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New York Times, Monday, April 20, 2009

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : "So you've said"
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Scrabble average: 1.98 This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 81%
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J
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© 2009, The New York Times4/20/9 ( No. 21,713 )
Across
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Knights' competition : JOUST
6
Baby kangaroo : JOEY
10
Kid around : JOSH
14
Winfrey who said "I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes" : OPRAH
15
Feminine suffix : ENNE
16
Length x width, for a rectangle : AREA
17
Brother outlaw in the Wild West : JESSEJAMES
19
Spick-and-span : NEAT
20
Suffix with pay : OLA
21
"___ happy returns" : MANY
22
Imbeciles : IDIOTS
24
Ones with caws for alarm? : JAYS
25
Some boxing wins, for short : TKOS
26
Humiliate : ABASE
28
Cause for a mistrial : HUNGJURY
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Not taut : SLACK
33
"Tell ___ lies" : MENO
34
Prime draft status : ONEA
35
Googly-eyed Muppet : ELMO
36
Retail clothing giant ... or a description of 17- and 54-Across and 10- and 24-Down? : JCREW
37
Color for baby girls, traditionally : PINK
38
L.B.J. son-in-law Charles : ROBB
39
Things inflated with hot air? : EGOS
40
Cabalists' plans : PLOTS
41
Mexican beans : FRIJOLES
43
Makes progress : GAINS
44
Up to the task : ABLE
45
19th-century educator Horace : MANN
46
Politico Milk of "Milk" : HARVEY
49
Bo : Obama :: ___ : Roosevelt : FALA
50
"___ Baba and the 40 Thieves" : ALI
53
Jai ___ : ALAI
54
White Sox outfielder nicknamed Shoeless : JOEJACKSON
57
Injured : HURT
58
Choir voice : ALTO
59
Discover by chance : HITON
60
Home of Iowa State University : AMES
61
Back end : REAR
62
Midterms and finals : EXAMS
Down
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"___ left his home in Tucson, Arizona" (Beatles lyric) : JOJO
2
Autobahn auto : OPEL
3
With 45-Down, home of the Big Dipper : URSA
4
Carrier to Copenhagen : SAS
5
1994 Jim Carrey film : THEMASK
6
Levi's, e.g. : JEANS
7
"Time Is ___ Side" (Rolling Stones hit) : ONMY
8
Opposite of WSW : ENE
9
"So you've said" : YESIKNOW
10
"Me and Bobby McGee" singer, 1971 : JANISJOPLIN
11
Nabisco cookie : OREO
12
Chair or sofa : SEAT
13
Bowlers that don't bowl : HATS
18
"The Gong Show" panelist ___ P. Morgan : JAYE
23
Hound : DOG
24
Longtime New York senator for whom a center is named : JACOBJAVITS
25
iPod downloads : TUNES
26
"It's ___ nothing" : ALLOR
27
Thumper's "deer friend" : BAMBI
28
Give a ___ welcome : HEROS
29
The "U" in A.C.L.U. : UNION
30
Payments to landlords : RENTS
31
Talks, talks, talks : YAKS
32
Feudal worker : SERF
33
Fibber of old radio : MCGEE
36
Smucker's container : JELLYJAR
40
Flair : PANACHE
42
U.K. award : OBE
43
Black-tie affair : GALA
45
See 3-Down : MAJOR
46
"That's rich!" : HAHA
47
Homecoming attendee, in brief : ALUM
48
Once-in-a-blue-moon : RARE
49
Greek cheese : FETA
50
Dashiell Hammett hound : ASTA
51
Tapestry device : LOOM
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Places to stay the night : INNS
55
Bullring cheer : OLE
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Spherical breakfast cereal : KIX

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