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New York Times, Thursday, February 14, 2008

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Magic on a scoreboard?
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 127 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 85%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/14/8 ( No. 21,282 )
Across
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Words ending many riddles : AMI
4
___ of Darkness : LORD
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Montmartre : Paris :: Arbat : ___ : MOSCOW
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___ favor : POR
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Mind : OBEY
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Place for combs : APIARY
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On a lounge chair, maybe : POOLSIDE
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It's under an eyeglass frame : TEMPLE
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O'Toole of "Cat People" : ANNETTE
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"Shut your mouth!" : CANIT
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Brave one : LIONHEART
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Running around : ADO
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Palm reader's reading : HEARTLINE
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Furnish : LEND
29
"The Canterbury Tales" pilgrim : FRIAR
31
"Well, Did You ___?" (Cole Porter song) : EVAH
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Uncle ___ of "Seinfeld" : LEO
34
"Vamoose!" : SCAT
36
Australian ranch pest : EMU
37
Intrinsically : ATHEART
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"Listen up!" : NOWHEARTHIS
42
Ending with soft or light : HEARTED
43
Great Leap Forward figure : MAO
44
___-eyed : SLOE
45
There are eight of these before "baby" in Elvis's "A Big Hunk o' Love" : NOS
47
Like car radios : AMFM
49
Bub : SONNY
51
"Sesame Street" subject : ABCS
55
Was sympathetic : HADAHEART
57
That, to Tomás : ESO
58
Exam measurement unit : HEARTBEAT
59
Sat around : IDLED
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Fix up for a museum, maybe : REFRAME
63
Revenue worker : TAXMAN
65
Jilter : HEARTBREAKER
66
Familiarize (oneself) : ORIENT
67
Rise : HILL
68
Bastille Day season : ETE
69
Changes : EMENDS
70
"Don't change" : STET
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Piglet's pal : ROO
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Dismay : APPALL
2
Cult figure : MOONIE
3
Like some T-shirt designs : IRONON
4
Gave up : LOSTHEART
5
Life lines? : OBIT
6
Inflammatory ailment : REDEAR
7
Cyanine, e.g. : DYE
8
___ Hari : MATA
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Symbol of generosity : OPENHEART
10
Fresh as a daisy, e.g. : SIMILE
11
Michael Redgrave war movie, with "The" : CAPTIVEHEART
12
Magic on a scoreboard? : ORL
13
___ Accords, 1998 Israeli-Palestinian agreement : WYE
18
Three-time U.S. Open champ : LENDL
21
Alternative to first-class : COACH
24
Depresses : DISHEARTENS
26
Handle : NAME
27
Israel's Olmert or Barak : EHUD
29
Takes in : FOOLS
30
Wet : RAINY
33
Coast Guard officer: Abbr. : ENS
35
General on a menu : TSO
37
Asian domestic : AMAH
38
Author Janowitz : TAMA
39
Alabama nickname : HEARTOFDIXIE
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Courted : WOOED
46
Native-born Israeli : SABRA
48
Crazies : MADMEN
50
2007 Eddie Murphy comedy : NORBIT
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It has a big mouth : BEAKER
53
Reached in total : CAMETO
54
Typical lead-in? : STEREO
56
Middle of the country : HEARTLAND
58
Genuine : HEARTFELT
60
Tolkien race : ENTS
62
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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Low digit : TOE
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Fortify : ARM
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Family gathering places : HEARTHS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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