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New York Times, Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Author:
José Chardiet
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Across : Interior design
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José Chardiet

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Chardiet. Tuesday freshness: 59%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/6/10 ( No. 22,155 )
Across
1
Voice above tenor : ALTO
5
Cross: Christianity :: ___ : Judaism : STAR
9
Interior design : DECOR
14
Cries from Homer Simpson : DOHS
15
Very very : OHSO
16
Going brand? : EXLAX
17
Number between eins and drei : ZWEI
18
Neeson of "Clash of the Titans" : LIAM
19
Track-and-field events : MEETS
20
"Ocean's Eleven" actor : BERNIEMAC
23
Follower of spy or web : CAM
24
Any Beatles song, now : OLDIE
25
Tweaks : FINETUNES
28
Enters Facebook, maybe : LOGSON
30
Annoys incessantly : EATSAT
31
Female flock member : EWE
32
N.B.A. nickname : SHAQ
36
Film units : REELS
37
Small sci-fi vehicle : ESCAPEPOD
40
Rapper's crew : POSSE
43
Director Apatow : JUDD
44
Obstruction for salmon : DAM
47
Culmination of a Casey Kasem countdown : TOPTEN
49
Book size : QUARTO
52
"Get Smart" device : SHOEPHONE
56
Toothpaste with "green sparkles" : GLEEM
57
Falsity : LIE
58
Blastoff spot : LAUNCHPAD
60
Uses sleight of hand on : PALMS
62
Head of Québec : TETE
63
French girlfriend : AMIE
65
Aerodynamic : SLEEK
66
Tied, as a score : EVEN
67
"Boy Meets World" boy : CORY
68
Late : TARDY
69
Organize alphabetically, say : SORT
70
Chips in the pot : ANTE
Down
1
Carpenter's curved cutter : ADZ
2
Uncalled-for insult, say : LOWBLOW
3
U2 guitarist : THEEDGE
4
Brother and husband of Isis : OSIRIS
5
Arias, usually : SOLI
6
Robin Hood or Jesse James : THIEF
7
"Same here" : ASAMI
8
Director Polanski : ROMAN
9
Obama, e.g.: Abbr. : DEM
10
Performed, as one's duties : EXECUTED
11
Purify : CLEANSE
12
Quaker breakfast offering : OATMEAL
13
Prescriptions, for short : RXS
21
Keanu Reeves's role in "The Matrix" : NEO
22
Middling grade : CEE
24
Chilean cheer : OLE
26
Poi source : TARO
27
Aves. : STS
29
Foreign policy grp. : NSC
33
Pilgrimage to Mecca : HAJ
34
Kwik-E-Mart clerk : APU
35
Proof ending : QED
37
Well-regarded : ESTEEMED
38
Fall through the cracks? : SEEP
39
A.S.A.P. : PDQ
40
A TD is worth six: Abbr. : PTS
41
"So beauuutiful!" : OOHLALA
42
Unwanted plot giveaway : SPOILER
44
"Yeah, like that'll ever happen" : DREAMON
45
Groveled : ATEDIRT
46
Blondie, to Alexander and Cookie : MOM
48
Rangers' org. : NHL
50
"That's awful" : UGH
51
Fleecy fiber : ALPACA
53
Hall's musical partner : OATES
54
___ Laredo, Mexico : NUEVO
55
Go in : ENTER
59
50 ___ ("Candy Shop" rapper) : CENT
60
Winter clock setting in Nev. : PST
61
Heavens : SKY
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Storm center ... or, phonetically, letter that can precede the ends of the answers to the five italicized clues to spell popular devices : EYE

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