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New York Times, Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Author:
Bill Thompson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Down : The problem with these clue?
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Bill Thompson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Thompson. Wednesday freshness: 95%
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© 2011, The New York Times7/27/11 ( No. 22,541 )
Across
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Univ. with the cheer "Roll Tide!" : BAMA
5
Indiana Jones accouterment : FEDORA
11
Rachael on the Food Network : RAY
14
"Ars Amatoria" poet : OVID
15
Draws out : EDUCES
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Like : ALA
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Groom? : WEDDINGCHAP
19
Rocky peak : TOR
20
"___ is nothing but perception": Plato : SCIENCE
21
Will-o'-the-wisp feature : ELISION
23
"Captain! The engines canna take ___ more!" (line from Scotty on "Star Trek") : NAE
24
Installs new thatch on, maybe : REROOFS
25
Verbal exchange about a harsh review? : PANDISCUSSION
30
Bottle marked "XXX" in the comics : ALE
31
Separation : RIFT
32
Homes for some colonies : NESTS
35
Water-resistant wood : TEAK
37
Seasonal songs ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 46- and 59-Across : NOELS
40
City at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss : YORK
41
Skinny sort : SCRAG
43
Muckraker Jacob : RIIS
45
One-eighty : UIE
46
Demand during a roadside negotiation? : THROWINTHETOW
50
"Fa-a-ancy!" : OOHLALA
52
"My gal" of song : SAL
53
Eerie 1976 movie with an Oscar-winning score : THEOMEN
54
Biblical name meaning "father of many" : ABRAHAM
58
"I tawt I taw a putty ___" : TAT
59
Stylish Lionel? : MODTRAINSET
61
Leandro's love, in a Handel cantata : ERO
62
Visigoth king who sacked Rome : ALARIC
63
"Runaround Sue" singer, 1961 : DION
64
Grandmaster Flash's music : RAP
65
Pursue again, as an elected position : RESEEK
66
French word whose opposite is 2-Down : SANS
Down
1
Things to draw : BOWS
2
French word whose opposite is 66-Across : AVEC
3
Certain skirt : MIDI
4
Number next to a + : ADDEND
5
Encloses : FENCESIN
6
Nose (out) : EDGE
7
French nobleman : DUC
8
Autumn colors : OCHERS
9
Old Spanish silver coins : REALES
10
Trademark forfeited by Bayer under the Treaty of Versailles : ASPIRIN
11
Distributes stingily : RATIONSOUT
12
Detached : ALOOF
13
Paul Bunyan tales, e.g. : YARNS
18
Where Francis Scott Key saw bombs bursting : INAIR
22
"Here, piggies!" : SOOEY
25
Super Bowl XXXVI champs, to fans : PATS
26
Actor Guinness : ALEC
27
In second place, say : NEARTHETOP
28
Overseer of corp. accts. : CFO
29
Gestation locations : UTERI
33
Wynken, Blynken and Nod, e.g. : TRIO
34
Slant : SKEW
36
Mexican artist Frida : KAHLO
38
Architect Maya : LIN
39
Relaxes, in a way : SITSBACK
42
The problem with these clue? : GRAMMAR
44
Emmy-winning Lewis : SHARI
47
Flamenco cheer : OLEOLE
48
Stand-up comic Sykes and others : WANDAS
49
Safari antelopes : ELANDS
50
Boon's "Animal House" buddy : OTTER
51
Maureen of "Miracle on 34th Street" : OHARA
54
Singer India.___ : ARIE
55
First Chinese dynasty : HSIA
56
Very long time : AEON
57
The Dolomites, e.g.: Abbr. : MTNS
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Uno + due : TRE

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