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New York Times, Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Author:
Gary Whitehead
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : Clinton's first secretary of labor
TotalDebutLatest
154/10/20064/25/2017
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.573849%
Gary J. Whitehead

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Whitehead. Wednesday freshness: 35%
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© 2008, The New York Times3/19/8 ( No. 21,316 )
Across
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___ and cheese (lunch dish) : MAC
4
Parasite's need : HOST
8
Too sentimental : SAPPY
13
Sporty Camaro : IROC
15
Cheese town : EDAM
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I.R.S. option : EFILE
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Wife of Jacob : LEAH
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It's handed down : LORE
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1974 pardon recipient : NIXON
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Desktop publisher's need : LASERPRINTER
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Regards highly : ESTEEMS
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Wild cat : OCELOT
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Baseball rarity : TIE
29
Hawkeye's home : IOWA
31
Acapulco gold : ORO
32
Company with a spokesduck : AFLAC
35
It may be upped : ANTE
36
Fifth qtrs., so to speak : OTS
37
Commuter's woe : RUSHHOURTRAFFIC
41
Turkish V.I.P. : AGA
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Logical start? : IDEO
43
Fountain spot, maybe : PLAZA
44
Except : BUT
45
Did a glissade : SLID
46
Tasman ___ : SEA
47
Bagel choice : SESAME
49
Like Duchamp's "Mona Lisa" : GOATEED
53
Def Leppard, for one : HARDROCKBAND
56
Deceptive talker : JIVER
59
Fair-hiring org. : EEOC
60
"At Last" singer James : ETTA
61
Really bothered : ATEAT
62
Tracking ability : NOSE
63
Fishing boat : DORY
64
Chocolatier's gear : MOLDS
65
River of Flanders : YSER
66
Super ___ (game system) : NES
Down
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___ Bornes (card game) : MILLE
2
Precincts : AREAS
3
Take it easy : COAST
4
"S O S!" : HELPME
5
Signs of decay : ODORS
6
Bollywood costume : SARI
7
Some feds : TMEN
8
Tutor of Nero : SENECA
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Full of ardor : AFIRE
10
Flicks : PIX
11
Mahmoud Abbas's org. : PLO
12
Nikkei currency : YEN
14
Spotted speedster : CHEETAH
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Clinton's first secretary of labor : REICH
22
Word with fire or water : TOWER
25
Bath sponge : LOOFA
26
Baseball's Big Papi : ORTIZ
27
"Vissi d'arte" opera : TOSCA
29
Way to indicate mistakes : INRED
30
"Beetle Bailey" dog : OTTO
32
Most Al Jazeera viewers : ARABS
33
Bach offering : FUGUE
34
Aspiring attys.' exams : LSATS
35
Q7 maker : AUDI
38
Crude carrier : OILER
39
More or less vertical, at sea : APEAK
40
Tow truck type : FLATBED
45
Common sense : SMARTS
46
Game with a team of 11 : SOCCER
48
On the horizon : AHEAD
49
The Cratchits' Christmas dinner : GOOSE
50
Stationery brand : EATON
51
___ nous : ENTRE
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Critical times : DDAYS
54
Turn down : DENY
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Model T contemporaries : REOS
56
What 20-, 37- and 53-Across may do : JAM
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"Am ___ believe ...?" : ITO
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M.p.h., e.g. : VEL

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