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New York Times, Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Author:
Tony Orbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Meandering trip from Kingston to Montego Bay?
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Tony Orbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Orbach. Wednesday freshness: 67%
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© 2011, The New York Times6/29/11 ( No. 22,513 )
Across
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Inclined : LEANT
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Didn't sink : SWAM
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Place to order a stack, say : IHOP
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Fund : ENDOW
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Georgetown athlete : HOYA
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Chambers of commerce? : MALL
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Balding person's directive to a barber? : COMBONOVER
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French tire : PNEU
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Yemeni leader ___ Abdullah Saleh : ALI
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Peeved : SORE
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"Lido Shuffle" singer Boz : SCAGGS
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Knocking sound : RATATAT
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Like geysers : ABOIL
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Meandering trip from Kingston to Montego Bay? : JAMAICANROAM
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Green option : SOLAR
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Boomers' followers : XERS
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Commercial suffix with Cray- : OLA
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Henry ___, first secretary of war : KNOX
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Bygone Las Vegas casino : SANDS
39
___-Pacific : ASIA
40
"Lord, is ___?" : ITI
41
State bordering the Pacific, informally : BAJA
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Construction piece : IBEAM
43
Covered stadium that's off-limits to bands? : DONTPLAYDOME
47
Kapellmeister's charge : CHOIR
48
Famous last words? : EPITAPH
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Whalebone : BALEEN
54
Strings of islands? : LEIS
55
Drone, e.g. : BEE
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Acknowledge : AVOW
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Protection for a fairy-tale dwarf's brain? : GNOMESKULL
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"Little Women" woman : BETH
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"Jane ___" : EYRE
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Canvas holder : EASEL
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Bounce back : ECHO
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Paul who co-starred in "I Love You, Man" : RUDD
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Argentine soccer hero Maradona : DIEGO
Down
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Old Renault : LECAR
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"Waterworld" girl : ENOLA
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Open a door to : ADMIT
4
Head, slangily : NOB
5
Somewhere between excellent and poor, as a restaurant : TWOSTAR
6
January 2nd? : SHORTA
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Didn't go straight : WOVE
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When repeated, a cry at sea : AYE
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Alternatives to Butterfingers : MARSBARS
10
Damage : IMPAIR
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Chill : HANGLOOSE
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Cassini of fashion : OLEG
13
"Not only that ..." : PLUS
18
First name in linguistics : NOAM
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Bamboozles : CONS
25
"Iliad" figure : AJAX
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Breezed through : ACED
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"No siree!" : IXNAY
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Sir's counterpart : MAAM
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Kind of mark : SKID
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Not tricked by : ONTO
33
Ascetic's wear : LOINCLOTH
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"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" writer : SALINGER
38
A little open : AJAR
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Help with a job : ABET
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Fraternal grp. : BPOE
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"Oops!," to a shooter : IMISSED
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"Tommy" rockers : THEWHO
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Considered : DEEMED
46
1960s TV boy : OPIE
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Bullying, e.g. : ABUSE
50
Pequod co-owner : PELEG
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"You there?" : HELLO
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Honey : BABE
53
Tours "with" : AVEC
54
One "a-leaping" in a Christmas song : LORD
58
Big Apple sch. : NYU
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Chiang ___-shek : KAI

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