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New York Times, Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : Musical instruments listed very late alphabetically
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Collins. Tuesday freshness: 78%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/17/12 ( No. 22,897 )
Across
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Karate school : DOJO
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Pier : DOCK
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"Look what I just did!" : TADA
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Grad : ALUM
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Washington who was called "Queen of the Blues" : DINAH
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"Voulez-vous coucher ___ moi ce soir?" : AVEC
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Geographical formation whose name is Spanish for 9-Down : MESA
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___ Rizzo, "Midnight Cowboy" role : RATSO
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What might take a stand outside a school? : BIKE
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Dope fiend : POTHEAD
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Burn without a flame : SMOLDER
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Tap : FAUCET
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New Year's ___ : EVE
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Baja bear : OSO
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Land where the Danube flows : ROMANIA
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Cleopatra's killer : ASP
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Hold filler : CARGO
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Mover's vehicle : VAN
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Model ___ Nicole Smith : ANNA
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Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid : ERNESTHEMINGWAY
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"Yes, there is ___!" : AGOD
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"___ the fields we go ..." : OER
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Japanese port : OTARU
44
Right out of the box : NEW
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With lack of distinctiveness : BLANDLY
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Street cred : REP
49
"Get it?" : SEE
50
Bonbons, e.g. : SWEETS
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Musical instruments listed very late alphabetically : ZITHERS
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Trouser measurements : INSEAMS
59
Latin love : AMOR
60
Straighten : ALIGN
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Brickell who sang "What I Am" : EDIE
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China's ___ En-lai : CHOU
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Keister : TUSHY
65
Groucho or Chico : MARX
66
"King ___" : KONG
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Send out : EMIT
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"Don't leave!" : STAY
Down
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Like morning grass, typically : DAMP
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Dairy-free spread : OLEO
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Temporarily : JUSTFORNOW
4
Nebraska home of Berkshire Hathaway : OMAHA
5
Crown : DIADEM
6
Prov. east of Manitoba : ONT
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Mama ___ Elliot : CASS
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Iranian Revolution leader : KHOMEINI
9
See 16-Across : TABLE
10
Gung-ho : AVID
11
Hockey feint : DEKE
12
Computer giant : ACER
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___ Malfoy (Harry Potter villain) : DRACO
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Continental coins : EUROS
22
Tube travelers? : OVA
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Businesses where the customers call the shots? : TAVERNS
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Indian ___ : OCEAN
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Beetle Bailey's boss : SARGE
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'60s war locale : NAM
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Camp David Accords party : ANWARSADAT
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Capture : SNARE
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Winner's demand : PAYUP
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H.S. dropout's document : GED
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F.B.I. employee: Abbr. : AGT
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Abide : TOLERATE
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"Isn't ___ bit like you and me?" (Beatles lyric) : HEA
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"The Highwayman" poet : NOYES
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Hive member : BEE
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One of the D's in D.D.E. : DWIGHT
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1950s-'60s comic Bruce : LENNY
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Gesture accompanying "Beats me" : SHRUG
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Swarms : TEEMS
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2009 Cy Young Award winner Greinke : ZACK
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"If you ask me," in textspeak : IMHO
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Bugs Bunny or Tweety Bird : TOON
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Dickensian setting : SLUM
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Sorvino of "Mighty Aphrodite" : MIRA
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Very exciting : SEXY
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"It ___" (formal acknowledgment) : ISI

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