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New York Times, Monday, March 8, 2010

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Down : Huckleberry ___
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Stanley Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {KQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Newman. Monday freshness: 51%
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© 2010, The New York Times3/8/10 ( No. 22,035 )
Across
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Capitalized, as a noun : PROPER
7
Tapioca source : CASSAVA
14
Raw material for a steel factory : IRONORE
15
Draws in : ALLURES
16
Home of the U.S. Air Force Academy : COLORADOSPRINGS
18
Adam and ___ : EVE
19
Chimney grime : SOOT
20
Fit ___ (be perfect on) : TOAT
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State that was once a republic : TEXAS
24
Letters after epsilons : ZETAS
27
Vampire slayer of film and TV : BUFFYSUMMERS
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Brit's goodbye : CHEERIO
36
Nephews' counterparts : NIECES
37
Once around the track : LAP
38
Service charge : FEE
39
Santa ___ winds : ANA
40
Stetson or sombrero : HAT
41
Comes into play : ARISES
43
Writers of i.o.u.'s : DEBTORS
45
City in 21-Across : WICHITAFALLS
48
Big name in video arcades : ATARI
49
Literature Nobelist William Butler ___ : YEATS
53
Chester Arthur's middle name : ALAN
56
"Mad Money" network : CNBC
59
Slime : GOO
60
Comedic inspiration for Robin Williams : JONATHANWINTERS
65
Leave high and dry : ABANDON
66
Eroded : ATEINTO
67
Take another sip of : RETASTE
68
Bread bakers' buys : YEASTS
Down
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Show to be true : PROVE
2
Watch with a flexible wristband : ROLEX
3
John Lennon's middle name : ONO
4
___ favor (Spanish "please") : POR
5
Big slices of history : ERAS
6
Make over : REDO
7
Social divisions in India : CASTES
8
Swiss peak : ALP
9
Camera type, for short : SLR
10
"I have no problem with that" : SUITSME
11
River of Florence : ARNO
12
Bright northern star : VEGA
13
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
14
Rapper/actor on "Law & Order: SVU" : ICET
17
Seeping : OOZY
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Honest ___ (presidential moniker) : ABE
23
Overabundance : SURFEIT
25
Path for a mole : TUNNEL
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In a cordial way : AMIABLY
28
Big Spanish celebration : FIESTA
29
Enemy : FOE
30
Sound heard in a canyon : ECHO
31
Front's opposite : REAR
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Old trans-Atlantic jets, for short : SSTS
33
Animal's nail : CLAW
34
Mata ___ (W.W. I spy) : HARI
35
Of sweeping proportions : EPIC
39
Tooth doctors' org. : ADA
42
Musical group with its own 1977-81 TV show : SHANANA
44
Mao ___-tung : TSE
46
Esoteric : ARCANE
47
Huckleberry ___ : FINN
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Representative : AGENT
51
Law school course : TORTS
52
Middling : SOSO
53
Not quite shut : AJAR
54
Ear part : LOBE
55
Sci. course for a doctor-to-be : ANAT
57
Street through Times Sq. : BWAY
58
Give as an example : CITE
61
Six-point scores, for short : TDS
62
Just off the grill : HOT
63
Teachers' union, in brief : NEA
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"___ the season to be jolly" : TIS

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