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New York Times, Monday, December 17, 2012

Author:
Elizabeth A. Long
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Down : Source of some fluff
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Elizabeth A. Long

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Long. Monday freshness: 81%
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D
2
A
3
M
4
E
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D
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I
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E
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M
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A
10
C
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T
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U
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P
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A
L
E
X
15
U
R
D
U
16
B
O
I
S
E
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K
I
T
T
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Y
H
A
W
K
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U
R
G
E
S
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A
N
E
R
A
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N
I
L
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E
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N
E
S
T
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R
E
S
U
L
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T
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N
U
M
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B
E
R
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D
E
A
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F
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K
E
I
L
L
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O
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R
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J
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A
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D
E
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G
A
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P
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R
E
L
I
V
E
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A
L
A
40
C
A
T
S
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C
A
N
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L
E
D
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M
O
N
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G
O
L
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I
L
L
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T
Y
R
O
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B
E
D
R
O
O
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M
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I
D
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L
E
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E
I
S
N
E
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R
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S
I
X
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T
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H
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S
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C
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E
L
S
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G
L
E
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E
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S
T
O
O
L
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A
L
I
T
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O
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O
C
T
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O
P
U
S
S
Y
66
V
I
O
L
A
67
D
U
N
K
68
R
E
E
L
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S
A
N
E
R
70
Y
E
A
S
71
E
A
S
Y
© 2012, The New York Times12/17/12 ( No. 23,050 )
Across
1
"There Is Nothin' Like a ___" ("South Pacific" song) : DAME
5
Per ___ (expense account amount) : DIEM
9
Misbehave : ACTUP
14
"Jeopardy!" host Trebek : ALEX
15
Pakistani tongue : URDU
16
Idaho's capital : BOISE
17
Wright flight site : KITTYHAWK
19
Impulses : URGES
20
"It's the end of ___" : ANERA
21
River near the Pyramids : NILE
23
Hornets' home : NEST
24
Outcome : RESULT
26
The "N" of PIN : NUMBER
28
Needing sign language, say : DEAF
30
Garrison of "A Prairie Home Companion" : KEILLOR
33
Green gem : JADE
36
Cumberland ___ : GAP
38
Go over in one's imagination : RELIVE
39
Chicken ___ king : ALA
40
Hospital diagnostic : CATSCAN
42
Was out front : LED
43
Genghis Khan, for one : MONGOL
45
Needing hospitalization, say : ILL
46
Beginner : TYRO
47
Place to sleep : BEDROOM
49
Barely run the engine : IDLE
51
Former Disney head Michael : EISNER
53
Wedge fractions in Trivial Pursuit : SIXTHS
57
Cartoon frames : CELS
59
___ club (singing group) : GLEE
61
Aid for reaching the top shelf, maybe : STOOL
62
Samuel on the Supreme Court : ALITO
64
James Bond film involving a Fabergé egg : OCTOPUSSY
66
String quartet member : VIOLA
67
Dip, as a doughnut : DUNK
68
Film spool : REEL
69
Having a clearer head : SANER
70
Votes that are an anagram of 71-Across : YEAS
71
"No sweat!" : EASY
Down
1
Senegal's capital : DAKAR
2
Skirt style : ALINE
3
Doles (out) : METES
4
Stick out : EXTRUDE
5
Dolt's response : DUH
6
It's bordered by three countries with "-stan" in their names : IRAN
7
Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood" : EDWIN
8
Eskimo boot : MUKLUK
9
___ Dhabi : ABU
10
Institution in Ithaca, N.Y. : CORNELL
11
Perennial whose flowers are typically orange with black dots : TIGERLILY
12
Avails oneself of : USES
13
Little brother, to an older sibling, say : PEST
18
School where the Clintons met : YALE
22
Green gems : EMERALDS
25
Follow behind : TAGALONG
27
"Très ___" ("Very well," in French) : BIEN
29
Obese : FAT
31
Atop : OVER
32
Fresh take, informally : REDO
33
Either side of a doorway : JAMB
34
___ vera : ALOE
35
Source of some fluff : DANDELION
37
Omega preceder : PSI
40
Dove sounds : COOS
41
151, in old Rome : CLI
44
Hard-to-chew piece of meat : GRISTLE
46
Surface quality : TEXTURE
48
Tune : MELODY
50
Favor a "th" sound : LISP
52
Feed the same line : RECUE
54
Where navies go : TOSEA
55
Water carriers : HOSES
56
In a wily way : SLYLY
57
Cleveland b-ball team : CAVS
58
Kazan of Hollywood : ELIA
60
Sicilian mount : ETNA
63
It's dipped in the water : OAR
65
Allows : OKS

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