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New York Times, Monday, July 16, 2012

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Down : 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical that incorporated jazz in its score
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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
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Pieces of luggage : BAGS
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Cracked open, as a door : AJAR
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Surrounding glows : AURAS
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Leave the auditorium : EXIT
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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
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Bunny movements : HOPS
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Toward sunrise : EAST
22
Cable network specializing in "real life" shows : AANDE
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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
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Air port? : NOSE
48
Release one's grip : LETGO
50
Nabisco cookie : OREO
52
"60 Minutes" correspondent Logan : LARA
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One on a pedestal : IDOL
57
Popular Canadian whisky : CROWNROYAL
59
"The African Queen" screenwriter James : AGEE
60
Final Four org. : NCAA
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Occurrence : EVENT
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Complete foul-up : MESS
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___ a one : NARY
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Italian sauce : PESTO
Down
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"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
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"Watch out!" : BEWARE
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W.W. II enemy : AXIS
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Present : GIFT
9
Sault ___ Marie, Mich. : STE
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Attack : ASSAIL
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"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
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Dork : DWEEB
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"You've got mail" co. : AOL
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Oneness : UNITY
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Huck Finn's transport : RAFT
32
Follower of Mary, in a nursery rhyme : LAMB
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Parched : ARID
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Belle of the ball, for short : DEB
38
One and only, in romance : TRUELOVE
40
Quartet minus one : TRIO
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Bedwear, informally : PJS
43
Philadelphia gridders : EAGLES
44
Like a street with an arrow sign : ONEWAY
45
Lunch time : NOON
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Neeson of "Taken" : LIAM
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Rim : EDGE
50
Killer whale : ORCA
51
Lion's sound : ROAR
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Votes in favor : AYES
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Blow a gasket : RANT
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Voice below soprano : ALTO
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Where to see Anderson Cooper : CNN
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Sales agent, informally : REP

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