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New York Times, Thursday, July 28, 2011

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Pay sudden attention to
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 This is puzzle # 94 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Thursday freshness: 89%
Jim Horne notes:

In this UP rebus with a twist, Down answers that include UP must be read upwards. For example, 3 Down, "Prince's partner," is PAUPER.

1
B
2
A
3
R
4
B
5
S
6
H
7
A
8
L
9
T
10
S
11
W
12
A
13
N
14
O
D
E
R
15
S
I
L
A
S
16
A
H
S
O
17
G
O
UP
I
18
N
S
M
O
K
E
19
T
O
P
UP
20
G
R
A
T
E
S
O
N
21
T
22
O
I
L
23
S
E
P
T
A
24
M
E
25
A
S
U
R
E
26
D
27
UP
28
L
T
29
R
30
L
E
T
I
N
O
N
31
B
32
R
33
A
E
34
A
35
S
36
T
O
37
E
C
O
L
E
38
L
U
C
39
S
I
T
UP
F
40
O
R
41
T
O
R
42
I
N
U
43
S
E
44
E
S
T
O
45
T
E
R
P
46
P
A
T
I
N
47
A
S
48
H
49
B
O
50
S
T
A
N
D
S
UP
51
T
52
O
53
O
P
54
E
55
R
56
A
57
B
U
S
H
58
I
T
59
S
A
T
R
A
P
60
UP
61
D
O
S
62
C
63
O
M
E
UP
S
H
O
R
T
64
H
A
V
E
65
A
L
E
R
O
66
I
D
E
E
67
W
Y
E
S
68
N
A
X
O
S
69
S
E
E
D
© 2011, The New York Times7/28/11 ( No. 22,542 )
Across
1
Dig : BARB
5
Ten Commandments verb : SHALT
10
"___ Lake" : SWAN
14
Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
15
Villainous monk in "The Da Vinci Code" : SILAS
16
"Now I get it," facetiously : AHSO
17
Fizzle : GOUPINSMOKE
19
Refill when you don't really need to : TOPUP
20
Irks : GRATESON
21
Hoe and weed, e.g. : TOIL
23
Anatomical dividers : SEPTA
24
Met the qualifications : MEASUREDUP
28
Env. enclosure : LTR
30
Shared with, as a secret : LETINON
31
Scottish hillside : BRAE
34
Regarding : ASTO
37
___ élémentaire : ECOLE
38
Director Jacquet of "March of the Penguins" : LUC
39
Pay sudden attention to : SITUPFOR
41
Actor Johnson of "Plan 9 From Outer Space" : TOR
42
Taken : INUSE
44
This, in Toledo : ESTO
45
A.C.C. athlete : TERP
46
Films, of a sort : PATINAS
48
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" shower : HBO
50
Confronts : STANDSUPTO
53
Record store section : OPERA
57
Amateurish : BUSH
58
Warning often shouted too late : ITSATRAP
60
Some hairstyles : UPDOS
62
Prove lacking : COMEUPSHORT
64
Suffer from : HAVE
65
Old Olds : ALERO
66
Starting point for un inventeur : IDEE
67
Pygmy couple? : WYES
68
Greek island where Zeus was said to be raised : NAXOS
69
Starting point : SEED
Down
1
Five-time A.L. batting champ : BOGGS
2
Like a great deal : ADORE
3
Prince's partner : PAUPER
4
Peanutty candy : BRITTLE
5
Indication of deflation : SSSS
6
Message on many a stadium sign : HIMOM
7
How Rubik's Cube is best solved : ALONE
8
"Mighty ___ a Rose" : LAK
9
Airborne African menace : TSETSE
10
Like the Harvard Lampoon : SATIRIC
11
It may be the only thing in a bar : WHOLENOTE
12
Crawling African menace : ASP
13
Over : UPON
18
Peachy : NEAT
22
Peripheral : OUTER
25
Flying : ALOFT
26
Sadness : DOLOR
27
Union requirement, maybe? : PRENUP
29
Thor Heyerdahl craft : RAI
31
Little things on screens : BLIPS
32
Quickly approach : RUNAT
33
Slightly better than : ACUTABOVE
35
Bothers : UPSETS
36
Overseer of schools: Abbr. : SUPT
39
Ships : SENDS
40
"Good one!" : OOH
43
They may be cleared with a spray : SINUSES
45
Daredevil's challenge : TOPTHIS
47
Trash receptacle : ASHCAN
49
Fancy wraps : BOAS
51
Citizen rival : TIMEX
52
New Mexico county : OTERO
54
Wear down : ERODE
55
___ show : RAREE
56
Michael who directed the Bond film "The World Is Not Enough" : APTED
59
Tomato and vegetable : SOUPS
60
Beat and how! : WHUP
61
Time piece? : DAY
63
Pay back? : OLA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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