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New York Times, Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Author:
David Kwong and Emily Halpern
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Mediocre F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?
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David Kwong
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17/29/20081
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Emily Halpern

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Kwong. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Halpern. Tuesday freshness: 27%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/29/8 ( No. 21,448 )
Across
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"Casablanca" star, informally : BOGIE
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Rio automaker : KIA
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Legendary cowboy ___ Bill : PECOS
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Brings in : EARNS
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Dijon denial : NON
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Bejeweled topper : TIARA
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Mediocre F. Scott Fitzgerald novel? : THEDECENTGATSBY
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Whopping : HUGE
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Gibbons of TV talk : LEEZA
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Gas company that sells toy trucks : HESS
23
"Evil Woman" band, for short : ELO
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Daisy ___, who went to Marryin' Sam : MAE
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Mediocre place to scuba? : GOODBARRIERREEF
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It merged with the WB to form the CW : UPN
37
Yarn buy : SKEIN
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Atoll makeup : CORAL
39
Bow-wielding god : EROS
41
Quick-witted : SHARP
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"Lovely" Beatles girl : RITA
44
Sony competitor : SANYO
46
Cold war-era blast, in headlines : ATEST
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Mean mutt : CUR
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Mediocre Steve McQueen film? : THENOTBADESCAPE
52
Unlock, to a bard : OPE
53
Kiev's land: Abbr. : UKR
54
Like a trim lawn : MOWN
57
Unyielding : RIGID
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Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
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Mediocre Jerry Lee Lewis hit? : OKAYBALLSOFFIRE
68
In the ___ of life : PRIME
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Barbie's beau : KEN
70
Novelist Calvino : ITALO
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Zesty dip : SALSA
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Match part : SET
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Hose material : NYLON
Down
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"Little Women" woman : BETH
2
Honolulu's home : OAHU
3
Kinnear of "Little Miss Sunshine" : GREG
4
"For sure!" : INDEED
5
Suffix with journal : ESE
6
See 29-Down : KNEE
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Actress Skye : IONE
8
1998 animated film with a queen : ANTZ
9
Group that usu. meets at a school : PTA
10
"Take your pick" : EITHEROR
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Scope out, pre-heist : CASE
12
Planets or stars : ORBS
13
Comes out with : SAYS
18
Items of apparel for Dracula : CLOAKS
19
Willing to go along : GAME
24
Barbell abbr. : LBS
26
___ welder : ARC
27
Spare room user : GUEST
28
First name in book clubs : OPRAH
29
With 6-Down, ready to propose : ONONE
30
Place to get clean : REHAB
31
Cowpoke's rope : RIATA
32
How mistakes are often marked : INRED
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"All My Children" vixen : ERICA
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Thoroughly enjoy : EATUP
35
S O S signal : FLARE
40
Roget's listings : SYNONYMS
42
False start? : PSEUDO
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Alley ___ : OOP
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Terse reproof : TSK
50
Trillion: Prefix : TERA
51
Cunningly evil : CRAFTY
54
Unruly dos : MOPS
55
Gumbo vegetable : OKRA
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Banshee's sound : WAIL
58
Types : ILKS
59
High spirits : GLEE
60
George Harrison's "___ It a Pity" : ISNT
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Omani money : RIAL
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Folkie Guthrie : ARLO
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Trotsky of Russia : LEON
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Arthur of "Maude" : BEA
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One of a snorkeler's pair : FIN

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