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New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Author:
Tim Wescott
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : Terse
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Tim Wescott

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {VX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Wescott. Wednesday freshness: 35%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/29/9 ( No. 21,813 )
Across
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Clinks : JAILS
6
Way out : AFAR
10
Baseball star in Senate steroid hearings : SOSA
14
Sheltered water : INLET
15
Repetitive routine : ROTE
16
It may be pumped : IRON
17
Argue forcibly : MAKEASTRONGCASE
20
South American cruise stop : RIO
21
Finish lacing up : TIEAKNOT
22
___ fly (run producer) : SAC
25
Catch red-handed : NAB
27
Royal Navy drink of old : GROG
28
Pesticide spreader, e.g. : CROPSPRAYER
32
Brian of ambient music : ENO
35
Prefix with sphere : HEMI
36
Arthurian times, say : YORE
37
Name in 2001 bankruptcy news : ENRON
39
Knoxville sch. : UTENN
41
Grizzlies' org. : NBA
42
"Call it!" call : TAILS
43
Lehmann of opera : LOTTE
44
Damage, so to speak : COST
46
Con man? : ANTI
47
Chaotic place : ZOO
48
Terse : SHORTWINDED
51
"Don't ___ me, bro!" : TASE
53
Dark half of a Chinese circle : YIN
54
G.P.S. heading : SSE
55
Like a Möbius strip : ONESIDED
59
Class with the periodic table on the wall, often: Abbr. : SCI
61
Where Olaf I or Olaf II sat : NORWEGIANTHRONE
66
"___ la Douce" (1963 film) : IRMA
67
Fish-eating raptor : ERNE
68
Moves gingerly : EASES
69
Cold war propaganda disseminator : TASS
70
Rink fake : DEKE
71
Like Yogi Berra, physically : SQUAT
Down
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Huck's raftmate : JIM
2
Bibliophile's suffix : ANA
3
Sort : ILK
4
Lounge lizard's look : LEER
5
Discolorations : STAINS
6
Works in a gallery : ART
7
Snow structure : FORT
8
Yours, in Tours : ATOI
9
Bridge no-no : RENEGE
10
2007 Michael Moore documentary : SICKO
11
Juicer remnants : ORANGERINDS
12
Eh : SOSO
13
Work without ___ (be daring) : ANET
18
Needing a rinse : SOAPY
19
"La Bohème" setting : GARRET
22
Charles who created Peppermint Patty : SCHULZ
23
"Am not!" response : ARETOO
24
Shake hands : COMETOTERMS
26
It's most useful when it's broken : BRONCO
29
Blood drive donation : PINT
30
Shady retreat : ARBOR
31
Like bread dough or beer : YEASTY
33
Actor Nick and family : NOLTES
34
Like some football kicks : ONSIDE
38
Tandoor-baked bread : NAAN
40
Storied monster, informally : NESSIE
45
Dance for Chubby Checker : TWIST
49
Counterbalanced, as bets : HEDGED
50
What some races are won by : INCHES
52
___ the custom (traditionally) : ASWAS
55
"Get ___!" ("Stop procrastinating!") : ONIT
56
"The Thin Man" detective : NORA
57
Mayo's land : EIRE
58
Dungeonlike : DANK
60
Modern home of ancient Ur : IRAQ
62
Alumna bio word : NEE
63
Columbus sch. : OSU
64
Teachers' org. : NEA
65
1970s self-improvement program : EST

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