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New York Times, Monday, February 22, 2010

Author:
Steve Dobis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across
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Steve Dobis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Dobis. Grid flow: 11.9 Monday freshness: 56%
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© 2010, The New York Times2/22/10 ( No. 22,021 )
Across
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Smart ___ (wise guy) : ALEC
5
Persian tongue : FARSI
10
Roadies carry them : AMPS
14
Sandwich spread : MAYO
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Sandwich spreads : OLEOS
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Ark builder : NOAH
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Bakery fixture : OVEN
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Nickname for Andrew Jackson : OLDHICKORY
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Island east of Australia : NEWCALEDONIA
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Says hello to : GREETS
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Treasure chest : TROVE
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Trap : SNARE
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Mao ___-tung : TSE
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The "R" in RCA : RADIO
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Shorebird : TERN
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Depressed urban area : GHETTO
35
Former vice president Quayle : DAN
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Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across : SOMETHING
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Smart ___ (wise guy) : ASS
42
Any member of a classic punk rock band : RAMONE
43
Morales of "La Bamba" : ESAI
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___ New Guinea : PAPUA
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Brian of Roxy Music : ENO
50
What the nose picks up : SMELL
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Pharaoh's realm : EGYPT
52
Dreary : DISMAL
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Dangerous thing to be living on : BORROWEDTIME
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First prize at a fair : BLUERIBBON
61
Force felt on the earth, informally : ONEG
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Civil rights pioneer Parks : ROSA
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Cockpit occupant : PILOT
64
Zippo : NADA
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Aid and ___ : ABET
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Make ___ (do some business) : ASALE
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Carrier to Tel Aviv : ELAL
Down
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Surrounded by : AMONGST
2
Shirley's friend in 1970s-'80s TV : LAVERNE
3
Goggles and glasses : EYEWEAR
4
People's worries : CONCERNS
5
Jesters : FOOLS
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It means everyone to Hans : ALLE
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Comedian Foxx : REDD
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TriBeCa neighbor : SOHO
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"Beauty ___ the eye ..." : ISIN
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Turkey's capital : ANKARA
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Neigh : horse :: ___ : cow : MOO
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Number on a golf course : PAR
13
Wallflower-ish : SHY
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Lemonlike fruit : CITRON
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Dined : ATE
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Like 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. : ODD
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By way of : VIA
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Long stretch of time : EON
28
Parts of a bride's attire, for this puzzle : THEME
29
___ Hall Pirates (1953 N.I.T. champs) : SETON
30
Prefix with -centric : ETHNO
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"Today" rival, for short : GMA
34
1-1 or 2-2, e.g. : TIE
37
Daniel Webster, for one : ORATOR
38
Opal or topaz : GEMSTONE
39
Gorilla : APE
40
What mattresses do over time : SAG
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007, for one : SPY
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Original : SEMINAL
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Oakland's county : ALAMEDA
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Law-breaking : ILLEGAL
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Optimistic : UPBEAT
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Caesar whose forum was TV : SID
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Al ___ (cooked, yet firm) : DENTE
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Kelly of morning TV : RIPA
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Sluggers' figs. : RBIS
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Syllables before "di" or "da" in a Beatles song : OBLA
57
Winter coat material : WOOL
58
Push-up provider : BRA
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High tennis shot : LOB
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Have no ___ for : USE

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