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New York Times, Thursday, June 14, 2007

Author:
Donna Hoke Kahwaty
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Down : "Where did ___ wrong?"
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Donna Hoke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Hoke. Thursday freshness: 4%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/14/7 ( No. 21,037 )
Across
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Flicker : DANCE
6
Dog command : SPEAK
11
Object of some amateur films : UFO
14
Aviation name until 1997 : USAIR
15
"Ladies of Leisure" director : CAPRA
16
Comics sound : POW
17
Con man's pay? : STINGSALARY
19
Afternoon hour in Italy : TRE
20
Supply at a changing station : TALC
21
Source of wealth : ORE
22
Almost white : ASHEN
24
Satan? : HEOFDARKNESS
28
Full of gusto : ARDENT
31
Vacation destination : RESORT
32
Blasting : NOISY
33
Nitwit : SIMP
35
"The Farmer's ___" (1928 Hitchcock film) : WIFE
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Salon acquisition : TAN
38
Ingenuous ... or like 17-, 24-, 50- and 60-Across : ARTLESS
41
Joie de vivre : VIM
42
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
44
Seasonal song title opener : AULD
45
Heads-up : ALERT
47
Send back : REMAND
49
Disturbs the peace, in a way : SNORES
50
Slapstick staples? : SURPRISEPIES
53
"Then what happened?" : ANDSO
54
___ d'Isère (French skiing locale) : VAL
55
Clanton rival : EARP
59
Single-stranded molecule : RNA
60
Parts of dollhouse dinner table settings? : MINIGLASSES
64
Comprehend : GET
65
Banded stone : AGATE
66
Snacks : BITES
67
Palindromic preposition : ERE
68
Ocean explorer's aid : SONAR
69
Long leg? : STILT
Down
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Do some cleaning : DUST
2
1930s film dog : ASTA
3
Polish locale : NAIL
4
They're easy : CINCHES
5
Bit of work : ERG
6
Simple knitting project : SCARF
7
Went white : PALED
8
DDT banner : EPA
9
Flight board abbr. : ARR
10
Transportation around the Aleutians : KAYAKS
11
Jailed : UPTHERIVER
12
Dry season danger : FORESTFIRE
13
1936 Olympics record-breaker : OWENS
18
Symbol of blackness : SOOT
23
Symbol of whiteness : SNOW
25
Singer with the 1992 quintuple-platinum album "Shepherd Moons" : ENYA
26
Ready to fight : ARMED
27
Parts of a gym set : REPS
28
It may be upped : ANTE
29
Cartoon beeper : ROADRUNNER
30
Restaurant companion : DINNERDATE
33
Ear decorations : STUDS
34
Feverish, say : ILL
36
911 responders : EMTS
39
Eastern dignitary : RANI
40
Fit to stand trial : SANE
43
Music boosters? : AMPS
46
Snaps : LOSESIT
48
Perfumer's stock in trade : AROMAS
49
Sunny spot for a plant : SILL
50
"Beetle Bailey" character : SARGE
51
Broadway hit that originally opened in London in 1978 : EVITA
52
Cellphone's predecessor : PAGER
56
Town ESE of Turin : ASTI
57
Contents of a large, round, flat can : REEL
58
Verbal elbow? : PSST
61
"Where did ___ wrong?" : IGO
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Bert Bobbsey's twin : NAN
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Midbody muscles : ABS

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