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New York Times, Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
62-Down : Source of fatback
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {BFHJKQZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Haight. Wednesday freshness: 37%
Bruce Haight notes:
There is some debate about this, but most sources say the longest common words that can be typed all on one row of the keyboard are ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I enjoyed Bruce's story — funny to imagine some typewriter executive demanding that his product team have the typewriter PRODUCE ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times7/15/15 ( No. 23,990 )
Across
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Content of hate mail : VENOM
6
Duel unit : PACE
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With 66-Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 46- and 60-Across : TOP
13
Adventurously follow one's heart, say : ELOPE
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Brand name that sounds like a cheer : OLAY
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Bone-dry : SERE
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Everything you can perform : REPERTOIRE
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Beekeeper in a 1997 movie : ULEE
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Marvel's Thor, Captain America or Iron Man : AVENGER
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One working with an anchor : SAILOR
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Place for une île : MER
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Fowl poles? : ROOSTS
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Prefix with liter : DECI
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Business owner : PROPRIETOR
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Apples since 1998 : IMACS
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Didn't sit on one's hands : ACTED
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G.I.'s address : APO
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Title for a Benedictine : DOM
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Bankroll : WAD
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Sugar suffix : OSE
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Rustic expanse : LEA
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Beehive State athlete : UTE
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Verdi aria for a baritone : ERITU
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Players "planted" in a bracket : SEEDS
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Time without end : PERPETUITY
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___ prof. : ASST
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Midsize Nissan : ALTIMA
51
Defib expert : EMT
53
One shouldn't drink to this : EXCESS
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"Is it worth the gamble?" : DOIDARE
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Explorer of kidvid : DORA
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Apt example of this puzzle's theme : TYPEWRITER
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They've split : EXES
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Complain loudly : RAIL
65
Some Deco illustrations : ERTES
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See 10-Across : ROW
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First name in Jellystone Park : YOGI
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Town, in Germany : STADT
Down
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Miles of "Psycho" : VERA
2
Mountain road sign abbr. : ELEV
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"Fuhgeddaboudit" : NOPE
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Occasion for amateurs to do stand-up : OPENMIC
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Unite : MERGE
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D-worthy : POOR
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Iraq's Mosque of ___ (pilgrimage site) : ALI
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Roller coaster unit : CAR
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Urban renewal targets : EYESORES
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Serves up whoppers : TELLSTALES
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Stackable snack : OREO
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Use a spyglass : PEER
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Multipart composition : SUITE
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Maryland athlete, informally : TERP
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Songs most often played by D.J.s : ASIDES
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Mythical predator of elephants : ROC
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Choose not to participate : OPTOUT
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Prepared fancily : DIDUP
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Ham it up : EMOTE
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Ones working with an anchor : CAMERACREW
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Curie discovery : RADIUM
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Maureen Dowd pieces : OPEDS
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Insult kiddingly : ROAST
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Halloween haul : SWEETS
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Exquisite design : ARTISTRY
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___ Maria (liqueur) : TIA
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Humble oneself : EATDIRT
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Fund-raisers' commercials, e.g. : PLEAS
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"That really hurt!" : YEOW
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Sticks in the mud : MIRES
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River of Hesse : EDER
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Love letter sign-off : XOXO
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Carnegie ___ (famous eatery) : DELI
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Slangy lead-in to "way" : ATTA
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Walter ___ hospital : REED
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Formerly, once : ERST
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Ming formerly of the N.B.A. : YAO
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Source of fatback : PIG

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