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New York Times, Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Author:
Gail Grabowski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : Source of annoyance
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Gail Grabowski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {GQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Grabowski. Tuesday freshness: 15%
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© 2009, The New York Times9/22/9 ( No. 21,868 )
Across
1
Playbill listing : CAST
5
Bygone J.F.K. landers : SSTS
9
Fit-for-a-king spread : FEAST
14
Hodgepodge : OLIO
15
"We're in trouble!" : UHOH
16
Tilter's weapon : LANCE
17
___-do-well : NEER
18
Job-related move, for short : RELO
19
Follow, as advice : ACTON
20
"Tough!" : JUSTDEALWITHIT
23
Riverbank cavorter : OTTER
24
Calendar pgs. : MOS
25
Wall and Bourbon, e.g.: Abbr. : STS
27
Grp. that awards merit badges : BSA
28
Keenness of mind : ACUMEN
32
Problem with an old 45 : SKIP
33
Hindu master : SWAMI
34
More standoffish : ICIER
35
"Tough!" : TOOBADSOSAD
38
Completely off drugs : CLEAN
40
Reproduce like salmon : SPAWN
41
Disorderly stack : HEAP
42
Quantity consumed : INTAKE
44
Took a load off : SAT
47
Duke's sports org. : ACC
48
Before, to Byron : ERE
49
Gladiator's milieu : ARENA
51
"Tough!" : THEMSTHEBREAKS
56
Source of annoyance : PEEVE
57
Wear out the carpet, maybe : PACE
58
Up to the job : ABLE
59
1987 world figure skating champion Brian : ORSER
60
Botanical balm : ALOE
61
Womanizer's look : LEER
62
Dictionary word in bold type : ENTRY
63
Pound cry : YELP
64
Citi Field team : METS
Down
1
Swindler's work : CONJOB
2
Native Alaskans : ALEUTS
3
Sonora snooze : SIESTA
4
Dessert from Linz : TORTE
5
"You bet!" : SURE
6
Former home of the 64-Across : SHEA
7
Payment at many a New York bridge : TOLL
8
"You'll have to demonstrate" : SHOWME
9
Alternative to heels : FLATS
10
Pricing word : EACH
11
Like many automobile braking systems : ANTISKID
12
Terrier type, informally : SCOTTIE
13
Half a score : TEN
21
Make use of, as experience : DRAWON
22
Accelerator bit : ION
26
It begins in Mar. : SPR
29
Hired ride : CAB
30
Thurman of "Kill Bill" : UMA
31
Central spot : MIDST
32
Read the U.P.C. of : SCAN
33
Laundromat buy : SOAP
34
"No fooling!" : ISWEAR
35
Bit of 1773 Boston Harbor jetsam : TEACHEST
36
Hot springs site : SPA
37
Cask material : OAK
38
When doubled, a dance : CHA
39
Speaker's stand : LECTERN
42
Org. that proceeds according to schedule? : IRS
43
Take-home amount : NETPAY
44
Navy builder : SEABEE
45
Short sock : ANKLET
46
Cops' stunners : TASERS
48
Manicurist's tool : EMERY
50
King's domain : REALM
52
"Did you ___?" : EVER
53
In the pink : HALE
54
Green sci. : ECOL
55
Sound heard during gridlock : BEEP
56
Who wrote "All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream" : POE

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