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New York Times, Monday, February 23, 2009

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Atoms with + or - symbols
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 82 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Monday freshness: 42%
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© 2009, The New York Times2/23/9 ( No. 21,657 )
Across
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Offspring of bucks and does : FAWNS
6
Tobacco mouthful : CHAW
10
___ slaw : COLE
14
Alaskan native : ALEUT
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Top-notch : AONE
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N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Dickerson : ERIC
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Stretchable holder : RUBBERBAND
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Molten flow : LAVA
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"Delicious!" : MMM
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Genre for "The Maltese Falcon" : NOIR
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Lose steam, with "out" : PETER
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Stats in hockey and basketball : ASSISTS
29
Endings with mountain and election : EERS
30
Western alliance, for short : NATO
31
Prefix with phobia : ACRO
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Get a move on : HIE
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Strong family connections, idiomatically : THETIESTHATBIND
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Camera choice, in brief : SLR
41
French miss: Abbr. : MLLE
42
Pretentiously styled : ARTY
43
"That's a good one!" : HAHA
44
OPEC units : BARRELS
47
Tax-free investment : MUNICIPALBOND
51
Aids and ___ : ABETS
52
"___ 18" (Leon Uris novel) : MILA
53
Fed. property manager : GSA
56
Basis of a lawsuit : TORT
57
Tux go-with : CUMMERBUND
60
Projecting edge on a roof : EAVE
61
Sound heard with the phrase "Just like that!" : SNAP
62
Country singer Tennessee ___ Ford : ERNIE
63
Suffix with poll or pun : STER
64
Atoms with + or - symbols : IONS
65
Talks like Don Corleone : RASPS
Down
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50-acre homestead, maybe : FARM
2
Reunion attendee, for short : ALUM
3
Internet guru : WEBMASTER
4
Heart : NUB
5
Dictation takers : STENOS
6
Mountain retreats : CABINS
7
Stockpile : HOARD
8
The Beach Boys' "Barbara ___" : ANN
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Thu. preceder : WED
10
OK! magazine topics : CELEBS
11
Talk bombastically : ORATE
12
Animate : LIVEN
13
Modern-day birthday greeting : ECARD
18
Win by a wide margin : ROUT
22
Ross who founded the Reform Party : PEROT
24
Big melee : RIOT
25
Kind of support offered by a 3-Down : TECH
26
Wife of Zeus : HERA
27
Aardvarks' fare : ANTS
28
Wry comic Mort : SAHL
31
Lunched, say : ATE
32
Armed thugs : HIREDGUNS
33
Worldwide: Abbr. : INTL
34
Alternative to Häagen-Dazs : EDYS
36
Apples on desktops : IMACS
37
For grades 1-12 : ELHI
38
Part of a Three Stooges routine : SLAP
39
1-Down building : BARN
43
One getting a single or a double, e.g. : HITTER
44
Hoverers over sports stadiums : BLIMPS
45
Well-suited : ABLE
46
One guffawing : ROARER
47
Chess endings : MATES
48
W.W. II Atlantic lurker : UBOAT
49
Chutzpah : NERVE
50
Jordan's capital : AMMAN
54
Paper doll-making sound : SNIP
55
Hot-weather quenchers : ADES
57
CBS forensic drama : CSI
58
Numero ___ : UNO
59
Victoria's Secret purchase : BRA

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