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New York Times, Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Author:
Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Lacking slack
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
198/26/200410/19/201518
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2264320
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6110045%
Bruce Venzke
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
228/26/200410/23/202314
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
13632331
ScrabDebutFresh
1.599247%
Stella Zawistowski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Venzke. This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Zawistowski. Wednesday freshness: 11%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/23/7 ( No. 21,015 )
Across
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Moisten, in a way : BASTE
6
Q-Tip, e.g. : SWAB
10
In the sack : ABED
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Really enjoyed : ATEUP
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Sign of a saint : HALO
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MS. accompanier : SASE
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Junction points : NODES
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Yemeni port : ADEN
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Part of a bird's gullet : CRAW
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Org. with a noted journal : AMA
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Start of a quip from a hunter : ITRIEDTOBUY
24
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov : NIKOLAI
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"___ hath an enemy called Ignorance": Ben Jonson : ART
27
Quip, part 2 : ACAMOUFLAGESUIT
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One putting out feelers? : ANT
34
Visa alternative, informally : AMEX
35
"Little piggy" : TOE
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Partner of trembling : FEAR
39
Person with a code name, maybe : SPY
40
Fraction of a euro : CENT
41
Clumsy ox : OAF
42
Pump, e.g. : SHOE
44
Federal property agcy. : GSA
46
Quip, part 3 : BUTICOULDNTFIND
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Gal of song : SAL
53
Be fond of : CAREFOR
54
End of the quip : ONEANYWHERE
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Pa. nuclear plant site : TMI
60
Word repeated in a Doris Day song : SERA
61
Spring shape : COIL
62
Little laugh : TEHEE
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Not of the cloth : LAIC
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Russian city on the Oka : OREL
66
Not pimply : CLEAR
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Tram loads : ORES
68
Forms a union : WEDS
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Solving helpers : HINTS
Down
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Yogurt flavor : BANANA
2
Like some energy : ATOMIC
3
Neil who wrote "Stupid Cupid" : SEDAKA
4
Calendar column: Abbr. : TUE
5
Delta follower : EPSILON
6
See 25-Down : SHARIF
7
Dry riverbed : WADI
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Protected, in a way : ALEE
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Slave's state : BONDAGE
10
Fancy neckwear : ASCOTS
11
Stinging comment : BARB
12
Biblical "hairy one" : ESAU
13
Like morning grass : DEWY
22
Lacking slack : TAUT
23
Fearsome dino : TREX
25
With 6-Down, Doctor Zhivago's portrayer : OMAR
28
Boutonniere's place : LAPEL
29
"Little Women" sister : AMY
30
Western tribe : UTE
31
Cl- or Na+ : ION
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Lunar New Year : TET
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Watch spot : FOB
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Évian, par exemple : EAU
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Toward the stern : AFT
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Mere pittance : SOU
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Place to have a brioche : CAFE
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Do a cashier's job : SCAN
43
"Geez Louise!" : HOLYCOW
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Make a snarling sound : GNAR
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Pre-workout ritual : STRETCH
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"Almost Paradise" author Susan : ISAACS
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Some batteries : DCELLS
49
Kind of statement, to a programmer : IFTHEN
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Vegetarian's stipulation : NOMEAT
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Hotel bathroom amenities : DRIERS
54
Nobel city : OSLO
55
Within a stone's throw : NEAR
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Great Lakes port : ERIE
57
Sported : WORE
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Got a move on : HIED
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New Haven collegian : ELI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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