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New York Times, Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Author:
Jim Hyres
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Foursome
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Jim Hyres

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JKQZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Hyres. Wednesday freshness: 92%
Jim Horne notes:

This grid is a map of Manhattan. Broadway diagonally crosses 8th, 7th, 6th, and 5th Avenues.

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© 2009, The New York Times9/2/9 ( No. 21,848 )
Across
1
Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit : ABBA
5
Partner of grease : DIRT
9
Business card number : FAX
12
Legendary opera star : CARUSO
15
Shortly : INAWHILE
17
Rabid fan : ADORER
18
"The one beer to have when you're having more than one" sloganeer : SCHAEFER
19
Fixed, as a tapestry : REWOVE
20
___ in cat : CAS
21
Hubs: Abbr. : CTRS
22
Come back following renovations, say : REOPEN
24
Admonition to a cell phone user in a theater : SHH
25
Comet, for one : CLEANSER
28
Seen : VIEWED
31
Bank job : HEIST
32
Wing, perhaps : ANNEX
34
Laugh syllable : HAR
35
E.R.A. part: Abbr. : AVG
36
Ad follower : HOC
38
Giant slugger : OTT
39
Something to stroke : EGO
40
O.T. book : NEH
41
Fear : DREAD
43
Part of dressy attire for a woman : HEELS
45
Foursome : TETRAD
47
Some revenue : NETSALES
49
Contents of a hoedown seat : HAY
50
Echo : ANSWER
51
Identity theft targets: Abbr. : SSNS
53
Theater sign : SRO
54
Available, as a London limo : ONHIRE
58
Stir-fried entree : CHOPSUEY
60
How a particularly close nephew may be treated : ASASON
61
Upstage : OUTSHINE
62
Mythical sea creature : MERMAN
63
Starting point for a long drive? : TEE
64
Not much : ATAD
65
Banks on TV : TYRA
Down
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Rent-___ : ACAR
2
Wished : BADE
3
Arch above the eye : BROW
4
Night lights : AURORAS
5
Tell apart : DISCERN
6
Like the sun god Inti : INCAN
7
Sounds from a 50-Down : RAHS
8
Old carrier inits. : TWA
9
Superfluous person : FIFTHWHEEL
10
Yank or Ray : ALER
11
Gen ___ : XERS
13
Like some Adventists : SEVENTHDAY
14
Round snack items : OREOS
16
Anne of HBO's "Hung" : HECHE
23
Cry in "Hair" : PEACE
24
Intuition : SIXTHSENSE
25
Sound from a monastery : CHANT
26
Army Corps of Engineers construction : LEVEE
27
Quaver : EIGHTHNOTE
28
Dog doc : VET
29
Colonel's insignia : EAGLE
30
Refuse : DROSS
33
Bumps : NODES
37
California's Fort ___ : ORD
42
Ticked off : ANNOYED
44
Lady Lindy : EARHART
46
Certain filers : RASPS
48
Bar closing time, often : TWOAM
50
Sports venue : ARENA
51
Highlander, e.g. : SCOT
52
Actress Elisabeth : SHUE
53
Dressy attire for a man : SUIT
55
"The Lord ___ shepherd ..." : ISMY
56
Enthusiastic audience response : ROAR
57
Sicilian resort city : ENNA
59
___ Na Na : SHA

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