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New York Times, Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Author:
Kristian House
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Inside dope
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222/17/20095/25/20212
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21.6510663%
Kristian House

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 1.94 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. House. Wednesday freshness: 77%
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© 2010, The New York Times2/3/10 ( No. 22,002 )
Across
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Infamous motel of film : BATES
6
Son of Seth : ENOS
10
Dual-___ engine : CARB
14
"___ Jubilee," weekly 1950s country music program on ABC : OZARK
15
Serenader's subject : LOVE
16
Baseball family name : ALOU
17
Amish conveyance : BUGGY
18
___ fixe : IDEE
19
Main point : GIST
20
Parental order #1 : BRUSHYOURTEETH
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"Darn tootin'!" : YEP
24
Inauguration Day words : OATH
25
Rte. 66, e.g. : HWY
26
Co. split off from Time Warner in 2009 : AOL
27
Dr. with several Grammys : DRE
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Actress Benaderet of "Petticoat Junction" : BEA
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Parental order #2 : PICKUPYOURTOYS
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Stallion-to-be : COLT
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Sculler's need : OAR
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___ of lamb : RACK
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Parental order #3 : DOYOURHOMEWORK
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Place for a mudbath : SPA
45
Seasoning for pommes frites : SEL
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Hubbub : DIN
47
Govt. investigation : INQ
48
Rapper with the #1 hit "Empire State of Mind" : JAYZ
50
Put on : AIR
53
Reply to the question in 13- and 57-Down : BECAUSEISAIDSO
57
"___ #1!" : WERE
58
Emphatic type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Wheel on a spur : ROWEL
60
"Flower power" musical : HAIR
61
Newcastle upon ___, England : TYNE
62
One of a Disney septet : DWARF
63
Big laughs : YUKS
64
Marked, in a way : EXED
65
Ranee's wrap : SAREE
Down
1
Coventry cop : BOBBY
2
Fair-weather hue : AZURE
3
Touch base after a fly-out : TAGUP
4
Joule fractions : ERGS
5
Abdul-Jabbar's trademark shot : SKYHOOK
6
Silas Marner's creator : ELIOT
7
Slangy "That's obvious!" : NODUH
8
___ easy : OVER
9
Like a sheer nightie : SEETHRU
10
Cautious, as a reply : CAGEY
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Touched down : ALIT
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___ Hashanah : ROSH
13
With 57-Down, possible response to 20-, 31- or 39-Across : BUT
21
River to Korea Bay : YALU
22
Vessel by a basin : EWER
26
Part of a Spanish play : ACTO
27
All-nighter site, perhaps : DORM
28
Wild tusker : BOAR
29
Flemish painter Jan van ___ : EYCK
30
"Fire away!" : ASK
31
Inside dope : POOP
32
Kovalchuk of the N.H.L. : ILYA
33
Science fiction writer Frederik : POHL
34
7'6" N.B.A. star : YAO
35
1982 Disney cybermovie : TRON
36
Some Amazon.com mdse. : CDS
40
Alma mater for Adm. Richard Byrd: Abbr. : USNA
41
Give in return : REQUITE
42
"Slow Churned" brand : EDYS
43
Some Hogwarts students : WIZARDS
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Patisserie artisans : ICERS
48
Astrologer Dixon : JEANE
49
Felt green around the gills : AILED
50
Exchange of TV smears, maybe : ADWAR
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River of Grenoble : ISERE
52
John who loved Pocahontas : ROLFE
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Steady guy : BEAU
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Estrada of "CHiPs" : ERIK
55
Charon's river : STYX
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Where James T. Kirk was born and raised : IOWA
57
See 13-Down : WHY

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