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New York Times, Thursday, June 11, 2009

Author:
Alex Boisvert
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 13, Columns: 19 Words: 80, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Boisvert. Thursday freshness: 10%
Notepad: After finishing this puzzle, color the circled squares blue, and color all the Across answers containing an "R" red, to reveal an image related to the puzzle's theme.
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© 2009, The New York Times6/11/9 ( No. 21,765 )
Across
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Bikini blast : ATEST
6
Car wash aid : RAG
9
Bugs : IRKS
13
Track branch : SPUR
17
Film character played by a full-blooded Cherokee : TONTO
18
Ear: Prefix : OTO
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Cry : WAIL
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Name, in a way : CITE
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Ferrari competitor : LOTUS
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Dorm V.I.P.'s : RAS
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Suburb south of Paris : ORLY
24
Give a star, say : RATE
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Japanese dog : AKITA
26
Trendy prefix : ECO
27
Cultural org. : NEA
28
iPod contents : TUNES
29
Spruce : NATTY
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"Heads for the hills" locale? : MOUNTRUSHMORE
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It may be fired : TILE
34
Poker champ Ungar : STU
35
Actress Mendes : EVA
36
Whence "Thine alabaster cities gleam" lyric : AMERICATHEBEAUTIFUL
46
Baseballer with a "W" on his cap : NAT
47
Kilmer of "Batman Forever" : VAL
48
Mideast capital : SANA
49
1775 flag motto : DONTTREADONME
56
Actress Moran and others : ERINS
57
Stock : USUAL
58
Lucy of "Kill Bill" : LIU
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Drunk's woe, with "the" : DTS
60
Bikers may have them : LANES
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Some RCA products : VCRS
62
Take on : HIRE
63
Knack : ART
64
___ area : METRO
65
The right point? : EAST
66
Kind of salad : BEET
67
"Holy smokes!" : GEE
68
Pupil, in Picardie : ELEVE
69
Three-point shot, in slang : TREY
70
"... ___ he said" : ORSO
71
Chariot attachment? : EER
72
Pony farm sign : RIDES
Down
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Hawk's home : ATLANTA
2
Lined up the cross hairs : TOOKAIM
3
Name : ENTITLE
4
Possible result of anxiety : STUTTER
5
"... ___ the least" : TOSAY
6
"Air Music" composer : ROREM
7
Not free : ATACOST
8
Turn bad : GOSOUTH
9
"Forget it!" : IWONT
10
Pinker, perhaps : RARER
11
Hawaiian tourist attraction : KILAUEA
12
Hugger-mugger : SLY
13
Rugby scuffle : SCRUM
14
Softly : PIANO
15
Total : UTTER
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"The Terminator" man Kyle ___ : REESE
28
"___ so?!" : THAT
31
___ León (Mexican state bordering Texas) : NUEVO
32
"Law & Order" spinoff, informally : SVU
37
U.N.-like : INTL
38
Wheels : CAR
39
Oil production site? : ATELIER
40
Operator's need : BANDAGE
41
Stately thing in Browning's "Oh, to be in England ..." : ELMTREE
42
Like Bar-Ilan University : ISRAELI
43
Blacked out : FAINTED
44
Rattle : UNNERVE
45
Rodeo rings? : LASSOES
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Bed cover : DUVET
50
Jazz's Peterson : OSCAR
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Sip : NURSE
52
Delectable : TASTY
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Buenos ___ : AIRES
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As a result of : DUETO
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Aromatic compound : ESTER
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Whom Bugs bugs : ELMER
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"The Wire" shower : HBO

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