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New York Times, Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : "Babes in Toyland" composer
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 81, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQVZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 91%
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© 2012, The New York Times8/22/12 ( No. 22,933 )
Across
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Either of two Syrian presidents : ASSAD
6
"Spring forward" inits. : DST
9
"Oleanna" playwright : MAMET
14
Bather's scrubber : LOOFA
15
When to observe 6-Across in France : ETE
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Hoopster Stoudemire : AMARE
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Humanoid of Jewish folklore : GOLEM
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Elbow-bender : SOT
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___ Hart ("Chicago" role) : ROXIE
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Marsh rodents : WATERRATS
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Mil. headquarters : CMD
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Country associated with 38-/40-/41-Across : GERMANY
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They're flashed at guards : IDS
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"Babes in Toyland" composer : HERBERT
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Wall St. stat : PERATIO
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Wings, in zoology : ALAE
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Golfer Aoki and others : ISAOS
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Comparative word : THAN
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With 40- and 41-Across, 18th-century literary and musical movement : STURM
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See 38-Across : UND
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See 38-Across : DRANG
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Aircraft velocity figure : GROUNDSPEED
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With 47-Across, writer associated with 38-/40-/41-Across : JOHANN
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See 45-Across : GOETHE
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90 degrees from Nord : OST
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Sirius : DOGSTAR
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Vintner's prefix : OEN
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Permeate : IMBUE
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GPS suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
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What much space junk is in : ORBIT
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Time for both hands to be up : NOON
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Sen. Rubio : MARCO
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"All yours!" : HERE
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Morales of "Caprica" : ESAI
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Worth a 10 : IDEAL
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___ and terminer : OYER
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Word before poor or cheap : DIRT
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Remainder, in Rouen : RESTE
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Moor growth : MOSS
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Radical org. of the '60s : SDS
72
Camels' pit stops : OASES
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Sightseer's ride : BUS
Down
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"Solve for x" subj. : ALG
2
The Great Lakes' ___ Locks : SOO
3
G, in the key of C : SOL
4
Not many : AFEW
5
Price to pay, informally : DAMAGE
6
Palm Springs paper, with "the" : DESERTSUN
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With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/41-Across : STORM
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Four-footers : TETRAPODS
9
Joan of Arc, notably : MARTYR
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Pal of Andy : AMOS
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Peak, slangily : MAX
12
"___ tu" : ERI
13
Pipe joint : TEE
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Actress Polo : TERI
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Hydrocarbon suffixes : ANES
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Cartoonist Addams : CHAS
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Go soft : MELT
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Place for an English king? : DRAUGHTBOARD
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One of Sam's tunes in "Casablanca" : ITHADTOBEYOU
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Gorilla expert Fossey : DIAN
29
"Yesterday" or "Tomorrow" : SONG
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"It gets late early out there" speaker : BERRA
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"... poem lovely as ___" : ATREE
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See 7-Down : AND
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Earth, to the French : MONDE
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Río ___ (African region) : DEORO
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South American cardinal? : UNO
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Links org. : PGA
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Yoked : JOINED
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Absorption process : OSMOSIS
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Paris Hilton, for one : HEIRESS
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Punches in, say : ENTERS
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Egg rating : GRADEA
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See 7-Down : STRESS
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Mexican beer brand : TECATE
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Rod and rad : UNITS
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Equilateral figure : RHOMB
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"The Tilled Field" painter Joan : MIRO
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World Cup chants : OLES

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