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New York Times, Thursday, June 14, 2007

Author:
Donna Hoke Kahwaty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Singer with the 1992 quintuple-platinum album "Shepherd Moons"
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Donna Hoke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Hoke. Thursday freshness: 3%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/14/7 ( No. 21,037 )
Across
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Flicker : DANCE
6
Dog command : SPEAK
11
Object of some amateur films : UFO
14
Aviation name until 1997 : USAIR
15
"Ladies of Leisure" director : CAPRA
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Comics sound : POW
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Con man's pay? : STINGSALARY
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Afternoon hour in Italy : TRE
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Supply at a changing station : TALC
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Source of wealth : ORE
22
Almost white : ASHEN
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Satan? : HEOFDARKNESS
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Full of gusto : ARDENT
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Vacation destination : RESORT
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Blasting : NOISY
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Nitwit : SIMP
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"The Farmer's ___" (1928 Hitchcock film) : WIFE
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Salon acquisition : TAN
38
Ingenuous ... or like 17-, 24-, 50- and 60-Across : ARTLESS
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Joie de vivre : VIM
42
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
44
Seasonal song title opener : AULD
45
Heads-up : ALERT
47
Send back : REMAND
49
Disturbs the peace, in a way : SNORES
50
Slapstick staples? : SURPRISEPIES
53
"Then what happened?" : ANDSO
54
___ d'Isère (French skiing locale) : VAL
55
Clanton rival : EARP
59
Single-stranded molecule : RNA
60
Parts of dollhouse dinner table settings? : MINIGLASSES
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Comprehend : GET
65
Banded stone : AGATE
66
Snacks : BITES
67
Palindromic preposition : ERE
68
Ocean explorer's aid : SONAR
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Long leg? : STILT
Down
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Do some cleaning : DUST
2
1930s film dog : ASTA
3
Polish locale : NAIL
4
They're easy : CINCHES
5
Bit of work : ERG
6
Simple knitting project : SCARF
7
Went white : PALED
8
DDT banner : EPA
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Flight board abbr. : ARR
10
Transportation around the Aleutians : KAYAKS
11
Jailed : UPTHERIVER
12
Dry season danger : FORESTFIRE
13
1936 Olympics record-breaker : OWENS
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Symbol of blackness : SOOT
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Symbol of whiteness : SNOW
25
Singer with the 1992 quintuple-platinum album "Shepherd Moons" : ENYA
26
Ready to fight : ARMED
27
Parts of a gym set : REPS
28
It may be upped : ANTE
29
Cartoon beeper : ROADRUNNER
30
Restaurant companion : DINNERDATE
33
Ear decorations : STUDS
34
Feverish, say : ILL
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911 responders : EMTS
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Eastern dignitary : RANI
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Fit to stand trial : SANE
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Music boosters? : AMPS
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Snaps : LOSESIT
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Perfumer's stock in trade : AROMAS
49
Sunny spot for a plant : SILL
50
"Beetle Bailey" character : SARGE
51
Broadway hit that originally opened in London in 1978 : EVITA
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Cellphone's predecessor : PAGER
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Town ESE of Turin : ASTI
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Contents of a large, round, flat can : REEL
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Verbal elbow? : PSST
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"Where did ___ wrong?" : IGO
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Bert Bobbsey's twin : NAN
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Midbody muscles : ABS

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