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New York Times, Thursday, April 28, 2011

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Down : First name of two first ladies
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JVXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Cee. Thursday freshness: 64%
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© 2011, The New York Times4/28/11 ( No. 22,451 )
Across
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March time? : PURIM
6
iPad downloads : APPS
10
Humbug : GUFF
14
Minute creature : AMEBA
15
Tales of the Round Table, e.g. : LORE
16
Home of the Gardermoen airport : OSLO
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Titular jurisdiction of 30-Across : WALES
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Hanna-Barbera creation : TOON
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Hair-razing stuff : NAIR
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Event of 4/29/11 : ROYALWEDDING
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Class conducted online : WEBINAR
26
Name of six British monarchs : GEORGE
27
Kind of pass : EURAIL
28
Lead-in to Little League : TBALL
30
Bridegroom of 4/29/11 : PRINCEWILLIAM
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Knockout count : TEN
34
Honor bestowed by 53-Down : OBE
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Ages ___ : AGO
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Bride of 4/29/11 : KATEMIDDLETON
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"La ___" (traditional Mexican nuptials song) : BAMBA
46
Em, for one : AUNTIE
47
Food brand whose name is a combination of two state abbreviations : OREIDA
50
Gels : HARDENS
51
30- and 38-Across someday, presumably : KINGANDQUEEN
54
Utah winter vacation spot : ALTA
55
Violinist Leopold : AUER
56
Bounty holder? : DOWEL
60
Mythological sprite : PERI
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Follow : TAIL
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2006 World Cup champs : ITALY
63
Bucolic poem : IDYL
64
21-Down students : ELIS
65
Poindexter types : NERDS
Down
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Logo of the Clemson Tigers : PAW
2
Actress Thurman : UMA
3
Father's subj. : REL
4
___ Peninsula : IBERIAN
5
Kind of temple : MASONIC
6
Westminster Abbey feature : ALTAR
7
Feature of the Buckingham Palace grounds : POOL
8
Ferry's front : PROW
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French-speaking land of 12+ million : SENEGAL
10
Romantic ride for some honeymooners : GONDOLA
11
Eastern competitor : USAIR
12
Throw : FLING
13
Smith's workplace : FORGE
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School for 64-Across : YALE
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Place to take a number, maybe : DELI
23
Boohooed : WEPT
24
French river or department : EURE
25
Threshold : BRINK
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It parallels the fibula : TIBIA
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Ran past the border : BLED
31
Development site : WOMB
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Not glossy : MATTE
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Penetrate : GOIN
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Tip jar bills : ONES
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First name of two first ladies : ABIGAIL
40
"There!" : TADA
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Throw out : EMANATE
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"The Phantom of the Opera" heroine Christine ___ : DAAE
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Baited : LUREDIN
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Postscript : ENDNOTE
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Creature with striped legs : OKAPI
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Ticked off : RILED
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Customs may precede it : ENTRY
50
Throws : HURLS
52
Like some citizenship : DUAL
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Grandmother of 30-Across, informally : QEII
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___ of the Roses : WAR
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Days gone by, in days gone by : ELD
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Fleur-de-___ : LYS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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