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New York Times, Friday, April 20, 2012

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Informal approvals
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Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Nothnagel. Friday freshness: 57%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/20/12 ( No. 22,809 )
Across
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One with a famous opening act? : ALIBABA
8
Invite out for : ASKTO
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They get the scoop at work : SODAJERKS
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Run : BLEED
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Trying to win a radio contest, say : CALLINGIN
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Figure in a doctor's office : COPAY
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Light breakfast : ONEEGG
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Liberal opening? : NEO
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Notes come out of them : ATMS
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Old game co. that made D&D : TSR
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Tree with catkins : ALDER
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Temporary retirements? : NAPS
27
Intrepidity : VALOR
29
"The Sorrows of Young Werther" author : GOETHE
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Runs out of energy : DIES
33
Fix up : REHAB
35
"Holy cow!" : BOY
36
Frustratingly difficult : LIKEHERDINGCATS
39
Suffix with Caesar : EAN
40
Excrete : EGEST
41
Swing wildly : YOYO
42
11-Down, usually : GLOSSY
44
Argument : POINT
46
Part of the intro to a piece of "Champagne Music" : ATWO
47
Area in front of a basketball net, informally : PAINT
49
___-bear : SHE
52
Allocation of some pork spending? : LOIN
53
A.L. East squad, on scoreboards : TOR
54
Quickly mount : LEAPON
57
Bit of funny business : ANTIC
59
Fools around : KILLSTIME
61
Advertiser with a computer-generated mascot : GEICO
62
Game that gave rise to the expression "ace in the hole" : STUDPOKER
63
Thomas Cromwell's earldom : ESSEX
64
Positive or negative : NONZERO
Down
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Fred has one in "Scooby-Doo" cartoons : ASCOT
2
Assistance for short people? : LOANS
3
Thumb twiddler : IDLER
4
Roll in a field : BALE
5
Do ___ (celebrate, sort of) : AJIG
6
Player losing to the 49ers in Super Bowl XVI or XXIII : BENGAL
7
Intl. soccer powerhouse : ARG
8
Original airer of "The Jetsons" : ABC
9
___ Crosley, author of the 2008 best seller "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" : SLOANE
10
Held back : KEPTATBAY
11
Item in a trophy case : TEAMPHOTO
12
Cross-country trips, perhaps : ODYSSEYS
14
Soul mate : KINDREDSPIRIT
15
N.F.L. All-Pro player Chris : SNEE
21
What a fugue may be written for : ORGAN
25
"Passage to Marseille" actor, 1944 : LORRE
27
Valve opening? : VEE
28
Some flakes : ASHES
30
Specialty doc : OBGYN
31
Connection indicators : DIALTONES
32
"You're telling me!" : IKNOWITIS
34
Discover, as a solution : HITON
36
21, often : LEGALAGE
37
2011 revolution locale : EGYPT
38
Item in a tent, maybe : COT
43
"Ooh-la-la!" : SONICE
45
"Better than nothing" : ITLLDO
48
Informal approvals : AOKS
49
Shoot up : SPIKE
50
"Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)" artist, 1876 : HOMER
51
When to celebrate el Día de los Reyes : ENERO
55
"Outside the Lines" airer : ESPN
56
Comprehensive : ATOZ
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Boat navigator, informally : COX
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"___ Yu" (collection also known as "The Analects of Confucius") : LUN

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