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New York Times, Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Author:
Tim Wescott
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Cheerful
TotalDebutLatest
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
41.632940%
Tim Wescott

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {WZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Wescott. Wednesday freshness: 83%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/9/8 ( No. 21,428 )
Across
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More fitting : APTER
6
Sound in a hatchery : PEEP
10
Mexican muralist Orozco : JOSE
14
"The ___!" (perturbed cry) : NERVE
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Major-league team member through 2004 : EXPO
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Month before Nisan : ADAR
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"I'm ___ and didn't know it" : APOET
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Stationer's unit : REAM
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Year Cortés conquered Cuba : MDXI
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"Rhoda" and "Frasier" : SPINOFFS
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Keen insight : ACUMEN
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Part of a heartbeat : SYSTOLE
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Suffix with moon : SCAPE
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Util. bill : ELEC
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Mathematician's "ta-da!" : QED
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15-Across now, informally : NAT
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Where the cows come home : BARN
34
Words to a traitor : ETTU
36
Glue : EPOXY
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They're often twisted apart : OREOS
40
Supermodel Carangi : GIA
41
More trustworthy : TRUER
42
Long (for) : YEARN
43
Growing room? : ACRE
45
"___ boy!" : ITSA
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"My Gal ___" : SAL
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Former Notebook maker : IBM
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Final, e.g. : EXAM
51
Sugar ___ : MAPLE
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Stimulus response : KINESIS
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Centers : NUCLEI
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Like some missiles : ANTITANK
60
First word of "The Raven" : ONCE
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Tickle Me Elmo maker : TYCO
63
"The Secret Life of Walter ___" : MITTY
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Suffix with origin : ATOR
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"The first word of the answer to each of the six starred clues describes the number of that clue," e.g. : HINT
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"That's ___!" : AMORE
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Pitcher Wilhelm : HOYT
68
Chemical endings : ENES
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Horne and Olin : LENAS
Down
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Jawbone of ___ (biblical weapon) : ANASS
2
Spirited : PEPPY
3
Number of Dumas's Mousquetaires : TROIS
4
*Balance in personality : EVENTENOR
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Overhaul : RETOOL
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*Pitcher's dream : PERFECTGAME
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Split personalities? : EXES
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Waste watchers: Abbr. : EPA
9
Crushed pulp : POMACE
10
Clog : JAMUP
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*They don't belong : ODDMENOUT
12
Old German duchy name : SAXE
13
Land o' blarney : ERIN
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Take off : FLEE
23
Citadel student : CADET
25
*Basic Scout ties : SQUAREKNOTS
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Dungeons & Dragons weapons : AXES
30
Banks on the runway : TYRA
31
Word before and after "will be" : BOYS
32
Side by side? : AREA
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*It's no fake : REALMCCOY
35
Quirk : TIC
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*It follows the evening news : PRIMETIME
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Marsh bird : SNIPE
44
___ row : EXIT
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Cheerful : BLITHE
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20 Questions category : ANIMAL
52
Open-eyed : ALERT
54
Squelched : SATON
55
Prefix with venous : INTRA
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Some terriers : SKYES
57
Ancient mariner : NOAH
58
Gay Talese's "___ the Sons" : UNTO
59
Bad marks? : ACNE
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Feminine side : YIN

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