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New York Times, Monday, April 6, 2009

Author:
Dustin Foley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Down : Like celestial bodies exhibiting syzygy
TotalDebut
14/6/2009
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Dustin Foley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Foley. Monday freshness: 9%
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© 2009, The New York Times4/6/9 ( No. 21,699 )
Across
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Iditarod vehicle : SLED
5
Money for the poor : ALMS
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In a stupor : DAZED
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Skunk ___ Le Pew : PEPE
15
Jacob's wife : LEAH
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President sworn in on Lincoln's Bible : OBAMA
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They can be stroked or bruised : EGOS
18
"Othello" character who says "Who steals my purse steals trash" : IAGO
19
Bearer of gold, frankincense or 66-Across : MAGUS
20
Speaking with lofty language : WAXINGPOETIC
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Cunning : SLY
24
"Do ___ others ..." : UNTO
25
Riddle : ENIGMA
29
Ginger ___ (Canada Dry product) : ALE
30
Droop : SAG
31
___ Luthor of "Superman" : LEX
32
Withholding nothing : FULLDISCLOSURE
37
Jazz's Fitzgerald : ELLA
38
October 31 shout : BOO
39
Luau garlands : LEIS
40
What a fresh ad campaign helps combat : WANINGINTEREST
45
History segment : ERA
46
Auditor's org. : IRS
47
Like carrots that crunch : RAW
48
Calm : SERENE
50
Campbell's product : SOUP
52
Damage : MAR
55
Holder of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary : NEWHAMPSHIRE
58
"Dancing With the Stars" airer : ABCTV
61
Help in crime : ABET
62
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
63
One getting one-on-one instruction : TUTEE
64
Egg on : URGE
65
Sainted fifth-century pope : LEOI
66
Gift brought to Bethlehem : MYRRH
67
Pb, in chemistry : LEAD
68
Its cycle is indicated by the starts of 20-, 32-, 40- and 55-Across : MOON
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Shoots, as lava : SPEWS
2
Permissible : LEGAL
3
Strong bond : EPOXY
4
Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" : DESI
5
Like celestial bodies exhibiting syzygy : ALIGNED
6
Pounced (on) : LEAPT
7
Nearsighted Mr. of cartoons : MAGOO
8
What a cobbler works on : SHOE
9
Santo ___, Caribbean capital : DOMINGO
10
Beaded counters : ABACI
11
Zig's partner : ZAG
12
Cousin of an ostrich : EMU
13
Prosecutors, briefly : DAS
21
___ and void : NULL
22
Blue-winged duck : TEAL
26
3-Down and others : GLUES
27
Earn : MERIT
28
x and y, on a graph : AXES
29
Jai ___ : ALAI
30
Sean Connery, nationally speaking : SCOT
32
Airborne signal : FLARE
33
Like a bone from the elbow to the wrist : ULNAR
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Bird seen in hieroglyphics : IBIS
35
Bush 43, to Bush 41 : SON
36
Large amount : SLEW
37
Rams' mates : EWES
41
Ancient Assyrian capital : NINEVEH
42
Sprouted : GREW
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Blew, as a volcano : ERUPTED
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Notorious B.I.G. releases : RAPS
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Key in : ENTER
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Buffalo hockey player : SABRE
51
"Phi, chi, psi" follower : OMEGA
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Actor Sal of "Exodus" : MINEO
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"Star Wars" droid : ARTOO
54
Plant exudation : RESIN
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Lug : HAUL
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Captain's place : HELM
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Dispenser of 20s : ATM
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Totally accept, as an idea : BUY
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Midpoint: Abbr. : CTR

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