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New York Times, Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Author:
Robert A. Doll
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Rose ___, group with the 1977 #1 hit "Car Wash"
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Robert A. Doll

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Doll. Wednesday freshness: 32%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/19/10 ( No. 22,107 )
Across
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Intimidate : DAUNT
6
Group of eight : OCTAD
11
Jazz style : BOP
14
Mary of "The Maltese Falcon," 1941 : ASTOR
15
Rose ___, group with the 1977 #1 hit "Car Wash" : ROYCE
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Bibliophile's suffix : ANA
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2010 Guinness world record at 1,689 lbs. : HEAVIESTPUMPKIN
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"Well, ___-di-dah!" : LAH
21
Cybermemo : ENOTE
22
Put up : ERECT
23
Yoga posture : ASANA
24
Stockbrokers' orders : TRADES
25
1975 Pulitzer-winning critic : EBERT
28
Successor to Frist as Senate majority leader : REID
29
2010 Guinness world record at 11 ft. 6 in. : LONGESTMUSTACHE
36
Director Lee : ANG
37
Time on end : AEONS
38
Shake a leg : HIE
39
2010 Guinness world record at 72 lbs. 9 oz. : LARGESTMEATBALL
44
Court legend : ASHE
45
Stirs up : ROILS
46
Mario Puzo best seller : OMERTA
49
Actor Lloyd : NOLAN
52
Restaurant reading : CARTE
53
Yard menaces : MOLES
54
Staff's partner : ROD
57
2010 Guinness world record at 115 ft. : HIGHESTHIGHDIVE
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Roxy Music co-founder : ENO
61
Mr. who squints : MAGOO
62
Stand out : EXCEL
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Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. : RET
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A whole bunch : SLEWS
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"Navy Blue" singer Renay : DIANE
Down
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Willy Wonka's creator : DAHL
2
Where whalers go : ASEA
3
Home of the city Bountiful : UTAH
4
Topaz mo. : NOV
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Adriatic port : TRIESTE
6
Director Welles : ORSON
7
Terra ___ : COTTA
8
Font contents : TYPE
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Prefix with puncture : ACU
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Class clown's "reward," often : DEMERIT
11
Lay in the hot sun : BAKED
12
Standing by : ONICE
13
What suspenders suspend : PANTS
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Disney deer : ENA
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Gucci rival : PRADA
23
1978 World Cup winner: Abbr. : ARG
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"The Gondoliers" girl : TESSA
25
Mideast carrier : ELAL
26
___ fides : BONA
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Mech. expert : ENGR
28
Mysterious character : RUNE
30
"I Am ... ___ Fierce," #1 Beyoncé album : SASHA
31
Place for un béret : TETE
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May honoree : MOM
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Indian spiced tea : CHAI
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Challenge for Jack and Jill : HILL
35
Snaky swimmers : EELS
40
Country crooner Brooks : GARTH
41
Values : ESTEEMS
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Seriously bad-mouthed : TRASHED
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"___ appétit!" : BON
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Orangish yellow : OCHER
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Northern terminus of U.S. 1 : MAINE
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Grain disease : ERGOT
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At all, in dialect : NOHOW
50
Mishmashes : OLIOS
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Part of an itinerary : LEG
53
Homeowner's debt: Abbr. : MTGE
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Costa ___ : RICA
55
It's often operated with a dial : OVEN
56
Strike out : DELE
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Erie Canal mule : SAL
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511, to Caesar : DXI

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