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New York Times, Monday, December 13, 2010

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. Blindauer. Monday freshness: 36%
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© 2010, The New York Times12/13/10 ( No. 22,315 )
Across
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Boeing 747s, e.g. : JETS
5
Out of bed for the day : RISEN
10
Rand McNally product : MAP
13
Resting on : ATOP
14
Part of the eye : RETINA
15
In bed all day, maybe : ILL
16
Profits : NETEARNINGS
18
Hornets' and Nuggets' org. : NBA
19
Industrial city of Germany : ESSEN
20
Winter precipitation : SLEET
22
Gulf war missiles : SCUDS
25
Town dump, e.g. : WASTEAREA
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Othello's supposed rival for Desdemona's affection : CASSIO
30
"Beep beep" maker : HORN
31
Commotion : ADO
32
Teacher, after exams : GRADER
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"Quickly!," on an order : ASAP
39
The, grammatically : DEFINITEARTICLE
42
Musial of the Cardinals : STAN
43
Egyptian god of the underworld : OSIRIS
44
Last in a sequence: Abbr. : ULT
45
___ of Man : ISLE
47
Actress Reynolds of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" : DEBBIE
49
Dodge City lawman : WYATTEARP
54
The "T" in TWA : TRANS
55
German Hermann : HESSE
56
Use the pink end of a pencil : ERASE
58
Antlered animal : ELK
59
Emmy-winning nature series narrated by David Attenborough : PLANETEARTH
65
Ginger ___ : ALE
66
Grapefruit-like fruit : POMELO
67
___ as shootin' : SURE
68
Wrecker's job : TOW
69
Kick out of school : EXPEL
70
Shed thing hidden in 16-, 25-, 39-, 49- and 59-Across : TEAR
Down
1
Feb. preceder : JAN
2
Summer in France : ETE
3
Tyke : TOT
4
Goes 80, say : SPEEDS
5
Extend a subscription : RENEW
6
Turner's 1986 rock autobiography : ITINA
7
___ City (Las Vegas) : SIN
8
London's locale: Abbr. : ENG
9
Former Egyptian leader with a lake named after him : NASSER
10
Many a West Virginia worker : MINER
11
"The Zoo Story" playwright Edward : ALBEE
12
Oro y ___ (Montana's motto) : PLATA
14
B&O and Short Line: Abbr. : RRS
17
Give, as homework : ASSIGN
21
Island west of Maui : LANAI
22
A lot : SCADS
23
Citadel student : CADET
24
Stars and Stripes land, for short : USOFA
26
Remove wool from : SHEAR
27
Hot : TORRID
29
Baltimore baseballer : ORIOLE
33
Bewildered : ATSEA
34
"Agnus ___" : DEI
36
Swim with the fishes, say : SCUBA
37
Bold poker bet : ALLIN
38
"For ___ sake!" : PETES
40
The J. and K. in J. K. Rowling: Abbr. : INITS
41
African fly pest : TSETSE
46
Vast treeless plain : STEPPE
48
Suckling site : BREAST
49
Bread choice that's not white or rye : WHEAT
50
Mello ___ (soft drink) : YELLO
51
Off-kilter : ASKEW
52
Actress Zellweger : RENEE
53
Suave or VO5 competitor : PRELL
57
From ___ Z : ATO
60
Bagel topper : LOX
61
What a guitar may be hooked up to : AMP
62
Regret : RUE
63
Gay singing syllable : TRA
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Billy Joel's "Tell ___ About It" : HER

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