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New York Times, Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Author:
Caleb Madison
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Across : Wispy clouds
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Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Madison. Grid flow: 28.6 Tuesday freshness: 33%
Jim Horne notes:

Caleb Madison was 15 years 3 months old when this, his debut puzzle, was published, making him the youngest constructor in the Shortz era at the time.

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© 2008, The New York Times5/13/08 ( No. 21,371 )
Across
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Perfect : IDEAL
6
Farm sound : BAA
9
Highly excited : AGOG
13
Wispy clouds : CIRRI
14
Ash containers : URNS
16
Let go : CEDE
17
Singers Clint + Patti : BLACKSMITH
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Couple in the news : ITEM
20
Ache reliever : MASSEUR
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They may be sown : SEEDS
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Fr. holy woman : STE
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It's jumped in a high jump : BAR
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As high as you can possibly go : LIMIT
29
Pulitzer-winning biographer Leon : EDEL
32
Singers Tom + Johnny : PETTYCASH
35
Where Kofi Annan earned his master's deg. : MIT
37
Says lovingly : COOS
38
Copacabana Beach locale : RIO
39
Classic film company ... or a description of 17-, 32-, 46- and 65-Across? : UNITEDARTISTS
43
Pharmaceutical watchdog grp. : FDA
44
Show subtitled "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" : HAIR
45
"___ my shorts!": Bart Simpson : EAT
46
Singers Neil + Courtney : YOUNGLOVE
49
D.E.A. agent : NARC
52
"___ Deep" (1999 Omar Epps film) : INTOO
53
Suffix with Caesar : EAN
55
Yale student : ELI
57
Midwestern tribe : IOWAS
60
Perched : ROOSTED
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Like Yul Brynner, famously : BALD
65
Singers James + Sly : BROWNSTONE
67
Blue, in Bogotá : AZUL
68
___ Lee cakes : SARA
69
Poet Federico García ___ : LORCA
70
Prominent part of a Groucho disguise : NOSE
71
"Wailing" instrument : SAX
72
Vows : OATHS
Down
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Cold war weaponry : ICBMS
2
Widen, as a pupil : DILATE
3
Got rid of marks : ERASED
4
Paths of pop-ups : ARCS
5
Simile part : LIKE
6
Accused's bad break : BUMRAP
7
Uris hero : ARI
8
"Farm" dwellers : ANTS
9
Vinegary : ACIDIC
10
1960s sitcom with the catchphrase "Sorry about that, Chief" : GETSMART
11
Uplifting poem : ODE
12
Cameo, e.g. : GEM
15
Any ship : SHE
18
40-Down, e.g. : SUB
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Heavenly : ELYSIAN
25
Cut again, as a turkey : RECARVE
27
Mother goddess in Egyptian mythology : ISIS
28
Howe'er : THO
30
British record label : EMI
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John of "3rd Rock From the Sun" : LITHGOW
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Rocky hill : TOR
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Bag with handles : TOTE
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Bluish hue : TEAL
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Tempura ___ (Japanese dish) : UDON
40
Vessel in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" : NAUTILUS
41
God, to Galileo : DIO
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Where to board a train: Abbr. : STA
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Post-it note abbr. : FYI
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Brain, slangily : NOODLE
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Q-Tip target : EARWAX
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"So's your old man!," e.g. : RETORT
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Grip tightly : CLENCH
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Sine qua ___ : NON
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"An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ___ cannot be resisted": Hugo : IDEAS
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They may be crunched : ABS
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Lima ladies: Abbr. : SRAS
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Norway's capital : OSLO
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Ancient Greek walkway : STOA
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No-smoking ordinance, e.g. : BAN
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___ dye : AZO
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"... ___ mouse?" : ORA

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