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New York Times, Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Author:
Daniel Kantor
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Mel Gibson's "mad" role
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Daniel Kantor

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Kantor. Wednesday freshness: 74%
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© 2007, The New York Times12/12/7 ( No. 21,218 )
Across
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Snookered : HAD
4
Discourse topic : THEMA
9
Raced the Super G, say : SKIED
14
Butterfly ___ (sash) : OBI
15
Underwater wave generator : SONAR
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Vegas request : HITME
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21 in two cards : BLACKJACK
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Williams of "Happy Days" : ANSON
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"The Lion King" queen : NALA
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Andean tuber : OCA
22
Sapphic works : ODES
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Circular seal : ORING
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Happy hour offering, maybe : TWOFORONE
29
Drinking sprees : BENDERS
31
Ex-G.I.'s grp. : VFW
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"Hurrah!" : YAY
33
Dander : IRE
34
Fruits de ___ (seafood) : MER
35
Use a ewer : POUR
36
C.E.O. protector : GOLDENPARACHUTE
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___ fixe : IDEE
42
Ranch moniker : TEX
43
Ranch call : MOO
44
Annual Scripps event : BEE
45
Drum site : EAR
46
Gymnast's helper : SPOTTER
50
Huge amount, slangily : BAJILLION
53
Runway asset : POISE
54
Cartoonist Addams : CHAS
55
___ Kovic, role for Tom Cruise : RON
57
Machu Picchu dweller : INCA
58
Like melted caramel : GOOEY
60
What 17-, 25-, 36- or 50-Across is : AGOODDEAL
62
Citified : URBAN
63
Initiates, in a cruel way : HAZES
64
Quick to learn : APT
65
Brit's blade : SABRE
66
Fishhook attachment : SNELL
67
Carlos or Felipe : REY
Down
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Pal around (with) : HOBNOB
2
Loud, like trumpets : ABLARE
3
Try to reach a talk show, say : DIALIN
4
Sound uttered while shaking the head : TSK
5
"28 Flavors" chain, for short : HOJO
6
Puts into effect : ENACTS
7
Brilliantly colored bird : MACAW
8
Neighbor of Mo. : ARK
9
Follow secretly : SHADOW
10
Seven-time N.L. home run champ : KINER
11
Dress shop compliment : ITSSOYOU
12
Funny Philips : EMO
13
Iniquity site? : DEN
18
1956 Bernstein operetta : CANDIDE
22
Means of exit : OFFRAMP
24
"Primal Fear" star, 1996 : GERE
26
Recovered from : OVER
27
Suffix with aqua : NAUT
28
Brontë heroine : EYRE
30
Bowling shoes, often : RENTALS
34
Mel Gibson's "mad" role : MAX
35
Airport security request : PHOTOID
36
Bee Gees' surname : GIBB
37
Concert halls : ODEA
38
Willy Loman player on Broadway : LEEJCOBB
39
Gilpin of "Frasier" : PERI
40
Place to brood : COOP
45
Comic Boosler : ELAYNE
46
Catch some Z's : SNOOZE
47
Musical inability : TINEAR
48
Go over the wall, maybe : ESCAPE
49
Donald Trump's field : REALTY
51
Rumormonger's start : IHEAR
52
Item with pedals : ORGAN
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December air : NOEL
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Gloomy guy? : GUS
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"... ___ mouse?" : ORA
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Starts of sneezes : AHS
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Fast www link : DSL

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