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New York Times, Thursday, January 20, 2011

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Ostensible backdrop of the 2003 roman à clef "The Devil Wears Prada"
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Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Shteyman. Thursday freshness: 56%
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© 2011, The New York Times1/20/11 ( No. 22,353 )
Across
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Ancient gathering place : AGORA
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ID card issuer : DMV
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Drink whose name means "little water" : VODKA
14
Subatomic particle : BOSON
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"Rocky ___" : III
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Mesmerizing designs : OPART
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Jai alai catcher : CESTA
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Fool : ASS
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Insinuate : GETAT
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With 54-Across, opposite of 18-Across : SOCIALSECURITY
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Male swan : COB
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Chinese for "water" : SHUI
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Launches : HEAVES
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Part of a preconception? : OVUM
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It's breath-taking : APNEA
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To be, to Benicio : SER
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Tea option : DECAF
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Putting one's foot in one's mouth, e.g. : GAFFE
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Opposite of 32-Down : ROYALAIRFORCE
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Odysseus saw him as a shade in the underworld : ORION
41
Gulliver in Lilliput, e.g. : GIANT
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Mythical monster : ORC
45
First option : PLANA
48
Ancient Greek vessel : ARGO
49
Nickname for baseball's Leo Durocher : THELIP
51
End : CODA
53
Fish tale, essentially : LIE
54
See 20-Across : ADMINISTRATION
57
Onetime Facebook president Parker and others : SEANS
58
It may be taken at a gun range : AIM
59
Stumped, after "up" : ATREE
61
"All the King's Men" woman : SADIE
62
Big camping inits. : KOA
63
Send, as to a specialist : REFER
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Vertical : ERECT
65
NBC fixture since '75 : SNL
66
Prefix with sound : INFRA
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2 letters : ABC
2
Reviews : GOESOVER
3
Veal shank dish in un ristorante : OSSOBUCO
4
March org.? : ROTC
5
Writer Nin : ANAIS
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Obsolescent alternative to broadband : DIALUP
7
Opposite of 58-Across : MISSINGINACTION
8
Woodworking class holder : VISE
9
Ostensible backdrop of the 2003 roman à clef "The Devil Wears Prada" : VOGUE
10
Many a Handel work : OPERASERIA
11
Kind of case : DATIVE
12
Bowl for mixing wine and water in ancient Greece : KRATER
13
Court figs. : ATTYS
21
"Oh, I see" : AHA
22
Worthless matter : CHAFF
23
Cape ___ : COD
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World-famous institution in Rochester, Minn. : MAYOCLINIC
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Ring holder ... or receiver? : EAR
32
Much : FAR
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Flying hazard : FOG
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Painter Fra Filippo ___ : LIPPI
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Instant messaging pioneer : AOL
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"Carmina Burana" composer : CARLORFF
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Mastermind : ENGINEER
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XXX part : TOE
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"This can't be good" : OHDEAR
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Newly fashioned : REMADE
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Like a body temperature of 98.6° : NORMAL
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Org. that rates members of Congress on their liberalism : ADA
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Thé cup, maybe : TASSE
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Feature of many a ring : INSET
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Centipede maker : ATARI
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Neiman Marcus competitor : SAKS
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L.A.-to-Jacksonville rte. : ITEN
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Time on earth : ERA

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