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New York Times, Thursday, August 13, 2009

Author:
Patrick McIntyre
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Like some announcements that have been lost
TotalDebutLatest
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Patrick McIntyre

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {HJKQVZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. McIntyre. Thursday freshness: 98%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/13/9 ( No. 21,828 )
Across
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"A peculiar sort of a gal," in song : SAL
4
Muddy : ROIL
8
Themed events : FESTS
13
Actor Tognazzi of "La Cage aux Folles" : UGO
14
Seaside raptor : ERNE
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Allen Iverson's teammates till '06 : SIXERS
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Ingredient in some gum : NICOTINE
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Gossip : YAPPER
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Request that often follows "Please" : STANDBY
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Inceptions : ONSETS
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Chow : EATS
22
Oscar Wilde or Bill Maher, for example : ICONOCLAST
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Some car roofs : TTOPS
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Like some announcements that have been lost : REPOSTED
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Sister who's won the U.S. Open three times : SERENA
30
Grafton's "___ for Innocent" : IIS
31
Curly shape : ESS
32
Starts of some games ... and of the answers to 16-, 22-, 48 and 56-Across? : COINFLIPS
36
R.B.I. producer, sometimes: Abbr. : DBL
39
Holder of le trône : ROI
40
Minnesota college : STOLAF
44
"Hold on!" : WAITASEC
47
Hot, after "on" : AROLL
48
Like some passes : INCOMPLETE
51
Mambo king Puente : TITO
52
Contravenes : DENIES
53
They give you control : REMOTES
55
Fang : CANINE
56
Cedar and hemlock : CONIFERS
57
Lightly sprayed : MISTED
58
Mathematician Post or Artin : EMIL
59
Riddle-me-___ : REE
60
Foreign thoughts : IDEES
61
Kind of column : OPED
62
New Left org. : SDS
Down
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Hackneyed movie endings : SUNSETS
2
Perturb : AGITATE
3
G.P.S. device, e.g. : LOCATOR
4
Part of AARP: Abbr. : RETD
5
Small African antelope : ORIBI
6
"Back ___" (1974 Genesis song) : INNYC
7
Family name of about 15% of Koreans : LEE
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Big bomb : FIASCO
9
Runs out : EXPELS
10
Having a dividing wall, in biology : SEPTATE
11
Locks : TRESSES
12
Map abbr. until 1991 : SSR
15
TV Guide info : SYNOPSIS
17
How many writers work : ONSPEC
20
Buck ___, first black coach in Major League Baseball (Cubs, 1962) : ONEIL
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Opening : ORIFICE
24
Patriot's concerns, briefly : TDS
26
___-Cat : SNO
29
What machmeters measure : AIRSPEED
33
Songs from rosy-cheeked singers, maybe : NOELS
34
Moms and dads belong to it: Abbr. : PTA
35
Rather : SORTOF
36
Bad record, for short : DWI
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Not a long-term solution : BANDAID
38
Certain plate : LICENSE
41
Overstays? : LOITERS
42
Not the same anymore : ALTERED
43
Gets ready to brush, maybe : FLOSSES
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This evening, on posters : TONITE
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Organic compounds with nitrogen : AMINES
49
Step heavily (on) : TROMP
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Start of a counting rhyme : EENIE
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Like Clark Kent's manner : MILD
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Third year in the reign of Edward the Elder : CMI
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Corp. honcho : CEO

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