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New York Times, Friday, July 8, 2011

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Across : Soprano Josephine
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FQVX} This is puzzle # 148 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 83%
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© 2011, The New York Times7/8/11 ( No. 22,522 )
Across
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Like some nationalism : PANARAB
8
Fruit-filled snack : JAMTART
15
30°, for 0.5 : ARCSINE
16
Hoards : AMASSES
17
Crystal-rubbing type : NEWAGER
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Gets by : MAKESDO
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The great Gatsby : JAY
20
Tall bloomer with candelabra-shaped branches : SAGUARO
22
One of two opposing forces : YIN
23
A.M.A. member?: Abbr. : AMER
25
Fix, as a bowline : RETIE
26
What some performers lip-sync in : DRAG
27
Shower scenes? : BATHS
29
Córdoba's land: Abbr. : NIC
30
"The Pearl Fishers" soprano : LEILA
31
Droid's rival : IPHONE
33
School paper a student shouldn't write himself : LATEPASS
35
They deliver : MOMS
37
One taking a pounding : NAIL
38
Footballer who co-starred in "The Dirty Dozen" : JIMBROWN
42
Winter fishing aid : ICESAW
46
Has left the office, e.g. : ISOUT
47
Prefix with sensitive : ECO
49
Breakout company : ATARI
50
Telecom hookups : LANS
51
Flock members : LAICS
53
Frugivorous creatures of sci-fi : ELOI
54
Knight who hosts a country music radio show : LIA
55
Soprano Josephine : BARSTOW
57
Plus exercise : SUM
58
They're often flashed : IDCARDS
60
Amontillado's darker relative : OLOROSO
62
Cutting down : ONADIET
63
Barely touched, as a meal : POKEDAT
64
Plus or minus : NONZERO
65
Commensurate : INSCALE
Down
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Most-spoken language in Pakistan : PANJABI
2
Hostel handout : AREAMAP
3
"Mowing" painter, 1907 : NCWYETH
4
"___ precaution ..." : ASA
5
Hard-to-park vehicles : RIGS
6
Close, once : ANEAR
7
Norway's second-largest city : BERGEN
8
Many a dreaded native? : JAMAICAN
9
To love, Italian-style : AMARE
10
"Shortfin" or "longfin" fish : MAKO
11
24th Russian letter : TSE
12
Old Fertile Crescent land : ASSYRIA
13
Tries to get through anew : REDIALS
14
Whom Kerry succeeded in the U.S. Senate : TSONGAS
21
Sewage co., e.g. : UTIL
24
Yellow feature of Brazil's flag : RHOMBUS
26
Drain : DEPLETE
28
Bull's sound : SNORT
30
Big name in lenses : LEICA
32
Alternative style to goth : EMO
34
___ sabaki (martial arts movement) : TAI
36
Certifies : SWEARSTO
38
Imaginary number? : JILLION
39
Emphatic refusal : ISAIDNO
40
Dweller around Port Hercules : MONACAN
41
Show with a "Los Angeles" spinoff : NCIS
43
Stain-removing stuff : SALSODA
44
Kinsey Institute subject : AROUSAL
45
Modern-day video game controller : WIIMOTE
48
Ink jet producers? : OCTOPI
51
Dockworker : LADER
52
One of the Seven Sages of Greece : SOLON
55
Cracker topper : BRIE
56
Vessels seen over fires : WOKS
59
Shop dresser : ADZ
61
Abbr. next to a blinking light on a camcorder : REC

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2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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