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New York Times, Thursday, April 21, 2011

Author:
Julian Lim
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : Pasta topper
TotalDebutLatest
261/6/20105/3/2022
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Julian Lim

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Lim. Thursday freshness: 73%
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© 2011, The New York Times4/21/11 ( No. 22,444 )
Across
1
Carnival sideshow feature : FREAK
6
Target of some surgery : CYST
10
Lessons : EBBS
14
Classic detergent brand : RINSO
15
It stayed in Pandora's box : HOPE
16
Shipmate of Spock : SULU
17
Solving hint, part 1 : EACHONEWORDCLUE
20
Alma mater of Gerald Ford : YALELAW
21
Prioritized in the emergency room : TRIAGED
22
Contents of un lago : AGUA
24
Subject of current thinking? : AMPERE
25
Hint, part 2 : INTHISPUZZLE
30
Feature of most paintings of Jesus : BEARD
31
Like a warm bed on a winter night : COZY
32
Classic game console letters : NES
35
Urn : MAKE
36
San ___, Calif. : MATEO
38
Bolder : ROCK
39
Fr. holy one : STE
40
Where Samson slew the Philistines : LEHI
41
Popular 1920s-'50s Harlem ballroom, with "the" : SAVOY
42
Hint, part 3 : ISAHOMOPHONE
45
Dormant volcano near the Iranian border : ARARAT
48
Cold war force : NATO
49
#1 Beatles tune of 1970 : LETITBE
51
Having three parts : TRINARY
56
Hint, part 4 : OFITSACTUALCLUE
58
Prefix with pad : HELI
59
Astronomical distance: Abbr. : LTYR
60
Kind of kitchen : EATIN
61
Bachelor of ___ : ARTS
62
Tails : LORE
63
Pores : RAINS
Down
1
"A Million Little Pieces" author James : FREY
2
Org. that certifies gold and platinum : RIAA
3
Abbr. at the bottom of a letter : ENCL
4
Athlete who posthumously won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1993 : ASHE
5
Tang alternative : KOOLAID
6
Munch on : CHEWUP
7
"Man, that hurts!" : YOW
8
Add : SPOT
9
Mosaic flooring : TERRAZZO
10
Flea : ESCAPE
11
Potbelly, e.g. : BULGE
12
More melancholy : BLUER
13
Upholstery material : SUEDE
18
Horses, to bettors : NAGS
19
How nightclubs are often lit : DIMLY
23
Sail : AUCTION
25
Deep Blue and others : IBMS
26
"That's keen!" : NEAT
27
Chews : TAKE
28
Old Eur. realm : HRE
29
Actress Saldana of "Avatar" : ZOE
32
De ___ (from the start) : NOVO
33
Subj. with graphs : ECON
34
Hebrides isle : SKYE
36
Pasta topper : MEATBALL
37
"Feels won-n-nderful!" : AHH
38
Arena cry : RAH
40
Future attys.' hurdles : LSATS
41
Unread part of a movie review, maybe : SPOILER
42
Eye inflammation : IRITIS
43
Past puberty : MATURE
44
___ vez (again: Sp.) : OTRA
45
Greeting for Obama returning home? : ALOHA
46
Direct (to) : REFER
47
At an angle : ATILT
50
Prefix with -dermal : ECTO
52
March Madness inits. : NCAA
53
Some choir members : ALTI
54
Waist : RUIN
55
Big appetites : YENS
57
Norse god of war : TYR

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