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New York Times, Thursday, December 10, 2009

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gail
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Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Payne. Thursday freshness: 21%
Jim Horne notes:

Starred answers end with DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA, TI.

1
A
2
D
3
O
4
H
5
O
6
A
7
G
8
B
9
E
10
A
11
N
12
I
13
E
14
L
E
N
15
T
A
N
D
O
16
A
R
N
O
L
D
17
O
V
E
R
T
U
R
E
18
M
I
S
S
E
S
19
H
E
M
I
20
S
U
S
21
S
22
E
W
E
23
A
R
A
B
24
Y
25
M
A
C
26
E
27
E
G
28
A
29
D
30
S
N
E
E
31
R
32
P
A
S
33
T
R
A
M
I
34
C
L
I
35
E
L
S
E
36
Y
M
A
37
A
38
L
39
F
A
L
F
40
A
41
P
A
R
42
A
S
O
L
43
L
E
I
44
A
L
L
45
S
46
Y
S
L
47
P
A
N
48
A
T
E
L
A
49
S
E
L
50
A
51
H
52
O
P
E
N
53
D
I
M
54
S
55
R
E
V
U
56
P
57
A
Y
58
E
59
E
P
E
60
E
61
G
I
N
O
62
D
63
U
R
H
A
64
M
65
L
I
T
66
E
R
A
T
I
67
A
S
T
O
R
S
68
E
N
D
N
O
T
E
S
69
M
A
S
O
N
S
70
R
E
S
T
71
E
R
E
© 2009, The New York Times12/10/9 ( No. 21,947 )
Across
1
Flap : ADO
4
Best-selling author Tami : HOAG
8
Jughead's topper : BEANIE
14
*Becoming slower, in music : LENTANDO
16
"Dover Beach" poet : ARNOLD
17
*First track on many a Broadway album : OVERTURE
18
Department store department : MISSES
19
Prefix with sphere : HEMI
20
Figure (out) : SUSS
22
Baa-aad mother? : EWE
23
Sheik's home : ARABY
25
Its punch is spiked : MACE
27
G-rated oath : EGAD
30
Billy Idol expression : SNEER
32
*Deli choice : PASTRAMI
34
Mid second-century year : CLI
35
It can follow anything : ELSE
36
Singer Sumac : YMA
37
*Role played by child star Carl Switzer : ALFALFA
41
*Shade provider : PARASOL
43
It's often given in greeting : LEI
44
"___ well ..." : ALLS
46
High-fashion inits. : YSL
47
*Long smoke : PANATELA
49
Frequent word in Psalms : SELAH
52
Break the seal on : OPEN
53
Turns down : DIMS
55
Accelerate sharply : REVUP
57
Backer's word : AYE
59
Descendant of the smallsword : EPEE
61
Soft-rock singer Vannelli : GINO
62
Duke's home : DURHAM
65
*Book reviewers, for example : LITERATI
67
Rich couple on the Titanic : ASTORS
68
What some scholarly texts (and the 10-Downs to all the starred clues) have : ENDNOTES
69
Members of Grand Lodges : MASONS
70
Quietude : REST
71
Before, in a ballade : ERE
Down
1
"Hawai'i ___" (island song) : ALOHA
2
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gail : DEVERS
3
Kind of band : ONEMAN
4
Baldness remedy? : HAT
5
Millstone : ONUS
6
Tight as ___ : ADRUM
7
Pops one's cork : GOESAPE
8
Carpenter's sound, at times : BAM
9
Pennsylvania county or its seat : ERIE
10
See 68-Across : ANSWER
11
Aromatic arrangements : NOSEGAYS
12
Corsica, par exemple : ILE
13
Self-appointed group, for short? : EDS
15
Setting for an annual New York film festival : TRIBECA
21
Charge 200% for, maybe : SCALP
24
Severely chastise : YELLAT
26
Pieces by Thomas Paine : ESSAYS
28
Bandoleer contents : AMMO
29
Oven feature : DIAL
31
Rummaged (through) : RIFLED
33
Comparatively clipped : TERSER
37
Food brand that was the sole sponsor of the first "60 Minutes" broadcast : ALPO
38
___ second : LEAP
39
Bachelor's area, perhaps : FINEARTS
40
Title role in a 1980s sitcom : ALLIE
42
1947 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical : ALLEGRO
45
It may display the alphabet : SAMPLER
48
"Changing the subject ..." : ANYHOO
50
Head in the clouds? : AVIATE
51
Person who might take a bow : HUNTER
54
The Pont Royal spans it : SEINE
56
Grace under fire : POISE
58
Fetch : EARN
60
Nos. on terminal monitors : ETDS
62
It goes against the flow : DAM
63
G8 member : USA
64
13-Down piles: Abbr. : MSS
66
Suffix with exist : ENT

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