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New York Times, Friday, June 19, 2009

Author:
David Levinson Wilk
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Conductor's request: Abbr.
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David Levinson Wilk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FQW} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Wilk. Friday freshness: 84%
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© 2009, The New York Times6/19/9 ( No. 21,773 )
Across
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South-of-the-border sign-off : HASTAMANANA
12
Consumption meas. : MPG
15
"Babette's Feast" author, 1950 : ISAKDINESEN
16
Cause an interception, e.g. : ERR
17
Carry on : RANTANDRAVE
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Where the wild things are? : ZOO
19
Round number, maybe: Abbr. : EST
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Piddling : MERE
21
Market surpluses : GLUTS
23
Cassette components : REELS
25
Speaks about gravely? : EULOGIZES
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"Miss Pym Disposes" mystery novelist : TEY
29
Husband of a sorceress, in myth : JASON
30
Calendar unit : PAGE
31
Big name in radio : IMUS
33
They may go forward or backward : SLASHES
35
Present day demand? : OPENIT
38
Origin : OUTSET
39
Reached the age of : LIVEDTO
41
See 56-Across : TAXI
42
Horse-pulled vehicle : DRAY
43
First name of two first ladies : ELLEN
45
Mil. authority : CMD
48
Actor who said "Only the gentle are ever really strong" : JAMESDEAN
50
Get around : SKIRT
52
Direct deposits, e.g. : ECASH
53
Earthy deposit : MARL
55
Fed. agency with an annual almanac : NIH
56
With 41-Across, it makes short hops : AIR
57
1950 movie on which the musical "Applause" is based : ALLABOUTEVE
61
Verdi's "___ giardin del bello" : NEI
62
Setting of many New Yorker cartoons : PEARLYGATES
63
Jacksonville-to-Daytona Beach dir. : SSE
64
Something to pass in : EXPRESSLANE
Down
1
Engaging sort : HIRER
2
How dishes are often sold : ASASET
3
South Carolina river to the Atlantic : SANTEE
4
Conductor's request: Abbr. : TKT
5
___ apple : ADAMS
6
Elevator locale : MINE
7
Two-time Greek P.M. Papandreou : ANDREAS
8
Mythical Aegean Sea dweller : NEREUS
9
Civil-rights leader ___ Philip Randolph : ASA
10
Home of the Black Rock Desert: Abbr. : NEV
11
Lay ___ : ANEGG
12
Jewish parchment scrolls put on doorposts : MEZUZAHS
13
She has a personal trainer : PROTEGEE
14
Least refined : GROSSEST
22
Contents of a cylindrical case : LIPSTICK
24
What "you can't hide" per a 1975 Eagles hit : LYINEYES
26
L.A.P.D. division? : LOS
27
Out, in a way : ONLOAN
29
Stuck (out) : JUTTED
32
Morning or night lead-in : MID
34
Dumas's "La Dame ___ Camélias" : AUX
35
They may be patched : OLDJEANS
36
Crimes on the high seas : PIRACIES
37
Saint of acting : EVAMARIE
40
Shout to someone in danger of getting stuck : OLE
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Sound : TENABLE
44
Strange woman player in "The Strange Woman," 1946 : LAMARR
46
2001-06 secretary of transportation : MINETA
47
Motivated : DRIVEN
49
Straighten (up) : SHAPE
50
Not-always-taken tokens : SLUGS
51
1995 Bon Jovi album "___ Days" : THESE
54
Artist Lichtenstein and others : ROYS
58
Big Apple ave. : LEX
59
Provider of PC support : LAP
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"Qué ___?" (José's "How's it going?") : TAL

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