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New York Times, Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Across : Exceptionally good
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Farmer. Tuesday freshness: 97%
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© 2011, The New York Times5/17/11 ( No. 22,470 )
Across
1
Norman of the Clinton and Bush cabinets : MINETA
7
"Uh, excuse me ..." : AHEM
11
Figs. well above 100 in Mensa : IQS
14
Los ___ (Manhattan Project lab site) : ALAMOS
15
Travel far and wide : ROVE
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Payable immediately : DUE
17
ABC late-night host : JIMMYKIMMEL
19
The Reds, on scoreboards : CIN
20
Items sometimes locked in a car (oops!) : KEYS
21
Air safety agcy. : FAA
22
Reads, as bar codes : SCANS
24
Drugstore stock, for short : MEDS
25
Rock's ___ Boingo : OINGO
27
Western U.S. gasoline giant : ARCO
28
Scottish seaport : AYR
29
Lead singer of Pearl Jam : EDDIEVEDDER
31
Sticky stuff : GOO
32
Fuss : ADO
33
Manuscript encl. : SASE
34
Exceptionally good : SUPERB
36
Woman's shoe style : TSTRAP
40
Antiaircraft artillery : FLAK
42
"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" : SIE
43
"___ got your number" : IVE
44
"Walking on Broken Glass" singer : ANNIELENNOX
48
It's frequently punched on a keypad : PIN
49
Colorado ski resort : VAIL
50
Rest atop : LIEON
51
Tom of "The Grapes of Wrath" : JOAD
52
Sleep problem : APNEA
54
Carpenter's tool : SAW
55
Gusto : ZEST
56
___ Mahal : TAJ
57
"The Greatest Show on Earth" co-star, 1952 : BETTYHUTTON
61
In the style of : ALA
62
One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives" : BREE
63
___ Queen : ELLERY
64
Apt. units : RMS
65
Kitten's plaything : YARN
66
Pouilly-___ (wine) : FUISSE
Down
1
Capt.'s superior : MAJ
2
A few words between friends : ILIKEYOU
3
Imply ties with V.I.P.'s : NAMEDROP
4
Small-screen statuettes : EMMYS
5
Plays (with) : TOYS
6
Question : ASK
7
Giorgio of fashion : ARMANI
8
Respectful tributes : HOMAGES
9
"All About ___" : EVE
10
Diner on "Alice" : MELS
11
Airport security requirement, briefly : IDCARD
12
Marmalade fruit : QUINCE
13
Motion detector, e.g. : SENSOR
18
"Damned ___, damned ..." : IFIDO
23
Officer-in-training : CADET
24
S.I. and O, e.g. : MAGS
25
Kook : ODDBALL
26
It may be standing at the end of a concert : OVATION
29
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs : EARLE
30
One of Greater London's "home counties" : ESSEX
35
Paperless I.R.S. submission : EFILE
37
Snappy comebacks : RIPOSTES
38
Amelia Earhart and others : AVIATORS
39
Hang : PEND
41
Tush : KEISTER
42
Like many winter landscapes : SNOWY
44
Online user's self-image : AVATAR
45
Incendiary fuel in "Apocalypse Now" : NAPALM
46
Masked fighters : NINJAS
47
Tidy (up) : NEATEN
51
Star of the martial arts epic "Hero" : JETLI
53
John Prine's "Dear ___" : ABBY
55
End of an alphabet that begins Alpha, Bravo, Charlie : ZULU
58
Pitcher's stat : ERA
59
Playboy founder, for short : HEF
60
"Bill ___, the Science Guy" : NYE

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