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New York Times, Thursday, June 21, 2012

Author:
Caleb Emmons
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : City in Arkansas or county in Missouri
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Caleb Emmons

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Emmons. Grid flow: 21.8 Thursday freshness: 63%
Notepad: Parts of six answers have been entered in the grid for you.
Jim Horne notes:

Include the clue number itself in the highlighted symmetric answers.

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© 2012, The New York Times6/21/12 ( No. 22,871 )
Across
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HI hi : ALOHA
6
Federal org. issuing standards : EPA
9
One begins "The king shall joy in thy strength" : PSALM
14
Big-time : MAJOR
15
Passes for a flick, say : TIX
16
"So sad" : OHGEE
17
City in Arkansas or county in Missouri : OZARK
18
Standard golf outing : 18HOLEROUND
20
Jingle-janglers : KEYS
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"Dawson's Creek" girl : JEN
22
Dramatic confession : ITWASI
23
Hebrew month : ELUL
25
Monster : OGRE
26
Greeting often made just before asking for something : HEYMOM
29
Literally, "great king" : MAHARAJA
33
Align : TRUEUP
34
J.D. holder : ATTY
35
S.A. land : BOL
36
Make : EARN
37
Macho he's not : SISSY
39
One being put to sleep? : YOYO
40
Bygone travel option, informally : SST
41
U.S.P.S. deliveries : LTRS
42
Badgerlike : FIERCE
44
Mosaic squares : TESSERAE
46
Appeals to the masses? : ORATES
47
A long time : AGES
48
Say sexily : PURR
49
It's full of diamonds : ARGYLE
52
Fish whose name comes from the Old English for "spear" : GAR
53
Autograph collecting aid, for short : SASE
57
Heinz offering : 57VARIETIES
59
Weird Al Yankovic specialty : POLKA
60
Dungeon gear : IRONS
61
Do a background check on : VET
62
1956 million-selling album : ELVIS
63
Cleveland Browns fans : DAWGS
64
Jupiter's domain, in myth : SKY
65
Heed the adage "When in Rome ..." : ADAPT
Down
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Running ___ : AMOK
2
Veg out : LAZE
3
Any of the singers of the 1973 hit "Love Train" : OJAY
4
Apocalyptic figures : 4HORSEMEN
5
Flood beater : ARK
6
A Kennedy : ETHEL
7
Subatomic particle : PION
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___ Rose : AXL
9
Play : PORTRAY
10
Postgame ritual : SHOWER
11
Sed quencher : AGUA
12
Periscope part : LENS
13
Lead-in to care : MEDI
19
A dystopian novel : 19EIGHTYFOUR
21
1980s-'90s police drama : 21JUMPSTREET
24
TV/radio host Dobbs : LOU
25
Bay filler : OATS
26
Cloud producer, informally : HTEST
27
Clear : ERASE
28
Mongolian dwellings : YURTS
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En ___ : MASSE
30
Scrub : ABORT
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Author of "The Dead" : JOYCE
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Burn soothers : ALOES
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Some tax shelters, for short : IRAS
39
Like Jack Benny, as he always said : 39YEARSOLD
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Like worms : LEGLESS
43
Non-std. : IRR
45
Adage : SAYING
48
Sickly white : PASTY
49
All fired up : AVID
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___ avis : RARA
51
Balloon : GROW
52
Many a Comicon attendee : GEEK
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Edison's middle name : ALVA
55
Pass over : SKIP
56
Bridge hand : EAST
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Some R.N. setups : IVS
59
Imp's ammo : PEA

Answer summary:
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