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New York Times, Thursday, April 30, 2009

Author:
Greg Kaiser and Steven Ginzburg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Pun-crimes committed by the answers to the six starred clues?
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14/30/20091
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1.6265%
Greg Kaiser
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1121100
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1.632637%
Steven Ginzburg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JVXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kaiser. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Ginzburg. Thursday freshness: 76%
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© 2009, The New York Times4/30/9 ( No. 21,723 )
Across
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Discombobulate : ADDLE
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Reasons some games run long: Abbr. : OTS
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You can get one on the house: Abbr. : MTGE
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Lines : QUEUES
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*Final resting place for old autos? : KHARTOUM
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Congo tributary : UBANGI
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Cow or goat : RUMINANT
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Preceder of bravo in a radio alphabet : ALFA
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Showed joy, in a way : BEAMED
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Canine command : SIT
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Person on the left?: Abbr. : DEM
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*Father of the Ziploc? : BAGHDAD
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Extreme Atkins diet credo : NOCARBS
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"Ta-ta!" : SEEYOU
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Author Fallaci : ORIANA
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Repel, with "off" : FEND
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Pun-crimes committed by the answers to the six starred clues? : CAPITALOFFENSES
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Like some primaries : OPEN
42
Team esteem : MORALE
43
Island attire : SARONG
46
Like Gamal Abdel Nasser's movement : PANARAB
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*Wide shoe specification? : TRIPOLI
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Work, as a battle station : MAN
52
Wm. H. Taft was the only U.S. president born in this month : SEP
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Show unease, maybe : FIDGET
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___-Pacific : ASIA
57
Long key : SPACEBAR
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Natural : INBORN
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*Recently opened sandwich shop? : NEWDELHI
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It's white and fleecy : CIRRUS
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Parts of codes : LAWS
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Thataway : YON
67
Crackers : BATTY
Down
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Pool shades : AQUAS
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*Multiplyin' by 2? : DUBLIN
3
Not heeding : DEAFTO
4
___ moth : LUNA
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REM researcher's tool : EEG
6
Food whose name comes from a language of West Africa : OKRA
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Big print maker : THUMB
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Interchangeable with, with "the" : SAMEAS
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Atlas abbr. : MTN
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___ degree : TOA
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Rev : GUN
12
R.N.'s colleague : EMT
14
Home of the 2,700-mile-long Lena River : SIBERIA
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First secretary of homeland security : RIDGE
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Mummify : EMBALM
23
It has feathers and flies : DART
25
Original "Playboy" : HEFNER
26
Reddens, maybe : DYES
27
Tiptop : AONE
28
Bombs : DUDS
30
Pinball machine, e.g. : COINOP
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Listen in (on) : SNOOP
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Simple building : AFRAME
36
Outlay : COST
37
On ___ with : APAR
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Actress Gilpin of "Frasier" : PERI
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Extremist : FANATIC
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Personal flair : ELAN
44
Like many checking accounts : NOFEE
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With a silver tongue : GLIBLY
47
Categorize : ASSORT
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*Base of a fragrant tree? : BEIRUT
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Home of the Sawtooth Range : IDAHO
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Violet variety : PANSY
55
Sign of sheepishness : GRIN
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Start of a magic incantation : ABRA
57
___ Digital Short : SNL
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Bit of a stew : PEA
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"How cute!" : AWW
60
Bank offerings, in brief : CDS
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Penpoint : NIB

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