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New York Times, Monday, June 2, 2008

Author:
Barry Boone
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : City near Provo
TotalDebutLatest
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Barry Boone

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Boone. Monday freshness: 57%
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© 2008, The New York Times6/2/8 ( No. 21,391 )
Across
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Calves' meat : VEAL
5
Group of eight : OCTAD
10
Evil organization in "Get Smart" : KAOS
14
Folkie Guthrie : ARLO
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Conductor Zubin : MEHTA
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Shrek, for one : OGRE
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Knots : TIES
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Keep an ___ (watch) : EYEON
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"Man, oh, man!" : JEEZ
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Church bell ringer : SEXTON
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Heater or repeater : FIREARM
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Japanese maker of watches and calculators : CASIO
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Request : ASK
27
Weight of diamonds : CARAT
30
Runs a cloth across furniture, say : DUSTS
32
Happy ___ clam : ASA
35
Event with ukulele entertainment : LUAU
36
Revolutionary pattern of the moon : EARTHORBIT
38
The "A" of A&E : ARTS
39
Sex researcher Hite : SHERE
40
Seep : OOZE
41
Non-oil painting method : WATERCOLOR
43
Fashion's ___ Saint Laurent : YVES
44
Stealthy : SLY
45
Soothed or smoothed : EASED
46
Treaty of ___-Litovsk, 1918 : BREST
47
Guy's partner : GAL
48
"Ditto!" : METOO
50
TV Guide info : AIRDATE
53
Shabby : RAGTAG
57
Olympic sport from Japan : JUDO
58
Lone Ranger's companion : TONTO
60
Countess's husband : EARL
61
Upon : ATOP
62
Available from a keg : ONTAP
63
The Beatles' "Lovely ___" : RITA
64
Beauty mark : MOLE
65
View again : RESEE
66
Iditarod vehicle : SLED
Down
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Winery containers : VATS
2
Toledo's lake : ERIE
3
"I'll take Potpourri for $200, ___" : ALEX
4
The Civil War, for the Confederacy : LOSTCAUSE
5
Portents : OMENS
6
1970s Dodgers All-Star Ron : CEY
7
What the starts of 22-, 36-, 41- and 50-Across comprise : THEFOURELEMENTS
8
Yours: Fr. : ATOI
9
Predecessor of Katie Couric : DANRATHER
10
Telly Savalas role : KOJAK
11
Golden ___ (senior) : AGER
12
City near Provo : OREM
13
"Oh yeah? ___ who?" : SEZ
21
Grain in Cheerios : OAT
23
Gas brand in Canada : ESSO
25
Some potatoes : IDAHOS
27
Talons : CLAWS
28
Hearing-related : AURAL
29
Dilapidated : RATTY
31
Walked with a purpose : STRODE
32
Upon : ABOVE
33
Assesses, as a situation, with "up" : SIZES
34
"This is only ___" : ATEST
36
Lazy person's stairs? : ESCALATOR
37
Trigger man? : ROYROGERS
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Deciphered : READ
46
It can be constricting : BOA
47
Search with the hands : GROPE
49
Figure of speech : TROPE
50
Jaguar or Mustang : AUTO
51
Golden deity, say : IDOL
52
Clock chime, e.g. : TONE
54
What a donkey gets at a children's party : TAIL
55
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
56
Trash bag brand : GLAD
57
Musical free-for-all : JAM
59
___ kwon do : TAE

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