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New York Times, Friday, April 1, 2011

Author:
Elizabeth A. Long
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Down : ___ instant
TotalDebutLatest
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Elizabeth A. Long

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Long. Friday freshness: 1%
Jim Horne notes:

Down answers in the right side of the grid are NORTHBOUND LANES, meaning they have to be read bottom-to-top. There have been some great April Fool's Day puzzles over the years.

Here are some of my other favorites: 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010.

1
G
2
O
3
G
4
O
5
A
6
R
7
M
8
R
9
E
10
S
11
C
12
U
13
E
14
A
R
O
N
15
I
I
I
16
A
V
E
R
S
E
17
Z
I
N
C
18
R
F
D
19
C
A
N
A
L
S
20
E
G
G
O
21
B
E
D
22
N
R
A
23
M
24
I
A
25
L
26
O
W
C
L
27
A
28
S
29
S
30
B
31
O
32
R
I
N
G
33
E
C
O
34
D
R
A
Y
35
A
R
E
N
A
S
36
O
A
T
37
N
I
N
A
38
R
E
I
G
N
39
A
F
T
40
K
U
D
O
S
41
H
I
N
T
42
O
T
T
43
S
C
O
N
E
S
44
O
D
E
R
45
D
O
H
46
N
U
B
I
L
E
47
P
A
R
A
48
L
Y
Z
E
49
A
H
H
50
F
A
S
51
R
52
E
C
53
T
54
R
55
A
56
P
57
G
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R
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A
F
T
S
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O
R
S
61
R
O
T
E
62
N
O
D
I
C
E
63
A
N
A
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O
M
I
T
65
P
E
A
C
H
Y
66
D
I
G
67
N
A
P
S
© 2011, The New York Times4/1/11 ( No. 22,424 )
Across
1
"Get out of here! Fast!" : GOGO
5
Ready : ARM
8
Free : RESCUE
14
Elvis follower : ARON
15
Article of the Constitution that defines treason : III
16
Not at all eager : AVERSE
17
Major Peruvian export : ZINC
18
Mail letters, in the past : RFD
19
Lock holders : CANALS
20
Brand in the frozen food section : EGGO
21
Place for a spring : BED
22
Range grp. : NRA
23
Hip-hop singer with the 2008 hit "Paper Planes" : MIA
25
Hardly blue-blooded : LOWCLASS
30
Dead, so to speak : BORING
33
Green: Prefix : ECO
34
Utility cart : DRAY
35
Circus sites : ARENAS
36
___ bread : OAT
37
English novelist Bawden : NINA
38
Rule : REIGN
39
Behind : AFT
40
Praise : KUDOS
41
Spill a little? : HINT
42
Giant #4 : OTT
43
Serving in John Betjeman's poem "How to Get on in Society" : SCONES
44
Baltic feeder : ODER
45
Head-slapper's cry : DOH
46
Available, in a way : NUBILE
47
Disable : PARALYZE
49
"That's the spot!" : AHH
50
Scale notes : FAS
51
Kind of center : REC
53
Door without a knob, say : TRAP
57
Transplants, surgically : GRAFTS
60
"Grey's Anatomy" locales, for short : ORS
61
Repetition : ROTE
62
"Uh-uh!" : NODICE
63
Japan Airlines competitor : ANA
64
Drop : OMIT
65
Hunky-dory : PEACHY
66
Go for : DIG
67
Refreshers : NAPS
Down
1
Look (over) : GAZE
2
First: Abbr. : ORIG
3
Hammer accompanier : GONG
4
Passing preventer : ONCOMINGTRAFFIC
5
They're subject to rapid inflation : AIRBAGS
6
Plenteous : RIFE
7
Conventional : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
8
Lincoln, maybe : TOWNCAR
9
Yen for : CRAVE
10
Half of almost any odd-numbered Interstate highway : NORTHBOUNDLANES
11
Bow : ARC
12
Southeastern Conf. team : LSU
13
Date : SEE
24
___ instant : INAN
26
___ Bell : TACO
27
2002 Katherine Frank political biography : INDIRA
28
Helmsley and others : LEONAS
29
Some schoolwork : ESSAYS
30
Go around for rounds? : BARHOP
31
Brand in the frozen food section : OREIDA
32
Rob on a set : REINER
39
Everything : ATOZ
40
Twain hero, informally : HUCK
42
It starts "Tell me, muse, of the man of many resources" : ODYSSEY
43
Spare items in garages : GASCANS
48
Trunk part : LATCH
52
About : INRE
54
Love overseas : AMOR
55
Some bread : PITA
56
Gait : STEP
57
Econ. figure : GNP
58
Salmon ___ : ROE
59
Org. with a Seal of Acceptance : ADA

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

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