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New York Times, Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Across : Brought in
TotalDebutLatest
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Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} Spans: 2 Scrabble average: 1.92 This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Parrish. Wednesday freshness: 66%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/11/12 ( No. 22,891 )
Across
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Body part first transplanted in 2010 : FACE
5
Peeved mood : HUFF
9
Band-Aid co. : JANDJ
14
Worshiped one : ICON
15
___ the Tentmaker : OMAR
16
Basketball's Stoudemire : AMARE
17
Joe Clark in "Lean on Me," e.g. : SCHOOLPRINCIPAL
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Hockey's Sid the Kid : CROSBY
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Overly compliant : MEEK
22
Singer ___ Rose : AXL
23
Innsbruck locale: Abbr. : AUS
24
The Hadean was the first one, ending about 4 billion years ago : EON
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Patio bug-killer sounds : ZAPS
28
Re-serve cause : LET
29
Item on a superintendent's chain : SKELETONKEY
34
Davis who portrayed a president : GEENA
35
Indolent : OTIOSE
36
Rock's Cream, e.g. : TRIO
39
Genesis craft : ARK
41
"Hair" producer Joseph : PAPP
42
Grand Canal site : VENICE
45
Ranch units : ACRES
48
Ripe territory for pirates, once : SPANISHMAIN
50
Watson's creator : IBM
53
Bewildered look : GAPE
54
Slugger's stat : RBI
55
Depression-era agcy. : NRA
56
Try to win : WOO
59
Cheats : GYPS
61
Brought in : EARNED
63
Losing player in the first Super Bowl : KANSASCITYCHIEF
66
Butler who didn't give a damn : RHETT
67
Post-marathon feeling : ACHE
68
Automobile builder Ferrari : ENZO
69
It may be checked in a checkup : PULSE
70
Fight stoppers, for short : TKOS
71
Ripening agent : AGER
Down
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Word before year or conservative : FISCAL
2
Build up : ACCRUE
3
Fox News's Gretchen Carlson or Steve Doocy : COHOST
4
Slaughter in baseball : ENOS
5
Mount ___ (Seven Sisters college) : HOLYOKE
6
Whisk broom-wielding official, for short : UMP
7
Raise things : FARM
8
Architectural decoration : FRIEZE
9
Lottery lure : JACKPOT
10
Friend in Montréal : AMI
11
Big name in auto parts : NAPA
12
"Moonraker" villain : DRAX
13
Take shape : JELL
18
Needing a seat belt extender, say : OBESE
19
"Peachy!" : NEATO
25
"99 Luftballons" singer : NENA
27
Uses shears : SNIPS
30
Former West Coast N.F.L.'er : LARAM
31
Org. for R.V. owners : KOA
32
Disputed ability : ESP
33
"Yer darn tootin'" : YEP
34
Part of an auctioneer's cry : GOING
36
Some Samsungs : TVS
37
Public regard, informally : REP
38
"___ pig's eye!" : INA
40
'80s Chrysler offering : KCAR
43
The Plame affair, informally : CIAGATE
44
Cable sports awards : ESPYS
46
Some steaks : RIBEYES
47
"Giant Brain" of 1946 : ENIAC
49
Jazz lover, in old slang : HEPCAT
50
One of nine for nine : INNING
51
Piece of cake : BREEZE
52
Crazy about : MADFOR
56
Les Nessman's station : WKRP
57
Diamond Head's isle : OAHU
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Scott Turow memoir : ONEL
60
Green around the gills : SICK
62
Ostrich's cousin : RHEA
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Some GPS lines: Abbr. : STS
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Albeit, briefly : THO

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