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New York Times, Monday, July 26, 2010

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Evenings in Paris
TotalDebutLatest
3111/30/199211/3/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1151111002
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5992215%
Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQ} This is puzzle # 29 for Ms. Bender. Monday freshness: 52%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/26/10 ( No. 22,175 )
Across
1
Musical pace : TEMPO
6
Tractor maker John : DEERE
11
Do (up), as a fly : ZIP
14
Bird-related : AVIAN
15
Opposite of exit : ENTER
16
___ Today (newspaper) : USA
17
County ENE of San Francisco : CONTRACOSTA
19
Was ahead : LED
20
___ & Tina Turner Revue : IKE
21
Greek H's : ETAS
22
Debate topics : ISSUES
24
Hall-of-Famer Williams : TED
25
End of many U.R.L.'s : COM
26
___ Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho" : BRET
27
What a programmer writes : COMPUTERCODE
32
They get an eyeful : OGLERS
35
Take to court : SUE
36
Nutritionists' nos. : RDAS
37
Hit with a hammer : POUND
38
"No ___!" ("Uncle!," in Spanish) : MAS
39
Evenings in Paris : SOIRS
40
Coup d'___ : ETAT
41
Lowest-priced gas grade: Abbr. : REG
42
Japanese religion : SHINTO
43
Monica player on "Friends" : COURTENEYCOX
46
Language in Lahore : URDU
47
Broadcast : AIR
48
China's Three Gorges project : DAM
51
Alternative to a Quarter Pounder : BIGMAC
54
Photographed : SHOT
55
"Yes, madame" : OUI
56
Palindromic girl's name : AVA
57
Winter afflictions : COMMONCOLDS
60
Observer of Yom Kippur : JEW
61
Eating pork, to an observant 60-Across : TABOO
62
Dark, as a room : UNLIT
63
Pose a question : ASK
64
Does' companions : STAGS
65
Irascible : TESTY
Down
1
Implied : TACIT
2
Draw forth : EVOKE
3
Extracted ore : MINED
4
Butter serving : PAT
5
Publicly known : ONRECORD
6
Leave suddenly : DECAMP
7
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
8
Org. that produces college entrance exams : ETS
9
Pensioner : RETIREE
10
Blackboard accessory : ERASER
11
Native of eastern South Africa : ZULU
12
"Oh, right" : ISEE
13
Goalie protectors : PADS
18
Elementary units : ATOMS
23
Largest of the Virgin Islands : STCROIX
26
A/C measures : BTUS
27
Vitamin brand promoted as "Complete from A to Zinc" : CENTRUM
28
Custom : USAGE
29
Chief Norse god : ODIN
30
Missile that might be tipped with curare : DART
31
Old U.S. gas brand : ESSO
32
Source of some of the oil for 31-Down : OPEC
33
Attend : GOTO
34
Hawaiian feast : LUAU
38
It might start with "Starters" : MENU
39
Clever travel suggestion : SHORTCUT
41
British soldier in the American Revolution : REDCOAT
42
Offspring : SCION
44
Political pamphlets : TRACTS
45
Brutes in "Gulliver's Travels" : YAHOOS
48
Ken and Barbie : DOLLS
49
Cheating bookkeeper's fear : AUDIT
50
"Play ___ for Me" : MISTY
51
Lower California, for short : BAJA
52
Burl who won an Oscar for "The Big Country" : IVES
53
Get an eyeful : GAWK
54
Pollution that may sting the eyes : SMOG
58
Deg. from Wharton : MBA
59
Last number in a countdown : ONE

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