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New York Times, Thursday, April 8, 2010

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Down : Playing marble
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.5731274%
Matt Ginsberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Ginsberg. Thursday freshness: 84%
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© 2010, The New York Times4/8/10 ( No. 22,066 )
Across
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*4:00 in the afternoon : BRILLIG
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*To make holes : GIMBLE
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Form of writing of ancient Crete : LINEARA
15
Sought food : FORAGED
16
It comes in fifths : ALCOHOL
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Poetry performance : READING
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Add zest to : SEASON
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*To go round and round : GYRE
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Catcher's spot? : RYE
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Wrap up : RECAP
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Wrapped up : CLAD
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*Fearsome, swift-moving creature with snapping jaws : BANDERSNATCH
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It's 71% cookie, 29% creme : OREO
31
Chucklehead : IGNORAMUS
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Emulate the dodo : DIEOUT
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Indian tourist city : MYSORE
39
Means of unloading? : YARDSALES
43
Unnamed others, briefly : ETAL
44
Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle : LEWISCARROLL
47
Wonderland food for Alice : CAKE
50
A bit nasty : SNIDE
51
"Say what?" : HUH
52
*Grass plot around a sundial : WABE
54
Put away : JAILED
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Some buffalo hunters of old : ARAPAHO
61
Variety of grape : SULTANA
62
Confronts : TAKESON
63
Positions (oneself) : ORIENTS
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*Lithe and slimy : SLITHY
65
*Smiling radiantly : BEAMISH
Down
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Lesage hero Gil ___ : BLAS
2
Make stew? : RILE
3
Certain ancient mummy : INCA
4
Affectionate, fiery types, supposedly : LEOS
5
Pakistan's so-called "Garden of Mughals" : LAHORE
6
Person whose work is decreasing? : IRONER
7
Miss : GAL
8
Church annex? : GOER
9
___ caelestes (divine wrath: Lat.) : IRAE
10
___ Hatter : MAD
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Old-time floozie : BGIRL
12
"From Russia With Love" actress Lotte : LENYA
13
Beaten (out) : EDGED
15
Browner : FRYPAN
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Sharks, e.g. : GANG
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Long-running CBS hit : CSI
23
Beer, sometimes : CHASER
24
Vintner's concern : BODY
25
"O patria mia," e.g. : ARIA
26
Opposite of alway : NEER
27
Drawing in a margin, maybe : DOODLE
28
Waits in music : TOM
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"Curiouser and curiouser!," e.g. : CRY
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Mysterious Mr. : MOTO
33
Kazakh river : URAL
34
Bears do it : SELL
36
Take advantage of : USE
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Playing marble : TAW
40
Departure point for explorer Vasco da Gama : LISBON
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Feudal laborer : ESNE
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It goes after poli and before fi : SCI
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Urge formally : ADJURE
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Objects employed to show everyday life : REALIA
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Online discussions : CHATS
48
Not visual : AURAL
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Uniform coloring : KHAKI
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Wadi : WASH
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Stern cry? : AHOY
55
Detail : ITEM
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Lawyer/civil-rights activist Guinier : LANI
57
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
58
Tach's location : DASH
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Dear : PET
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[I'm heartbroken!] : SOB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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