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New York Times, Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Without much intelligence
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Farmer. Wednesday freshness: 71%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/25/7 ( No. 20,987 )
Across
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King who united England : EDWARD
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Game period: Abbr. : QTR
10
Hinged closer : HASP
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Friend : QUAKER
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Laramie's state: Abbr. : WYO
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They lean to the right: Abbr. : ITAL
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Teleologist's concern : ULTIMATEPURPOSE
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Word on a Mexican stop sign : ALTO
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Bugged : WIRETAPPED
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French flower : LYS
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1/100 of a euro : CENT
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Vainglory : EGO
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On the side of : FOR
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Part of the verb "to be," to Popeye : YAM
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Overlook : SKIP
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"September 1, 1939" poet : AUDEN
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Old Asian ruler : KHAN
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Jaffa's land: Abbr. : ISR
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Figuring something out : USINGONESNOODLE
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A hallucinogen : LSD
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Hanging ___ a thread : ONBY
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August 15, 1945 : VJDAY
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Nosedive : DROP
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Indent setter : TAB
48
Carrier with the in-flight magazine Scanorama : SAS
49
Actress Gardner : AVA
51
Cries during a paso doble : OLES
53
"It's not TV. It's ___" : HBO
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Make worse : EXACERBATE
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Clunker of a car : HEAP
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Part of a city code : ZONINGORDINANCE
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Bring to naught : RUIN
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Give the coup de grâce : END
65
Lamebrain, in slang : NIMROD
66
___ extra cost : ATNO
67
Some ESPN highlights, for short : TDS
68
Oliver Twist and others : GAMINS
Down
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Like two dimes and four nickels : EQUAL
2
Without much intelligence : DULLY
3
Actress Naomi of "Mulholland Dr." : WATTS
4
Sony co-founder Morita : AKIO
5
Post-retirement activity? : REM
6
Bureau part : DRAWER
7
Places to find the letters circled in the grid : QWERTYKEYBOARDS
8
Use 7-Down : TYPE
9
Worker who makes rounds : ROUTEMAN
10
Zoo heavyweights, informally : HIPPOS
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On : ATOP
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MS. enclosure : SASE
13
Argued (for) : PLED
18
10th anniversary gift : TIN
19
Scandal sheet : RAG
23
Neighbor of Gabon : CONGO
25
Quagmire : FEN
27
Sounds leading up to a sneeze : AHS
29
Pirate captain of legend : KIDD
30
La Española, e.g. : ISLA
31
Hunted animals : PREY
32
"___ Lang Syne" : AULD
33
U.S. ally in W.W. II : USSR
34
One-named singer with the 2001 hit "Thank You" : DIDO
36
Exploding stars : NOVAS
39
Meeting expectations : ONTARGET
40
Cagers' grp. : NBA
41
Breakfast drinks, for short : OJS
46
"Scent of a Woman" Oscar winner : PACINO
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Going out with : SEEING
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Title for one on the way to sainthood: Abbr. : VEN
52
British "Inc." : LTD
53
Artist Matisse : HENRI
54
Strips for breakfast : BACON
55
Some opinion pieces : OPEDS
56
Old Testament book : EZRA
57
Eliminate : XOUT
58
Have ___ with : ANIN
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It both precedes and follows James : BOND
60
Soccer star Mia : HAMM
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Actress Long : NIA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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