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New York Times, Monday, September 28, 2009

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : More greasy
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 44 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 71%
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R
2
E
3
M
4
R
5
A
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W
7
E
8
G
9
G
10
A
11
D
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D
13
S
14
E
L
I
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A
Z
A
L
E
A
16
C
R
A
P
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C
O
L
18
D
T
U
R
K
E
Y
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R
U
D
Y
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O
I
L
I
E
R
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Z
E
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R
O
G
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U
S
E
R
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E
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T
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T
E
27
A
B
B
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O
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T
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P
E
R
E
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Z
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O
A
R
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M
A
U
V
E
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R
A
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T
O
N
36
B
A
T
S
I
N
37
R
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E
39
F
40
M
I
L
K
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D
U
D
42
T
D
S
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A
D
L
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I
B
S
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T
U
N
A
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S
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U
N
I
T
E
48
J
O
E
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N
A
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S
51
A
52
L
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L
A
P
A
Z
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O
P
T
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S
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H
O
P
I
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F
L
I
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E
S
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A
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L
I
N
E
S
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M
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A
L
I
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C
H
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E
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R
R
Y
B
O
M
B
66
B
L
O
C
67
R
E
S
I
G
N
68
R
E
O
69
A
L
P
S
70
U
S
O
P
E
N
71
A
N
N
© 2009, The New York Times9/28/9 ( No. 21,874 )
Across
1
Sleep stage, for short : REM
4
Nog ingredient : RAWEGG
10
Opposite of subtracts : ADDS
14
The "E" in 68-Across : ELI
15
Relative of a rhododendron : AZALEA
16
Losing roll in a casino : CRAP
17
Abrupt way to quit : COLDTURKEY
19
Former Big Apple mayor Giuliani : RUDY
20
More greasy : OILIER
21
State of weightlessness, as in space : ZEROG
23
Consumer : USER
24
Suffix with cigar : ETTE
27
Monk's superior : ABBOT
30
Actress Rosie of "Do the Right Thing" : PEREZ
32
Boat rower : OAR
33
Purplish : MAUVE
34
Betray by blabbing : RATON
36
Brings home for a score : BATSIN
37
B-ball official : REF
40
Chocolaty morsel munched at movies : MILKDUD
42
N.F.L. six-pointers : TDS
43
Talks off the cuff : ADLIBS
45
Bluefin and albacore : TUNAS
47
Join forces : UNITE
48
V.P. Biden : JOE
49
___ congestion : NASAL
53
Bolivian capital : LAPAZ
54
Chooses, with "for" : OPTS
56
Southwest Indian : HOPI
57
Gets around like Superman : FLIES
59
Flared skirts : ALINES
61
Saharan country south of Algeria : MALI
63
Round, red firecracker : CHERRYBOMB
66
Political coalition : BLOC
67
Quit one's job : RESIGN
68
Classic car inits. : REO
69
High points of a European trip? : ALPS
70
Annual tennis championship in Queens, N.Y. : USOPEN
71
Advice columnist Landers : ANN
Down
1
Get back, as lost money : RECOUP
2
Fictional girl at the Plaza Hotel : ELOISE
3
Arthur who wrote "Death of a Salesman" : MILLER
4
Label G or PG, e.g. : RATE
5
Color of a picture-postcard sky : AZURE
6
___ of 1812 : WAR
7
Antlered animal : ELK
8
Old, crotchety guy : GEEZER
9
Marvin of Motown : GAYE
10
Circus performer : ACROBAT
11
Narcs' raid : DRUGBUST
12
Mom's mate : DAD
13
Nathan Hale, notably : SPY
18
More grim : DIRER
22
Month-long Islamic observance : RAMADAN
25
Hammer or saw : TOOL
26
Close-fitting sleeveless shirt : TANKTOP
28
Roman love poet : OVID
29
Fives and ___ : TENS
31
Africa's fourth-longest river and site of Victoria Falls : ZAMBEZI
35
"___ better to have loved and lost ..." : TIS
36
Hot dog holder : BUN
37
Fidel Castro's brother : RAUL
38
"Giant" writer Ferber : EDNA
39
Beach footwear : FLIPFLOP
41
Performing pair : DUET
44
Type for book titles : ITALICS
46
Form of address in British India : SAHIB
48
Teases playfully : JOSHES
50
Mexican state on the Gulf of California : SONORA
51
Tarzan and kin : APEMEN
52
Portugal's capital : LISBON
55
Beetle Bailey's boss : SARGE
58
Light brown : ECRU
60
One of the Redgrave sisters : LYNN
61
Degree for a C.E.O. : MBA
62
Entirely : ALL
64
That, south of the border : ESO
65
___ Van Winkle : RIP

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