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New York Times, Monday, December 22, 2008

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Down : "But of course!"
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 37 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 14%
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© 2008, The New York Times12/22/8 ( No. 21,594 )
Across
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Sidewalk Santa worker, e.g. : TEMP
5
Bugler's bedtime tune : TAPS
9
Vagrant : TRAMP
14
Felipe or Moises of baseball : ALOU
15
Sahara irrigator : NILE
16
Site of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum : HANOI
17
First in a John Updike novel series : RABBITRUN
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Confess (to) : OWNUP
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Twin Mary-Kate or Ashley : OLSEN
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Deface : MAR
23
Info on a pill bottle : DOSE
24
Batsman at a wicket, say : CRICKETPLAYER
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Spunk : METTLE
29
Give forth : EMIT
30
Turn down : DENY
31
Tree popular in street names : ELM
33
Gross : NASTY
37
"The loneliest number," in a Three Dog Night song : ONE
38
"Get going!," and a hint for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across : HOPTOIT
41
Little Jack Horner's dessert : PIE
42
Zest : GUSTO
44
Hydrotherapy provider : SPA
45
Places for holsters : HIPS
46
Bedouin, e.g. : ARAB
49
Long-necked waders : EGRETS
51
Holder of an unfair trial : KANGAROOCOURT
55
"Oh, woe!" : ALAS
56
Fish-sticks fish : COD
57
Hearty steak : TBONE
60
Breads with pockets : PITAS
62
Umbrellalike fungus : TOADSTOOL
65
Theodore Roosevelt, to Eleanor : UNCLE
66
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
67
Extremities : ENDS
68
Giggly laugh : TEHEE
69
Channel for football and basketball games : ESPN
70
Out with the fleet : ASEA
Down
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Root used for poi : TARO
2
Carrier to Tel Aviv : ELAL
3
Crowded, frenzied gatherings : MOBSCENES
4
Middle school stage, commonly : PUBERTY
5
Grenade filler : TNT
6
Balloon filler : AIR
7
Large feather : PLUME
8
House mate? : SENATE
9
However, briefly : THO
10
Numbers yet to be crunched : RAWDATA
11
Vex : ANNOY
12
Computer attachment : MOUSE
13
Peter the pepper picker : PIPER
18
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
22
Meas. of engine speed : RPM
25
Queenly role for Liz : CLEO
26
Large brown algae : KELP
27
Bits of fluff : LINT
28
Restaurant posting : MENU
30
One enrolled in obedience school : DOG
32
Washington and McKinley: Abbr. : MTS
34
Receptacles for tobacco chewers : SPITTOONS
35
A large part of a waitress's income : TIPS
36
"Right on!" : YES
38
Israeli dance : HORA
39
Grp. in which many of the leaders wear robes : OPEC
40
Othello's undoer : IAGO
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Household downsizing event : TAGSALE
45
Chamomile product : HERBTEA
47
Rocket trajectory : ARC
48
Little foot warmer : BOOTEE
50
Boring routines : RUTS
51
Done for : KAPUT
52
Skirt with a flare : ALINE
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"But of course!" : NATCH
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Signs of decay : ODORS
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Knotty swelling : NODE
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Designer Schiaparelli : ELSA
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Visit : SEE
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Unit of electricity : AMP
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Vice president Quayle : DAN

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