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New York Times, Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Down : Mall info source
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 41 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Chen. Tuesday freshness: 29%
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© 2012, The New York Times3/13/12 ( No. 22,771 )
Across
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Above : OVER
5
Badly rough up : MAUL
9
Despot's desire : POWER
14
Wife whose face was never seen on "Cheers" : VERA
15
Art Deco artist : ERTE
16
Response to "Am not!" : ARESO
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Awestruck : AGOG
18
Tons : ALOT
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Group valuing high I.Q.'s : MENSA
20
*"Everyone off!" : LASTSTOP
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*Exactly right : SPOTON
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NATO part: Abbr. : ATL
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Put-it-together-yourself company : IKEA
26
Toon Mr. ___ : MAGOO
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*Often-restricted zone : AIRSPACE
33
Thanksgiving side dish : YAM
34
Cow catcher : LASSO
36
Loft's locale : BARN
37
*Bag remover, of a sort : EYELIFT
39
*Jumper alternative : SETSHOT
42
Singers of "Voulez-Vous" and "Waterloo" : ABBA
43
Heroic Schindler : OSKAR
45
Many a "Star Trek" officer: Abbr. : ENS
46
*Wrestling move : HEADLOCK
49
Good to go : READY
51
Norse prankster : LOKI
52
Limit : CAP
53
*Deckhand, e.g. : SEAMAN
57
Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? : DEADENDS
62
"In the raw," "in the red" or "in the running" : IDIOM
63
Architect with an avian name : WREN
64
Cancel : XOUT
65
Assassin in black : NINJA
66
When repeated, a Polynesian island : BORA
67
Heroine in one of Salinger's "Nine Stories" : ESME
68
Four Holy Roman emperors : OTTOS
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U.S.M.C. truant : AWOL
70
"Man and Superman" playwright : SHAW
Down
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Ellipsoidal : OVAL
2
Singer Suzanne : VEGA
3
Cupid's Greek counterpart : EROS
4
Shabby : RAGTAG
5
Beefy entree : MEATLOAF
6
Janis's partner in the funnies : ARLO
7
Shangri-las : UTOPIAS
8
Court cry : LET
9
Patagonian plains : PAMPAS
10
Snack with a Double Stuf variety : OREO
11
Departed : WENT
12
Gas brand with a tiger symbol : ESSO
13
Horse hue : ROAN
21
Popular vodka, informally : STOLI
22
Sun. message : SER
25
Mall info source : KIOSK
26
Evasive response : MAYBE
27
Tiny creature : AMEBA
29
"Masterpiece Theatre" network : PBS
30
Reacted to a massage, maybe : AAHED
31
Old pal : CRONY
32
"The Lord of the Rings" tree creatures : ENTS
33
"Woo-hoo!" : YEAH
35
Keep on the shelves : STOCK
38
Boy : LAD
40
What an otoscope explores : EARCANAL
41
Tire feature : TREAD
44
Hobos' hangout : SKIDROW
47
Alpaca cousins : LLAMAS
48
Suffix with ball : OON
50
High points : APEXES
53
___-Soviet relations : SINO
54
Move text around : EDIT
55
Isn't incorrect? : AINT
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"Mr. ___ Risin'" (Jim Morrison biography) : MOJO
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Snack : NOSH
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Russian legislature : DUMA
61
Beefy entree : STEW
63
Ring org. : WBA

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