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New York Times, Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Author:
Clive Probert
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Down : Hardened (to)
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Clive Probert

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Probert. Wednesday freshness: 94%
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© 2013, The New York Times4/24/13 ( No. 23,178 )
Across
1
Summit conference goal : PACT
5
Word before tight or loose : HANG
9
Asian nation suffix : STAN
13
At full speed : AMAIN
15
Bow-toting deity : AMOR
16
Jared of "Mr. Nobody" : LETO
17
___ diem : CARPE
18
Some cruise ships, informally : LOVEBOATS
20
Repetitive French greeting : ALLOALLO
22
Put aside for later : TABLE
23
Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" : FIFTEENMEN
25
Möbius strip's lack : END
27
Gather, logically : INFER
28
Dessert menu phrase : ALAMODE
30
Russian city, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics : SOCHI
33
Nameless, briefly : ANON
34
Ken Olin series about baby boomers : THIRTYSOMETHING
40
Activision's Guitar ___ : HERO
41
___ Motors (electric car company) : TESLA
42
State where bolo ties are common : ARIZONA
45
Live : EXIST
49
Lake Michigan borderer: Abbr. : WIS
50
One who hoped things would pan out? : FORTYNINER
53
Dull tapping sound : THRUM
55
Food critics, often : EPICURES
57
"You lose!" : GAMESOVER
59
Place to play or fight : ARENA
60
Like fine whiskeys : AGED
61
Painter Magritte : RENE
62
Second-stringers : BENCH
63
Monocle part : LENS
64
LAX postings : ETAS
65
Willy Wonka's creator : DAHL
Down
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Spotted rodent : PACA
2
Tourist town of Salerno : AMALFI
3
Comedian with the 1972 album "Class Clown" : CARLIN
4
Beginning in basketball : TIPOFF
5
Berry of "Die Another Day" : HALLE
6
"___ for the Misbegotten" : AMOON
7
Election mo. : NOV
8
Fairy-tale escapee from a witch : GRETEL
9
One whose work is not picking up? : SLOB
10
"Spanglish" actress : TEALEONI
11
Serve, as a maid would a lady : ATTENDON
12
KenKen entries: Abbr. : NOS
14
Least like a 9-Down : NEATEST
19
Eric of "Troy" : BANA
21
Sports artist Neiman : LEROY
24
Injures severely : MAIMS
26
China's ___ Xiaoping : DENG
29
___-jongg : MAH
31
Astronomical red giant : CSTAR
32
Weed whacker : HOE
34
Midwinter event, often : THAW
35
Ethnic background : HERITAGE
36
Partiers at a hooley : IRISHMEN
37
"Frasier" role : ROZ
38
Nicholas Gage memoir : ELENI
39
Airport queue unit : TAXICAB
43
"Just the Two ___" : OFUS
44
"Enough already!" : NOMORE
46
Hardened (to) : INURED
47
Sister (and occasional rival) of Venus : SERENA
48
Mariana ___ (world's deepest ocean point) : TRENCH
51
"Lovergirl" singer ___ Marie : TEENA
52
Belgian city sometimes mispronounced as "wipers" : YPRES
54
Sommeliers' suggestions : REDS
56
Witty Mort : SAHL
57
Guy's partner : GAL
58
Rookie's mentor, maybe : VET

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