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New York Times, Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Author:
Zoe Wheeler, Brown University '12
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Where lead weights grow?
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61/19/201012/21/20121
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1022010
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.603464%
Zoe Wheeler

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Wheeler. Wednesday freshness: 88%
Notepad: BROWN CROSSWORD WEEK — Every crossword this week has been created by a member of the Puzzling Association of Brown University.
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© 2010, The New York Times9/15/10 ( No. 22,226 )
Across
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Org. known for drilling? : ROTC
5
Masseur's target : KNOT
9
Soap operas, essentially : SAGAS
14
Offshore : ASEA
15
What adolescents may fight : ACNE
16
Bit of dental work : PLATE
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Where lead weights grow? : PLUMBTREE
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Horatio who wrote about down-and-out boys : ALGER
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How babies may be carried : TOTERM
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Bit of a Coleridge poetry line? : SAMIAMB
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Takes it easy : LOAFS
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Nine-digit ID : SSN
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Harvard degree earned by J.F.K. in 1956 : LLD
30
10 of them make a thou : CNOTES
32
"Take a Chance on Me" group : ABBA
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Little battery : AAA
37
"Let's call it ___" ("We're even") : ADRAW
38
S O S's, essentially : PLEAS
39
Ammo for idiots? : DUMBDUMBBULLETS
42
Bert's "Sesame Street" buddy : ERNIE
43
Actress Stewart : ALANA
44
___ mater (brain cover) : PIA
45
Cheeky chatter : SASS
46
Surgical inserts : STENTS
47
What's up? : SKY
48
Gulager of "The Virginian" : CLU
50
"Saturday Night Live" segments : SKITS
52
"Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme : BEQUIET
56
No-good sort : MEANIE
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___ wait : LIEIN
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Toy house door support? : PAPERJAMB
64
Verdi aria : ERITU
65
German port : KIEL
66
___ Minor : ASIA
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"Marat/Sade" playwright Peter : WEISS
68
Pushing the envelope : EDGY
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Singer Perry with the 2010 #1 hit "California Gurls" : KATY
Down
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Enthralled : RAPT
2
Munch Museum's locale : OSLO
3
German: Abbr. : TEUT
4
Certain cigarette : CAMEL
5
Capital of Nepal : KATMANDU
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Big name in A.T.M.'s : NCR
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Single : ONE
8
Ball supporters : TEES
9
Sends cyberjunk : SPAMS
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Everything considered : ALLINALL
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Lady ___ : GAGA
12
"Lemme ___!" : ATEM
13
Balkan native : SERB
18
Wedding gown fabric : BROCADE
22
Long-eared farm animal : ASS
24
Layout : FORMAT
25
Equine areas : STABLES
27
Works as a stevedore : LADES
28
Object of Petrarch's passion : LAURA
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Curses : DAMNS
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Only coach to win both N.F.L. and A.F.L. championships : EWBANK
33
Prompts on answering machines : BEEPS
34
Hand-dyed fabric : BATIK
35
Analyze : ASSAY
38
Bandage, across the pond : PLASTER
40
Dog treats : BISCUITS
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Not expected : UNTIMELY
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Take to court : SUE
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"Peanuts" boy with a blanket : LINUS
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Pat of "Wheel of Fortune" : SAJAK
52
Muffed : BLEW
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Homeland of Joyce and Yeats : EIRE
54
Helen Mirren's crowning role, informally? : QEII
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It takes a toll: Abbr. : TPKE
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Astronaut's letters : NASA
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Cry during a recess game : IMIT
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Web site with a "Buy It Now" option : EBAY
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Help : AID
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Accurate throw : PEG

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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