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New York Times, Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Do a favor
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
569/4/20064/20/20125
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
431.6633377%
Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Nothnagel. Wednesday freshness: 71%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/30/7 ( No. 21,022 )
Across
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"I'm glad that's over!" : WHEW
5
"Green" sci. : ECOL
9
Schindler of "Schindler's List" : OSKAR
14
Sound from a 57-Down : ROAR
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Writer Ephron : NORA
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Like some Groucho Marx humor : PUNNY
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Himalayan legend : YETI
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Sketched : DREW
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Speak histrionically : EMOTE
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Revolve : TURNONANAXIS
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"Honest!" : ITSTRUE
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Put chips in a pot : BET
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"Don't miss the next episode ..." : TUNEINTOMORROW
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"Bye Bye Bye" boy band : NSYNC
33
Kind of sleep : REM
34
Sleeping, say : ABED
36
Gave the thumbs-up : OKD
37
Start of many a pickup line : HEYBABY
41
Tall tale : LIE
42
Cry : WEEP
44
Luau serving : POI
45
Set straight : ALIGN
47
Become a recluse, perhaps : DROPOUTOFSIGHT
51
Campaign fund-raising grp. : PAC
52
Rest stop features : TOILETS
53
Speaker of the catchphrase that starts 20-, 27- and 47-Across : TIMOTHYLEARY
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Shade of green : OLIVE
59
Word with pepper or saw : MILL
60
Congregation's location : PEWS
64
Signal to clear the road : SIREN
65
Nat or Natalie : COLE
66
Hertz competitor : AVIS
67
Courage : HEART
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Give ___ to (approve) : ANOD
69
Stun : DAZE
Down
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Like some humor : WRY
2
Weed whacker : HOE
3
Chow down : EAT
4
On paper : WRITTEN
5
Evasive maneuver : ENDRUN
6
Relative of a trumpet : CORNET
7
Creme-filled snack : OREO
8
Croquet site : LAWN
9
Act before the headliner : OPENER
10
Indonesian island crossed by the Equator : SUMATRA
11
The "K" in James K. Polk : KNOX
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Naysayer : ANTI
13
Deli loaves : RYES
21
Robert of "Spenser: For Hire" : URICH
22
Weapon in 1940s headlines : ABOMB
23
Edward R. Murrow's "See ___" : ITNOW
24
Like a walrus : TUSKED
25
Talk show host Tom : SNYDER
28
Go around and around : ORBIT
29
___ culpa : MEA
30
Do a favor : OBLIGE
31
Pound, for example : WEIGHT
35
Jobs for body shops : DENTS
38
Geologic period : EPOCH
39
"___ and whose army?" : YOU
40
Arafat of the P.L.O. : YASIR
43
Light muffin : POPOVER
46
Frog's perch : LILYPAD
48
Inventor's goal : PATENT
49
Verdi opera featuring "Ave Maria" : OTELLO
50
Gave birth in a stable : FOALED
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"Poppycock!" : TOSH
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Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
55
Actress Sorvino : MIRA
56
Org. that organizes camps : YMCA
57
Big prowler : LION
61
Longoria of "Desperate Housewives" : EVA
62
Diana Ross musical, with "The" : WIZ
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Dir. from Seattle to Las Vegas : SSE

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

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