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New York Times, Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Author:
Mike Torch
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : Bundle, as wheat
TotalDebutLatest
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Michael Torch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJKQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Torch. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/27/10 ( No. 22,176 )
Across
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Pet welfare org. : SPCA
5
Nobel Peace Prize city : OSLO
9
This puzzle has 78 : CLUES
14
Georgetown athlete : HOYA
15
Stack-serving chain, for short : IHOP
16
Slowly, on a score : LENTO
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The whole ___ : ENCHILADA
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Pindar, notably : ODIST
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Had a bug : AILED
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Mementos of a caning : WELTS
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Autodom's Beetle is one, slangily : VEEDUB
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The whole ___ : SHEBANG
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Double curve : ESS
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Nail-biting margin of victory : NOSE
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William Jennings Bryan, for one : ORATOR
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Regain consciousness suddenly : SNAPTO
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React to a crowing rooster, say : RISE
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The whole ___ : SHOOTINGMATCH
42
Twosome : DYAD
43
Raptor's grippers : TALONS
44
Lover in a Shakespeare title : ANTONY
47
Cabinet position: Abbr. : SECY
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B'way success sign : SRO
51
The whole ___ : SCHMEAR
53
Ran through, as a credit card : SWIPED
55
Expels forcefully : SPEWS
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Battery terminal : ANODE
59
Subtly suggest : GETAT
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The whole ___ : NINEYARDS
65
Shampoo brand : PRELL
66
Rock music's Rush, for one : TRIO
67
Revivalists, informally : NEOS
68
Potter's potions professor : SNAPE
69
What the sun does at dusk : SETS
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This, in Toledo : ESTA
Down
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Bundle, as wheat : SHEAVE
2
Track bettors play them : PONIES
3
Presoak, wash and rinse : CYCLES
4
Sounded content : AAHED
5
Salad bar bowlful : OIL
6
Clarinetist Artie : SHAW
7
Prospector's strike : LODE
8
Gems from Australia : OPALS
9
Ninth-inning hurler, often : CLOSER
10
Took charge : LED
11
Prefix with -form : UNI
12
U.F.O. crew : ETS
13
Sighter of pink elephants : SOT
18
"Beats me!" : IDUNNO
22
Even if, briefly : THO
24
Vehicle on a trailer, perhaps : BOAT
26
St. ___ (Caribbean hot spot) : BARTS
27
Suffix with problem : ATIC
28
Munch on chips, say : NOSH
29
College sr.'s test : GRE
32
Rotisserie rod : SPIT
33
Lab burners of old : ETNAS
35
Biblical sin city : SODOM
36
Gawk at : OGLE
38
Align : SYNC
39
"Hell ___ no fury ..." : HATH
40
Around-the-house footwear, for short : MOCS
41
Nonetheless : ANYWAY
42
"___ Boot" : DAS
45
Get cozy : NESTLE
46
Talk, talk, talk : YAP
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Future ferns : SPORES
49
Mark of a rifle's laser sight : REDDOT
50
"The Battleship Potemkin" port : ODESSA
52
Most Monopoly income : RENTS
54
Totally absurd : INANE
56
Electrician's hookup : WIRE
57
Foul mood : SNIT
59
Modern navigation tool, for short : GPS
60
Directional suffix : ERN
61
___ Party movement : TEA
62
Tour de France peak : ALP
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Aurora's counterpart : EOS

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