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New York Times, Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Author:
Linda Schechet Tucker
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Down : La ___ Tar Pits
TotalDebutLatest
21/2/20068/28/2007
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1.49920%
Linda Schechet Tucker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JPQWXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Tucker. Tuesday freshness: 50%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/28/7 ( No. 21,112 )
Across
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Russian space station : MIR
4
"The Song of ___," old French epic : ROLAND
10
Spill the beans : BLAB
14
Half of dos : UNO
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Blackboard appurtenance : ERASER
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Like hands after eating potato chips : OILY
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It's worth listening to : SAGEADVICE
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Info in a used car ad : YEAR
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Toll : KNELL
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Conduct a survey : ASKAROUND
23
Republic from which Montenegro gained its independence : SERBIA
25
___-jongg : MAH
26
Sherlock Holmes portrayer : BASILRATHBONE
33
Nabokov heroine : ADA
35
"Don't ___ on me" (slogan of the American Revolution) : TREAD
36
Where San Diego is: Abbr. : SOCAL
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Art ___ : DECO
39
Expensive coat : SABLE
41
Cravings : YENS
42
Not silently : ALOUD
44
Laughing : RIANT
46
Drivers' org. : AAA
47
Perfect shape : MINTCONDITION
50
Building wing : ELL
51
Sale markdown indicator : REDTAG
54
Variety of rose : HYBRIDTEA
60
Decorative sofa fabric : TOILE
61
River of Switzerland : AARE
62
Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found : HERBGARDEN
64
It may be in the doghouse : FLEA
65
Its alphabet starts with alif : ARABIC
66
Bard's "before" : ERE
67
Hightail it : TEAR
68
Tennessee team : TITANS
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"Help!" : SOS
Down
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Scents used for perfume : MUSKS
2
Senseless : INANE
3
English philosopher called "Doctor Mirabilis" : ROGERBACON
4
One who sees it like it is : REALIST
5
Fort ___, former Army post on Monterey Bay : ORD
6
Source of basalt : LAVA
7
Purchase stipulation : ASIS
8
Place for a crick : NECK
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Imagined : DREAMT
10
Cry of glee : BOYOHBOY
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Stead : LIEU
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Chester Arthur's middle name : ALAN
13
Polar explorer Richard : BYRD
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Isle of exile : ELBA
22
Sis-boom-bahs : RAHS
24
Snobs put them on : AIRS
27
Memorize, as lines : LEARN
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Raging mad : RABID
29
He lost to Dwight : ADLAI
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They're controlled by the moon : OCEANTIDES
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"Peter Pan" dog : NANA
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Actress Lanchester, who married Charles Laughton : ELSA
33
"Madam, I'm ___" : ADAM
34
Place to get a Reuben : DELI
38
Catcher of sound waves : OUTEREAR
40
___'acte : ENTR
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Mid seventh-century date : DCLI
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Haberdashery items: Var. : TIETACS
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Dated : OLDHAT
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Smell : ODOR
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Old Oldsmobile : ALERO
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They may be dominant : GENES
54
Knife handle : HAFT
55
Where Bill and Hillary met : YALE
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La ___ Tar Pits : BREA
57
Hatcher or Garr : TERI
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" group : ABBA
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Winning cry in a card game : GIN

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