+ million members, in brief : NEA
9
Junkyard dog's greeting : GRR
10
Novelist Carr : CALEB
11
Pretty good grade : AMINUS
12
Stand-up guy : MENSCH
13
Deceitful : SNEAKY
18
Hornswoggle : DUPE
22
Battlefield doc : MEDIC
25
Rival of Edison : TESLA
26
WWW code : HTML
28
"For more ___ ..." : INFO
32
Hot dog topper : CHILI
33
U.K. lexicon : OED
34
Sound of thunder : CLAP
36
Golf hazards : TRAPS
37
Wields a needle : SEWS
38
Short reminiscence : ANECDOTE
39
___ Trench (deepest point on Earth's surface) : MARIANAS
42
Orange part, e.g. : SEGMENT
43
In flames : ABLAZE
44
Part of a book where you're unlikely to stop : CLIMAX
45
Poet who originated the phrase "harmony in discord" : HORACE
47
Indigenous Alaskans : ALEUTS
48
Pell-___ : MELL
50
Courtroom rituals : OATHS
51
Feds who make busts : NARCS
52
Ruin, informally : GUMUP
58
Stole material : FUR
59
"Not ___ bet!" : ONA
60
African slitherer : ASP

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