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New York Times, Monday, September 26, 2011

Author:
David Gray
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Be a cast member of
TotalDebutLatest
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David Gray

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GVWXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Gray. Monday freshness: 35%
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© 2011, The New York Times9/26/11 ( No. 22,602 )
Across
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Little argument : SPAT
5
Result of a mosquito bite : ITCH
9
/ : SLASH
14
Gas company famous for its toy trucks : HESS
15
Classic soda brand : NEHI
16
Acknowledge as true, as a crime : COPTO
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Operatic solo : ARIA
18
Signal, as a cab : HAIL
19
Common mirage image : OASIS
20
Some McDonald's burgers : QUARTERPOUNDERS
23
Four-baggers: Abbr. : HRS
24
View : SEE
25
Look up to : ADMIRE
29
It might make you go "Achoo!" : FLU
31
January 1 for the Rose Bowl, e.g. : DATE
35
Good, in Guatemala : BUENO
36
Wild pig : BOAR
37
___ exhaust : DUAL
38
Part of a 2005 Harry Potter title : HALFBLOODPRINCE
41
"That's ___ haven't heard" : ONEI
42
Paris airport : ORLY
43
Be a cast member of : ACTIN
44
Double-___ (oboe, e.g.) : REED
45
Bus. opposite : RES
46
Party south of the border : FIESTA
47
Years on end : EON
49
Partners for mas : PAS
50
1987 Stanley Kubrick classic : FULLMETALJACKET
59
Lightning-fast Bolt : USAIN
60
Actor Morales : ESAI
61
___ avis : RARA
62
Tooth: Prefix : DENTI
63
For fear that : LEST
64
French friends : AMIS
65
Heavy carts : DRAYS
66
Tibetan priest : LAMA
67
Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across : BACK
Down
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N.B.A. nickname until 2011 : SHAQ
2
Llama land : PERU
3
It's north of the Indian Ocean : ASIA
4
Former Russian royal : TSAR
5
"Yoo-hoo" response : INHERE
6
They may stream down the cheeks : TEARS
7
Chocolate-___ : CHIP
8
Hawaiian port : HILO
9
English biscuit served with tea : SCONE
10
Items for gamblers who cheat : LOADEDDICE
11
Area that may have stained-glass windows : APSE
12
Use a teaspoon in tea, e.g. : STIR
13
"Bonanza" brother : HOSS
21
Pulsate painfully : THROB
22
Improperly seize : USURP
25
Despise : ABHOR
26
One of the Allman Brothers : DUANE
27
Brawl : MELEE
28
Cheating on a spouse : INFIDELITY
29
April 1 victims : FOOLS
30
___ Gaga : LADY
32
Female relations : AUNTS
33
Not said explicitly : TACIT
34
1941 chart-topper "Maria ___" : ELENA
36
Drill a hole : BORE
39
Michaels of "S.N.L." : LORNE
40
Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA
46
Tex-Mex wrap : FAJITA
48
Old Dodges : OMNIS
49
Ecto- or proto- ending : PLASM
50
Elmer with a double-barreled shotgun : FUDD
51
Manipulator : USER
52
Actress Turner : LANA
53
Explain to : TELL
54
On an ocean voyage : ASEA
55
Creature that sidles : CRAB
56
___ Sutra : KAMA
57
Attorney General Holder : ERIC
58
Work to do : TASK

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