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New York Times, Friday, December 28, 2012

Author:
Ashton Anderson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Down : Prospect
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1411/16/20093/26/20228
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0100094
ScrabDebutFresh
1.627777%
Ashton Anderson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Anderson. Friday freshness: 28%
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F
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© 2012, The New York Times12/28/12 ( No. 23,061 )
Across
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Opinion add-on : JUSTSAYIN
10
It can go from liquid to frozen : ASSET
15
Taqueria treat : ENCHILADA
16
Critter with humanlike fingerprints : KOALA
17
Natalie Portman's birthplace : JERUSALEM
18
It gets a chick's attention : CLUCK
19
Where R.F.K. and his brother Teddy went to law school : UVA
20
10/15, e.g. : IDES
22
Really long : ACHE
23
Trendsetting : NEWWAVE
27
Steps on a scale : DEGREES
29
Intertangle : ENLACE
30
Sabre ou pistolet : ARME
31
Square for a roll : PAT
32
With 46-Down, a bit below so-so : NOT
33
Flipping out : GOINGAPE
35
Opening pitch : SPIEL
38
Many an ascot wearer : FOP
39
It's a gas : XENON
40
One coming from Mars? : CANDYBAR
42
Apt rhyme for 26-Down : PET
43
Letters for a princess : HRH
44
Cry that's often sung : TADA
45
Complimentary : GRATIS
49
Unworldliness : NAIVETE
51
Flimflam : FASTONE
52
"... ___ can't get up!" : ANDI
53
"A failure of imagination," per Graham Greene : HATE
55
Part of 10/15: Abbr. : OCT
56
Factor in a beauty contest : POISE
58
Wowed basketball announcer's cry : WHATASHOT
62
Old car with ignition trouble? : PINTO
63
Spitfire landing locale : AERODROME
64
"Pale Blue Dot" author : SAGAN
65
Snide reply to being given a chore : YESMASTER
Down
1
Dull : JEJUNE
2
Like bars that are often near horses : UNEVEN
3
Impenetrable script : SCRAWL
4
Night to watch "The Office": Abbr. : THU
5
Family moniker : SIS
6
Like : ALA
7
Clinton, Bush or Cheney : YALIE
8
Like many perps in lineups : IDED
9
Try to impress by association : NAMEDROP
10
Dog show org. : AKC
11
Like panels on some racecars : SOLAR
12
It's handled on the range : SAUCEPAN
13
Tightwad : ELCHEAPO
14
Chills briefly : TAKESTEN
21
Pro beginner? : SEMI
24
Dropped off : WANED
25
Assistant : ACOLYTE
26
Cur curer : VET
28
Most Atari-playing kids : GENXERS
30
Ancient meeting place : AGORA
34
Intimate : GETAT
35
Brandy alternative : SCHNAPPS
36
Theme of "The Tell-Tale Heart" : PARANOIA
37
Holed up : INHIDING
38
Hard-to-block jumper, in hoops : FADEAWAY
41
Smallish room : BATH
42
Grp. interested in long drives : PGA
46
See 32-Across : TOOHOT
47
Form 1040 info : INCOME
48
Certain volleyball player : SETTER
50
Prospect : VISTA
51
Quaker makers? : FEARS
54
Quaker pronoun : THEE
57
Long time : EON
59
Twain boy : TOM
60
Listerine bottle abbr. : ADA
61
Educ. higher-ups? : SRS

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