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New York Times, Monday, February 15, 2010

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach"
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BJQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 47 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 25%
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© 2010, The New York Times2/15/10 ( No. 22,014 )
Across
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Collegiate digs : DORM
5
Baby's first word, maybe : DADA
9
Provide with funds, as a college : ENDOW
14
Emmy-winning Falco : EDIE
15
Milky gem : OPAL
16
___-Dade County : MIAMI
17
What a dirty person has : MINDINTHEGUTTER
20
___ Gandhi, pioneering female leader : INDIRA
21
Sch. in Baton Rouge : LSU
22
Become less bright, as the moon : WANE
23
Refrigerated : COLD
25
Go down a slippery slope : SKI
27
What an embezzler has : HANDINTHETILL
33
Hair-raising : SCARY
35
City where Joan of Arc was burned : ROUEN
36
Espionage org. : CIA
37
"If all ___ fails ..." : ELSE
38
Feudal workers : SERFS
39
Machines on cotton plantations : GINS
40
Tennis serve requiring a do-over : LET
41
Coffee for before bed : DECAF
42
Long, arduous walks : TREKS
43
What a well-connected applicant has : FOOTINTHEDOOR
46
Eccentric : ODD
47
Aids for disabled cars : TOWS
48
Kid's summer getaway : CAMP
51
Bit of Dobbin's dinner : OAT
54
Exam taker : TESTEE
58
What a dreamer has : HEADINTHECLOUDS
61
Passion : ARDOR
62
Tartar sauce ingredient : MAYO
63
The "U" in I.C.U. : UNIT
64
Manage to avoid : DODGE
65
Blossom supporter : STEM
66
"Toodle-oo" : TATA
Down
1
Actress Moore : DEMI
2
Valhalla god : ODIN
3
Orange or watermelon cover : RIND
4
Health program for seniors : MEDICARE
5
Gazillionaire Trump : DONALD
6
Suitable : APT
7
Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" : DAHL
8
Pub quaffs : ALES
9
Australia's unofficial national bird : EMU
10
Lamebrain : NITWIT
11
Input for computers : DATA
12
Portent : OMEN
13
Telegram : WIRE
18
Literary twist : IRONY
19
Oohs and aahs (over) : GUSHES
24
Not beating around the bush : DIRECT
26
Documentary filmmaker Burns : KEN
27
Simply must : HASTO
28
Singer Jones whose father is Ravi Shankar : NORAH
29
Spot for eating curds and whey : TUFFET
30
Far less friendly : ICIER
31
Connection : LINK
32
Fair maiden : LASS
33
Freudian concern : SELF
34
Egypt's last ruling Ptolemy, familiarly : CLEO
38
Forward, as mail : SENDON
39
Fill with disgust : GROSSOUT
41
"The butler ___ it" : DID
42
Low-tech hair dryer : TOWEL
44
Honcho : TOPDOG
45
Techie's company : DOTCOM
48
Paper ballot punch-out : CHAD
49
Prefix with dynamic : AERO
50
Grass-roots org. that fights alcohol abuse : MADD
52
Devices you can bank on, briefly : ATMS
53
"Take ___!" : THAT
55
Deli salad fish : TUNA
56
Fix up, as text : EDIT
57
"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
59
Fury : IRE
60
Cyclops' distinctive feature : EYE

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