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New York Times, Saturday, June 25, 2011

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : They're lined up on a neck
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JVZ} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 80%
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© 2011, The New York Times6/25/11 ( No. 22,509 )
Across
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Adroitness : EASE
5
22-Across product : LAGER
10
English Leather alternative : AFTA
14
Interjections from the obtuse : DUHS
15
Searches for signs in a hospital : EXAMS
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Queen with a degree from Princeton : NOOR
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___-Z : IROC
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Its shadow is often cast : DOUBT
19
Decoration : TRIM
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"Gnarly waves, dude!" : COWABUNGA
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Pabst brand : PIELS
23
Foil : TRIPUP
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Like some exchange rates : UNPEGGED
26
Less like nuts? : SANER
27
Where to get a citation while surfing : WIKIQUOTE
28
Like two Kennedy brothers : SLAIN
30
Portions : QUANTA
31
Hang-up : RUB
34
Watt-hour fraction : ERG
35
Small team : DUO
36
You might get a charge out of it : EEL
37
Secure the aid of : ENLIST
39
They're lined up on a neck : FRETS
41
Kind of test associated with the null hypothesis : CHISQUARE
43
Practice with the Wheel of the Year : WICCA
47
27-Across, e.g. : RESOURCE
48
Wet behind the ears : CALLOW
49
Directive obeyed by Alice : EATME
50
City where "Smokey and the Bandit" begins : TEXARKANA
52
Fit to finish? : ATEE
53
Like many dreamers : INBED
54
Pap's son, in literature : HUCK
55
La., e.g., once : TERR
56
Like la nuit : NOIRE
57
Scored together? : ADUE
58
Brand that has Dibs : EDYS
59
Telecom giant headquartered in Denver : QWEST
60
Fork-tailed flier : TERN
Down
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Subjects are expected to follow them : EDICTS
2
Polar region phenomenon : AURORA
3
Greet and seat : SHOWIN
4
Things some cons are pros at : ESCAPES
5
Preceded, with "to" : LEDUP
6
Impulse carrier : AXON
7
Van Gogh threatened him with a razor blade : GAUGUIN
8
Keep from spilling over, in a way : EMBANK
9
U leaders? : RST
10
St. John's is its capital : ANTIGUA
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Like some conclusions : FOREGONE
12
Grooming routine : TOILETTE
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Missiles may be delivered in one : ARMSDEAL
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Tom Stoppard's "Travesties," e.g. : BURLESQUE
22
Chief Sassacus led one side in it : PEQUOTWAR
25
Nettle : PIQUE
27
Easily changeable locks : WIG
29
Pianist Schnabel : ARTUR
31
Play : RECREATE
32
Like many swimming pools : UNHEATED
33
Severely sunburned, say : BLISTERY
35
Producer for 50 Cent, familiarly : DRE
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Atomically related compounds : ISOMERS
39
Prize in Cracker Jacks, e.g. : FREEBIE
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Part of morning dress : SILKHAT
42
Ad imperative : ACTNOW
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Rains in a studio : CLAUDE
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Go along (with) : CONCUR
46
Arouse : AWAKEN
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Massachusetts Maritime Academy student, e.g. : CADET
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MTV generation : XERS
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It may be judicial: Abbr. : INQ

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