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New York Times, Monday, July 16, 2012

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : "Hurts So Good" singer, 1982
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 71 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 5%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/16/12 ( No. 22,896 )
Across
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Holy city of Islam : MECCA
6
Pieces of luggage : BAGS
10
Cracked open, as a door : AJAR
14
Surrounding glows : AURAS
15
Leave the auditorium : EXIT
16
A few : SOME
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Husband's status symbol, possibly : TROPHYWIFE
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Part of the leg that's often kicked : SHIN
20
Bunny movements : HOPS
21
Toward sunrise : EAST
22
Cable network specializing in "real life" shows : AANDE
23
Reagan's "evil empire," for short : USSR
25
Attorney general Holder : ERIC
26
General Mills baking product : GOLDMEDALFLOUR
32
Swim meet divisions : LANES
33
Stir-fry vessels : WOKS
34
Italian "a" : UNA
35
Writer Tan and singer Grant : AMYS
36
"Rolling in the Deep" singer, 2010 : ADELE
38
Ready-for-the-weekend cry : TGIF
39
Chinese Chairman : MAO
40
Cedar or cypress : TREE
41
Brooklyn's ___ Institute : PRATT
42
Panel for a complex legal case : BLUERIBBONJURY
46
Activity in which the police may beat down a door : RAID
47
Air port? : NOSE
48
Release one's grip : LETGO
50
Nabisco cookie : OREO
52
"60 Minutes" correspondent Logan : LARA
56
One on a pedestal : IDOL
57
Popular Canadian whisky : CROWNROYAL
59
"The African Queen" screenwriter James : AGEE
60
Final Four org. : NCAA
61
Occurrence : EVENT
62
Complete foul-up : MESS
63
___ a one : NARY
64
Italian sauce : PESTO
Down
1
"Do the ___" ("You figure it out") : MATH
2
Replacement for the mark and franc : EURO
3
Clip, as a photo : CROP
4
Swallowable medicine units : CAPSULES
5
Bit of volcanic fallout : ASH
6
"Watch out!" : BEWARE
7
W.W. II enemy : AXIS
8
Present : GIFT
9
Sault ___ Marie, Mich. : STE
10
Attack : ASSAIL
11
"Hurts So Good" singer, 1982 : JOHNCOUGAR
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In the thick of : AMID
13
Russo of "Thor" : RENE
18
"O.K." from Huck Finn : YESM
22
Pekingese sounds : ARFS
24
'60s teach-in organizer: Abbr. : SDS
25
Actress Sommer : ELKE
26
Egyptian president Nasser : GAMAL
27
1936 Rodgers and Hart musical that incorporated jazz in its score : ONYOURTOES
28
Dork : DWEEB
29
"You've got mail" co. : AOL
30
Oneness : UNITY
31
Huck Finn's transport : RAFT
32
Follower of Mary, in a nursery rhyme : LAMB
36
Parched : ARID
37
Belle of the ball, for short : DEB
38
One and only, in romance : TRUELOVE
40
Quartet minus one : TRIO
41
Bedwear, informally : PJS
43
Philadelphia gridders : EAGLES
44
Like a street with an arrow sign : ONEWAY
45
Lunch time : NOON
48
Neeson of "Taken" : LIAM
49
Rim : EDGE
50
Killer whale : ORCA
51
Lion's sound : ROAR
53
Votes in favor : AYES
54
Blow a gasket : RANT
55
Voice below soprano : ALTO
57
Where to see Anderson Cooper : CNN
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Sales agent, informally : REP

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