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New York Times, Saturday, September 12, 2009

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Pet that hisses when frightened
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 79%
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© 2009, The New York Times9/12/9 ( No. 21,858 )
Across
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Pet that hisses when frightened : BOXTURTLE
10
Sermon subject : EVILS
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Certain prank victim : APRILFOOL
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Croesus conquered it : IONIA
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Cow with a drawn-out look : STAREDOWN
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Unselfish sort : GIVER
19
Name on a bottle of Emerald Dream : ESTEE
20
Ethical course : HIGHROAD
22
Marie and Julie: Abbr. : STES
23
Nobel-winning chancellor : BRANDT
25
One of the Bonin Islands, for short : IWO
26
The fox in Disney's "The Fox and the Hound" : TOD
27
Like some washers : COINOP
28
Big name in footwear : MCAN
29
Skinny type : SCRAG
30
Not at all cool : GEEKY
31
0-to-500 scale that goes from least to most hazardous : AIRQUALITYINDEX
36
Hamper : CRIMP
37
Mathematician ___ Henrik Abel : NIELS
38
First name in Indian music : RAVI
39
Most important : HUGEST
41
Org. with many centers : NBA
44
What I might indicate : ONE
45
Word a loser likes to see? : NONFAT
46
Bring down : FELL
47
Drill denial : SIRNOSIR
49
Extremely unlikely : FREAK
50
Crystal ball alternative : TAROT
51
Not leave on the line? : TUMBLEDRY
54
Laughable : INANE
55
Like many motorcycle engines : AIRCOOLED
56
Red giant variety : CSTAR
57
Mountaineer's concern : STEEPNESS
Down
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Least noble : BASEST
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Decides one will : OPTSTO
3
Bluer than blue : XRATED
4
Rim attachments : TIRES
5
Fictional apiarist Jackson : ULEE
6
Old postal abbr. : RFD
7
At that : TOO
8
Easily reachable goals : LOWHANGINGFRUIT
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Current source of problems? : ELNINO
10
Ice figure? : EIGHT
11
See, in Somme : VOIR
12
Billed : INVOICED
13
Have trouble drifting off : LIEAWAKE
14
Cameo stone : SARDONYX
21
It excludes income on foreign investments: Abbr. : GDP
23
Adriatic wind : BORA
24
Money for 32-Down : RIAL
27
Size in a lingerie shop : CCUP
28
___ room : MENS
29
2,560 roods: Abbr. : SQMI
30
Given an expensive coat : GILT
31
Diversion involving a quotation : ACROSTIC
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Readers of the newspaper Hamshahri : IRANIANS
33
Tommy Lee Jones film set along the Mississippi, with "The" : RIVERRAT
34
___ knot : TIEA
35
Very recently: Abbr. : YEST
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Yuletide trio : HOS
40
Record-holder for throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games : UNITAS
41
One getting into the groove? : NEEDLE
42
Turns way up : BLARES
43
Resins used in paints : ALKYDS
45
Observant one : NOTER
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Ozone damager : FREON
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"Ali" actress Gaye : NONA
49
Dud : FLOP
52
Desert Storm grub, briefly : MRE
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Letters used in dating : BCE

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