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New York Times, Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Check for fit
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Robyn Weintraub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JKQX} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Weintraub. Tuesday freshness: 30%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/3/12 ( No. 22,883 )
Across
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Thespian's major : DRAMA
6
Hair accessory : CLIP
10
Places for experiments : LABS
14
Edmonton player : OILER
15
Retro style : DECO
16
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Cheer to an interstate trucker? : GOTEAMSTER
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Humdrum : DRAB
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Razor brand : ATRA
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Glorify : IDEALIZE
23
Hockey player Bobby : ORR
25
"Sometimes you feel like ___ ..." : ANUT
27
Word repeated in both James Bond and Justin Bieber film titles : NEVER
28
One who peruses the dictionary? : WEBSTERBROWSER
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Neighbor of Vietnam : LAOS
33
Davis of "Thelma & Louise" : GEENA
34
Cybercriminal's creation : SPYWARE
37
Galileo, to some : HERETIC
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Italian fashion house : FENDI
44
Facts and figures : DATA
45
Newsman Anderson with a theology degree? : MINISTERCOOPER
50
Kind of sax : TENOR
51
___ Cuisine : LEAN
52
CPR pro : EMT
53
Estate, in español : HACIENDA
56
"Shall we?" reply : LETS
58
Commotions : ADOS
59
One who's very good at rocking the cradle? : YOYOMASTER
63
Alaskan gold rush city : NOME
64
Princeton Review coursework : PREP
65
Ship's goods : CARGO
66
"Baa-a-ad" mothers? : EWES
67
Some school play attendees : DADS
68
Check for fit : TRYON
Down
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Toto, for one : DOG
2
Carnival site : RIO
3
Father's assistant : ALTARBOY
4
Get together : MEET
5
Noah's Ark landing site : ARARAT
6
Jewel box contents : CDS
7
Title of a Beatles song, album and movie : LETITBE
8
One way to serve coffee : ICED
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Scrutinize, with "over" : PORE
10
Tureen accessories : LADLES
11
Make an entrance : ARRIVE
12
Semiformal jacket : BLAZER
13
Like a teetotaler : SOBER
18
Mare hair : MANE
22
Sadat of Egypt : ANWAR
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Mail deliverers at Hogwarts : OWLS
24
Harvest : REAP
26
Requiring immediate action : URGENT
29
U-turn from NNE : SSW
30
Bring back, as workers who've been let go : REHIRE
31
Word before "Liftoff!" : ONE
35
Burning : AFIRE
36
In medias ___ : RES
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Tokyo, once : EDO
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Woven wall art : TAPESTRY
40
Couple in a gossip column : ITEM
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Golfer's vehicle : CART
43
Held up : DELAYED
45
Wildflower locale : MEADOW
46
1099 info : INCOME
47
Creaks and squeaks : NOISES
48
Still : CALM
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Kind of play : ONEACT
50
Macbeth's title : THANE
54
SoHo patroller: Abbr. : NYPD
55
Animated "Explorer" : DORA
57
Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera : TSAR
60
Photo ___ : OPS
61
Id companion : EGO
62
Darling of baseball : RON

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