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New York Times, Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Author:
Dan Schoenholz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Cabinet department
TotalDebutLatest
295/5/20102/22/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
11374400
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
231.6217247%
Dan Schoenholz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Schoenholz. Wednesday freshness: 89%
Jim Horne notes:

It's interesting to compare this with Mr. Schoenholz's previous rebus.

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A
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N
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ME
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C
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R
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G
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R
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M
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R
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ME
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ME
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H
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G
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ME
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Y
© 2012, The New York Times12/26/12 ( No. 23,059 )
Across
1
Some cartoons : ANIME
5
"___ de Lune" : CLAIR
10
Bills, e.g. : CASH
14
Boomers' babies : GENX
15
Out of the way : ASIDE
16
Folkie who chronicled Alice : ARLO
17
___ de boeuf : ROTI
18
Best Director of 1997 : JAMESCAMERON
20
Speech opener, often : ANECDOTE
22
Michael Jackson wore one : GLOVE
23
Touts' hangouts : RAILS
24
E.R. administration : CPR
26
"Thumbs up!" : YES
27
Sudden pain : TWINGE
29
Dark area on the moon : MARE
30
Windsor's prov. : ONT
31
Ecological communities : BIOMES
32
Not so stuffy : AIRIER
34
Hospital fluids : SERA
35
Egocentric person's mantra : MEMEMEMEME
36
Like some seas and teas : HIGH
40
Apply pressure to : LEANON
42
Loy of "The Thin Man" : MYRNA
43
Winner's take, sometimes : ALL
46
Tip sheet figures : ODDS
47
Round-tripper : HOMERUN
48
Marker letters : IOU
49
His, to Henri : SES
50
Cola wars "combatant" : PEPSI
51
Soap star Susan : LUCCI
53
Chose : SELECTED
56
Statistic from the Bureau of Labor Statistics : MEDIANINCOME
59
Untalented writer : HACK
60
Clears after taxes : NETS
61
Have significance : COUNT
62
School attended by 007 : ETON
63
Difficult journey : TREK
64
Awards at which 51-Across was finally a winner in 1999 : EMMYS
65
Choosing-up-sides word : MEENY
Down
1
Pearl Mosque city : AGRA
2
Word in the names of some bright colors : NEON
3
Cabinet department : INTERIOR
4
Chile relleno, e.g. : MEXICANMEAL
5
Sweet-talk : CAJOLE
6
Hurdles for future D.A.'s : LSATS
7
Actress Anouk : AIMEE
8
Bouncers' requests : IDS
9
___ center : REC
10
Caravan transport : CAMEL
11
Often-dry stream : ARROYO
12
Neatnik's opposite : SLOVEN
13
"No lie!" : HONEST
19
Correspond : AGREE
21
Archaeological sites : DIGS
24
Bizet opera : CARMEN
25
7 or 11, e.g. : PRIME
27
"Cougar Town" network : TBS
28
Golf's Michelle : WIE
29
Predecessors of photocopies : MIMEOS
32
Changes constitutionally : AMENDS
33
ABAB, for one : RHYMESCHEME
35
Fort ___, Md. : MEADE
37
Rub the wrong way : IRRITATE
38
Bearded antelope : GNU
39
Qin dynasty follower : HAN
41
Rose-red dye : EOSIN
42
Act the gloomy Gus : MOPE
43
Flu, e.g. : AILMENT
44
"Speak up!" : LOUDER
45
Acrylic sheet material : LUCITE
47
Batters' toppers : HELMETS
50
Indiana's state flower : PEONY
52
Cooper's handiwork : CASK
53
Lowlife : SCUM
54
Business school subj. : ECON
55
Designer label letters : DKNY
57
Clinch, as a deal : ICE
58
Pierre ou Jacques : NOM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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