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New York Times, Thursday, September 22, 2011

Author:
Jeff Dubner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : "My mama done ___ me"
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Jeff Dubner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Dubner. Thursday freshness: 70%
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© 2011, The New York Times9/22/11 ( No. 22,598 )
Across
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Vitamin C source from Southeast Asia : STARFRUIT
10
Songwriter Jimmy and Senator Jim : WEBBS
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It has just 16 rules of grammar : ESPERANTO
16
Western language historically written in the Cyrillic alphabet : ALEUT
17
London newspaper : DAILYMAIL
18
Mork's TV companion : MINDY
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Sea eagles : ERNS
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TV network since 1970 : PBS
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Bomb, e.g. : PASS
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Alphabet trio : RST
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Turkey's location : DELICOUNTER
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It may be turned against you : TIDE
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Hammer's partner : ARM
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___ Street, main thoroughfare in "Peyton Place" : ELM
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J.F.K. watchdog : FAA
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Training ___ : BRA
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Jacob who wrote "How the Other Half Lives" : RIIS
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Taking one's sweet time : DILLYDALLYING
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Daly of "Cagney & Lacey" : TYNE
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It's beside a sideburn : EAR
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Muscles covering some 32-Down : ABS
40
Actress Gasteyer : ANA
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Barrister's deg. : LLD
42
Credit figs. : APRS
44
Singer with the hit country album "Backwoods Barbie" : DOLLYPARTON
47
Sketch show that launched 40-Across's career, in short : SNL
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Gist : MEAT
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It's located between two Plymouths: Abbr. : ATL
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Scott of "Joanie Loves Chachi" : BAIO
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Mr. ___ : FIXIT
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"Gotcha," formally : DULYNOTED
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Author Calvino : ITALO
57
Skating venue : ICEPALACE
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Staff up again : REMAN
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After U2, highest-grossing concert band of all time, informally : THESTONES
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Ritual in which bitter herbs are dipped : SEDER
2
Three Ivans : TSARS
3
"___ of sweat will save a gallon of blood": Patton : APINT
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Fam. members : RELS
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Lie in the sun with suntan oil : FRY
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Wheelchair-accessible : RAMPED
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No-can-do : UNABLE
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Formal acknowledgment : ITISI
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"My mama done ___ me" : TOL
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Traded beads : WAMPUM
11
Cuban name in 2000 news : ELIAN
12
Win whose money, in a bygone game show? : BENSTEINS
13
Baseball commissioner starting in 1992 : BUDSELIG
14
Sloppy place : STY
23
Oven part : DIAL
24
Hall-of-Famer Yastrzemski : CARL
25
30-Down, sometimes : ORAL
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Apt. parts : RMS
27
Fisherman's relation? : TALE
30
Course closer : FINALEXAM
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It may be sandy or candy : BAR
32
See 39-Across : RIBS
33
1970s sitcom catchword : DYNOMITE
34
Dog sound : YELP
35
Pop for a young person? : DADA
36
Fisherman's relation? : YARN
37
Wee bit : TAD
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English author Edward Bulwer-___ : LYTTON
42
Prime minister before and after Churchill : ATTLEE
43
Coral creatures : POLYPS
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Boxer Ali : LAILA
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Jon ___, at 6'11" the tallest player in Major League Baseball history : RAUCH
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Old Scratch : SATAN
48
Family relation : NIECE
49
Mined finds : LODES
52
String tie : BOLO
53
Source of some paper pulp : FIR
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Dah's go-with : DIT
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Member of a D.C. nine : NAT

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5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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