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New York Times, Monday, December 25, 2006

Author:
Adam G. Perl
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner
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Adam G. Perl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKW} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Perl. Monday freshness: 17%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/25/6 ( No. 20,866 )
Across
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Up to the task : ABLE
5
Machinist's tool : LATHE
10
Study all night, say : CRAM
14
Common cause of postponement : RAIN
15
Rural units : ACRES
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Olympic swimmer's assignment : LANE
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Regis Philbin and others : ABCDAYTIMEHOSTS
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Hive occupant : BEE
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Ariz. neighbor : NMEX
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Actor Milo : OSHEA
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Actress Farrow : MIA
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Foal's mother : MARE
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Motion picture academy honor : FILMNOMINATION
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Tureen accessory : LADLE
34
Hands (out) : DOLES
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Wall St. deal : LBO
36
Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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"See? ... huh, huh?" : GETIT
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Emptiness : VOID
39
Get older : AGE
40
Gift recipient : DONEE
41
Lemon peels, e.g. : ZESTS
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Toward shelter : ALEE
46
Passé : OLD
47
Beauty's counterpart : BEAST
50
The Beatles, e.g. : BAND
52
___ Na Na : SHA
55
There's one in 17-, 26- and 42-Across : ALPHABETQUARTET
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Gen. Robert ___ : ELEE
60
Alaskan native : ALEUT
61
Transnational currency : EURO
62
Wines to serve with beef : REDS
63
Singer Turner and others : TINAS
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Comic Sandler : ADAM
Down
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___-Israeli relations : ARAB
2
Sweetie pie : BABE
3
Head case? : LICE
4
Finale : END
5
Nonprofessional : LAYMAN
6
Part of a French play : ACTE
7
Cereal "for kids" : TRIX
8
Haw's partner : HEM
9
Language suffix : ESE
10
Place for hangers : CLOSET
11
Impetuous : RASH
12
A few chips, say, in poker : ANTE
13
Tableland : MESA
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Japanese cartoon style : ANIME
19
Jewish circle dances : HORAS
23
French miss: Abbr. : MLLE
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Setting : MILIEU
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Working without ___ : ANET
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North Dakota's largest city : FARGO
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Slacker : IDLER
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Danish birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen : ODENSE
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Sacred choral work : MOTET
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Irving Berlin's "When ___ You" : ILOST
31
Back-of-newspaper section : OBITS
32
Nonverbal O.K.'s : NODS
33
Bit of foliage : LEAF
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Reason for an R rating : GORE
38
Sell : VEND
40
Airline once said to be "ready when you are" : DELTA
41
Nintendo's The Legend of ___ : ZELDA
43
Pulverizes : MASHES
44
Dunkable treats : DONUTS
47
1930's boxing champ Max : BAER
48
Vogue competitor : ELLE
49
Mimicked : APED
50
Square in the first column of bingo : BTEN
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Water : AQUA
52
Simple earring : STUD
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Zeus' wife : HERA
54
Molecule part : ATOM
56
Flier in a cave : BAT
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___ Lilly, maker of Prozac : ELI
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Actor Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA

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