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New York Times, Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Totally confused
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Susan Gelfand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Gelfand. Wednesday freshness: 77%
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N
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A
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P
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A
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J
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A
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W
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A
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S
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I
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D
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E
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S
14
O
M
E
R
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E
X
O
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T
H
R
O
W
N
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M
A
N
P
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O
W
E
R
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H
O
T
T
E
A
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A
Z
T
E
C
S
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S
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P
E
W
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M
L
I
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D
E
A
L
T
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S
T
O
N
E
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W
A
L
L
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S
O
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Y
A
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M
A
R
A
T
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A
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I
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M
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P
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N
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T
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I
R
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A
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Q
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P
L
A
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Y
I
N
G
W
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I
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T
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H
F
I
R
E
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B
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J
A
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O
S
S
A
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X
E
D
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O
R
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T
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H
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O
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L
A
N
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G
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B
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I
R
D
H
O
U
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S
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K
E
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L
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S
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O
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U
N
E
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R
O
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L
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S
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L
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N
T
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L
O
T
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S
O
F
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A
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N
T
E
A
T
E
R
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B
U
T
A
N
E
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V
I
A
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T
H
R
O
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S
T
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W
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D
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E
B
B
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O
E
D
S
© 2012, The New York Times6/13/12 ( No. 22,863 )
Across
1
California valley : NAPA
5
It may be cut by an uppercut : JAW
8
Off-mike remarks : ASIDES
14
Counting of the ___ (observance after Passover) : OMER
15
Prefix with skeleton : EXO
16
Totally confused : THROWN
17
*Staffing level : MANPOWER
19
Flu sufferer's quaff : HOTTEA
20
Montezuma's people : AZTECS
21
Spout forth, as venom : SPEW
23
Mid 11th-century year : MLI
24
Handed out : DEALT
25
*Refuse to cooperate : STONEWALL
27
Protein-rich bean : SOYA
29
Revolutionary killed in his bathtub : MARAT
30
It's taken before a shot : AIM
33
Takeout container size : PINT
35
"Axis of evil" member : IRAQ
38
Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue : PLAYINGWITHFIRE
43
Tijuana's peninsula : BAJA
44
Peak in "The Odyssey" : OSSA
45
Marked, in a way : XED
46
Name in garden products : ORTHO
50
Singer with lowercase initials : LANG
52
*Woodcraft hobbyist's creation : BIRDHOUSE
55
Horse of the Year, 1960-64 : KELSO
59
A, in Arles : UNE
60
Muddy up : ROIL
61
Like the Best Picture of 2011 : SILENT
62
Mucho : LOTSOF
64
*Toothless mammal : ANTEATER
66
Zippo filler : BUTANE
67
Word on Italian street signs : VIA
68
"Comin' ___ the Rye" : THRO
69
Likkered up : STEWED
70
Flow back : EBB
71
Ref. works sometimes sold with magnifying glasses : OEDS
Down
1
One without roots : NOMAD
2
Blow away : AMAZE
3
Numerical prefix : PENTA
4
Van Cleef & ___ (French jeweler) : ARPELS
5
Moe, Larry and Curly, ethnically : JEWS
6
Wood splitter : AXE
7
Least skillful : WORST
8
Parthenon goddess : ATHENA
9
Prebirth event : SHOWER
10
N.Y.C.'s first subway : IRT
11
Obsolescent printer type : DOTMATRIX
12
Tom of "The Seven Year Itch" : EWELL
13
Creature with one foot : SNAIL
18
Prey for moray eels : OCTOPI
22
Fluffy lap dog, for short : POM
25
Violated the "code of silence" : SANG
26
Street urchin : WAIF
28
Yang's opposite : YIN
30
Alert for the squad, for short : APB
31
Dockworkers' org. : ILA
32
Baton wielder : MAJORETTE
34
1955 Thunderbird seating capacity : TWO
36
Lionel Richie's "You ___" : ARE
37
Proof letters : QED
39
Sale locale : YARD
40
Part of a chain : ISLE
41
J.F.K. inits. : TSA
42
Tearjerker watcher's item : HANKIE
47
Homophone of 16-Across : THRONE
48
Walked, with "it" : HOOFED
49
Vote in Parlement : OUI
51
Cold dessert : GELATO
52
Nursery purchases : BULBS
53
Bidirectional, like a door : INOUT
54
Work like a dog : SLAVE
56
River of Hades : LETHE
57
Dummy Mortimer : SNERD
58
Others, in Oaxaca : OTROS
61
Wild guess : STAB
63
It has teeth but no mouth : SAW
65
Penpoint : NIB

Answer summary:
1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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