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New York Times, Monday, July 16, 2007

Author:
Elizabeth A. Long
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : With 22-Down, what the ends of the answers to the four starred clues are examples of
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Elizabeth A. Long

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Long. Monday freshness: 67%
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© 2007, The New York Times7/16/7 ( No. 21,069 )
Across
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Cutlass or 88, in the auto world : OLDS
5
Result of a serious head injury : COMA
9
Refrigerates : COOLS
14
Hilarious happening : RIOT
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Not new : USED
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Big foil maker : ALCOA
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*It rolls across the Plains : SAGEBRUSH
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Poverty-stricken : NEEDY
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Church music maker : ORGAN
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Bean from which sauce is made : SOYA
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18, e.g., as a minimum for voting : AGE
24
When repeated, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
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Kevin of "Field of Dreams" : COSTNER
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Psychiatrists' appointments : SESSIONS
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Western Indians : UTES
34
First responder, say: Abbr. : EMT
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ESE's reverse : WNW
36
Spoke roughly : RASPED
39
Former coin in the Trevi Fountain : LIRA
41
Barely chewable : TOUGH
43
"It is so" : TRUE
44
California city on a bay, slangily : FRISCO
46
Shooters' org. : NRA
47
Coach Parseghian : ARA
48
Edith who sang "La Vie en Rose" : PIAF
49
Responsible for, as something bad : GUILTYOF
52
Wife of Marc Antony : OCTAVIA
55
Vivacity : BRIO
56
"The Tell-Tale Heart" teller : POE
57
1967 Montreal attraction : EXPO
59
Saint ___, Caribbean nation : LUCIA
63
Range maker : AMANA
65
*Beehive contents : HONEYCOMB
68
Put back to 0000, say : RESET
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Preppy shirt label : IZOD
70
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Birch and larch : TREES
72
Politicos with a donkey symbol : DEMS
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Barber's call : NEXT
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Roughly : ORSO
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False witness : LIAR
3
Rapper Snoop ___ : DOGG
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Really ticks off : STEAMS
5
Snarling dog : CUR
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The Buckeyes, for short : OSU
7
Result of a ransacking : MESS
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Like some committees : ADHOC
9
Card game with melding : CANASTA
10
Bullfight cry : OLE
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*Juice drink brand : OCEANSPRAY
12
Where Moose meet : LODGE
13
Follower of nay or sooth : SAYER
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___ B'rith : BNAI
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See 25-Down : YOURHAIR
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With 22-Down, what the ends of the answers to the four starred clues are examples of : HOWTOFIX
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___ way, shape or form : INNO
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Try out : TEST
29
___-help : SELF
30
Mideast leader : EMIR
31
*Alluring dance : STRIPTEASE
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Moved like a pendulum : SWUNG
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Coin across the Atlantic : EURO
38
Unhearing : DEAF
40
Land east of the Urals : ASIA
42
Eats : GRUB
45
Cautions : CAVEATS
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Easter bloom : LILY
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Big-billed bird : TOUCAN
52
Bedazzling museum works : OPART
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Person who shows promise : COMER
54
Green garden bug : APHID
58
Seep : OOZE
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___ slaw : COLE
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Large-screen cinema format : IMAX
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Not much : ABIT
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Maiden name preceder : NEE
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___ de plume : NOM
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Mag. staffers : EDS

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