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New York Times, Monday, September 29, 2008

Author:
Sharon Delorme
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : Secluded valleys
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Sharon Delorme

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Delorme. Monday freshness: 46%
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O
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© 2008, The New York Times9/29/8 ( No. 21,510 )
Across
1
It may get a licking after lunch : OREO
5
Charged, as particles : IONIC
10
"Immediately!," in the operating room : STAT
14
Choose : PICK
15
Said letter by letter, British-style : SPELT
16
One of 18 on a golf course : HOLE
17
Actress Spelling : TORI
18
One who embroiders a waste conduit? : SEWERSEWER
20
Police weapons that immobilize suspects : STUNGUNS
22
Drug that's smoked in a pipe : OPIUM
23
On the safe side, at sea : ALEE
24
Despots : TYRANTS
26
Sketcher of a bureau compartment? : DRAWERDRAWER
30
Caesar or Cicero : ROMAN
31
Drunk's sound : HIC
32
Facts and figures : DATA
36
Had lunch, e.g. : ATE
37
Ph.D. recipient : SCHOLAR
41
Hoover, informally : VAC
42
Chromosome part : GENE
44
Many, many moons : EON
45
Ham it up : EMOTE
47
Presenter of a bathroom stall? : SHOWERSHOWER
51
"The ___ Falcon" : MALTESE
54
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
55
Mideast chief: Var. : AMEER
56
Shipping hazards in the North Atlantic : ICEBERGS
60
One pulling a tall structure? : TOWERTOWER
63
Chimney buildup : SOOT
64
"Just a little off" at the barber's : TRIM
65
Put up with : ABIDE
66
Dial ___ (telephone sound) : TONE
67
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
68
Sal of "Rebel Without a Cause" : MINEO
69
Distort : SKEW
Down
1
Withdraws, with "out" : OPTS
2
Hilariously funny thing : RIOT
3
Hosiery hue : ECRU
4
Pacific island in major W.W. II fighting : OKINAWA
5
Main bank vis-à-vis currency : ISSUER
6
Unlocked : OPENED
7
The first "N" of CNN : NEWS
8
___ du Diable : ILE
9
Middle: Abbr. : CTR
10
Astronaut Alan : SHEPARD
11
Bring, as a disabled car to a garage : TOWIN
12
Native on the Bering Sea : ALEUT
13
Contract provisions : TERMS
19
Hurting : SORE
21
Secluded valleys : GLENS
24
Head's opposite : TAIL
25
Org. promoting leadership and growth for females : YWCA
26
Engage in a street auto race : DRAG
27
Memorization method : ROTE
28
"You said it, brother!" : AMEN
29
French wine region : RHONE
33
State openly : AVOW
34
London's ___ Gallery : TATE
35
Whiz at tennis serves : ACER
38
Corporate V.I.P.'s : CEOS
39
Hockey legend Gordie : HOWE
40
Get-off-drugs facility : REHAB
43
Holds in high regard : ESTEEMS
46
Bothers : MOLESTS
48
München mister : HERR
49
Many men's hairlines do this : RECEDE
50
Not mono : STEREO
51
Actor Damon and others : MATTS
52
Love Italian-style : AMORE
53
Annual telethon host Jerry : LEWIS
56
Triumphant cry : IWIN
57
Piece next to a knight : ROOK
58
"Going, going, ___!" : GONE
59
One-dish meal : STEW
61
Scottish cap : TAM
62
Geisha's waistband : OBI

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