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New York Times, Thursday, August 6, 2009

Author:
Dan Naddor
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Down : Really irk
TotalDebutLatest
48/6/200910/21/2010
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Dan Naddor

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQWZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Naddor. Thursday freshness: 30%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/6/9 ( No. 21,821 )
Across
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Commercial name that literally means "to the skies" : ELAL
5
Shouts while shaking pompoms : RAHS
9
Break : LULL
13
"___ 18" (Leon Uris novel) : MILA
14
"Law & Order: S.V.U." actor : ICET
15
Insurance figure : COPAY
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Opposite of hinder : ABET
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*Privilege : PEROGATIVE
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*No matter : IRREGARDLESS
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Milch : German :: ___ : Italian : LATTE
22
Common seal : SEACALF
25
Virgil described its "roar of frightful ruin" : ETNA
28
New Deal org. : NRA
29
Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? : ERR
31
*And so forth : EXCETERA
35
Lady of the Haus : FRAU
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*Ways things are said : PRONOUNCIATIONS
40
All ___ : EARS
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*Sign to look elsewhere : ASTERICK
42
Check out : EYE
43
Comedian Margaret : CHO
46
Some fund-raisers : TEAS
47
One side in Mideast talks : SYRIANS
50
Peak for Zeus, in Homer : MTIDA
54
*Stumbled upon : CAMEACROSSED
57
*As it's widely believed : SUPPOSABLY
60
Morales of "NYPD Blue" : ESAI
61
Stocking caps, e.g. : KNITS
62
Rock's Mötley ___ : CRUE
63
24-Down replacement : EURO
64
Ammonium particles, e.g. : IONS
65
Gets ready, with "up" : TEES
66
Rick with the 1976 #1 hit "Disco Duck" : DEES
Down
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Modern letters : EMAIL
2
Scales seen at night : LIBRA
3
Ready : ALERT
4
Age range for most first-year college students : LATETEENS
5
TV host Kelly : RIPA
6
One-hit wonder? : ACER
7
Range rovers : HERDS
8
Hot : STOLEN
9
Much, slangily : LOTSA
10
News inits. : UPI
11
John : LAV
12
Cause of some skin burns : LYE
15
Conspirator against Caesar : CASCA
18
Backpack fill : GEAR
20
Really irk : GETTO
23
"Vive ___!" : LEROI
24
Coin with a laurel branch on the back : FRANC
26
Modern: Ger. : NEU
27
Son of Prince Valiant : ARN
30
Kennedy's secretary of state : RUSK
31
Individual and team event at the Olympics : EPEE
32
Imaging lab output : XRAYS
33
Actor Feldman : COREY
34
Here, to Javier : ACA
35
Tournament favorite : FIRSTSEED
37
Suffix with sex : IST
38
Had : ATE
39
Juan's words of affection : TEAMO
43
Informal byes : CIAOS
44
Unlikely Oscar nominees : HAMS
45
Without a break : ONEACT
48
Sales slips: Abbr. : RCPTS
49
New York hockey player : SABRE
51
Put out : ISSUE
52
"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
53
Informal bye : ADIOS
55
Object under a magnifying glass, maybe : CLUE
56
Some whiskeys : RYES
57
Make tracks? : SKI
58
Formula ___ (Italian auto racing) : UNO
59
A.T.M. need : PIN

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