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New York Times, Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Author:
Kelsey Blakley
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Runt's group
TotalDebutLatest
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Kelsey Blakley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Blakley. Wednesday freshness: 77%
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© 2011, The New York Times8/24/11 ( No. 22,569 )
Across
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Holiday time, in ads : XMAS
5
Detection devices : RADARS
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One way to stand : PAT
14
Bunk bed feature : RAIL
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Fester and Vanya : UNCLES
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Shipment to a smeltery : ORE
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Physical therapist's assignment? : ATROPHYCASE
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Postal worker's circuit: Abbr. : RTE
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Gossip, to an Aussie : YABBER
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Friend of François : AMI
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Engaged : ATIT
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The Forbidden City : LHASA
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Blackened seafood? : EBONYFISH
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Some small power supplies : AAS
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Facilities, informally : LAV
29
Lift up : ELATE
30
La ___ Tar Pits : BREA
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Kind of arrest : CARDIAC
36
Castaway's day in court? : ISLANDERTRIAL
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Enter slowly : CREEPIN
41
Spread selection : OLEO
43
Mete out : ALLOT
46
It may come in a blanket : FOG
48
Bionic part of the Bionic Woman : EAR
49
Lure for Popeye's sweetie? : OLIVEBAIT
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___ Kea : MAUNA
55
After midnight, say : LATE
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"Go on ..." : AND
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Maliciously done : WANTON
58
CPR pro : EMT
59
Choosing between pounds and kilos? : UNITPICKING
61
Funny Charlotte : RAE
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Hang back : REMAIN
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Uncool : LAME
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Georgia, once: Abbr. : SSR
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Customary practices : USAGES
66
Hydrocarbon suffixes : ENES
Down
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Medical dept. room : XRAYLAB
2
Exotic dancer executed in 1917 : MATAHARI
3
Homes for drones : AIRBASES
4
Food-stains-on-shirt sorts : SLOBS
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River to the Rhine : RUHR
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Whatever amount : ANY
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1983 Mr. T comedy : DCCAB
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1836 siege site : ALAMO
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Frankincense or myrrh : RESIN
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GPS heading : SSE
11
Wife of Brutus : PORTIA
12
iTunes search category : ARTIST
13
Chew on a baby toy, say : TEETHE
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Thunder sound : PEAL
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Result of a '55 union merger : AFLCIO
24
Dance around : EVADE
25
Information for an oenologist : YEAR
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Reason to use Retin-A : ACNE
31
Dinette spot : ALCOVE
33
Union ___ : REP
34
Headache for a snow shoveler : DRIFT
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"Give ___ thought!" : ITNO
37
Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
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Like Unalaska : ALEUTIAN
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1989 movie featuring principal Joe Clark : LEANONME
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Good sources of vitamin C : ORANGES
43
Many I.M. recipients : AOLERS
44
Wool-yielding pack animals : LLAMAS
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Runt's group : LITTER
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Auto financing org., formerly : GMAC
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Causes of ruin : BANES
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Man's feminine side : ANIMA
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Med-alert bracelet, e.g. : IDTAG
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Shackle site : ANKLE
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Standings column : WINS
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Neighbor of Braz. : URU
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Eskimo ___ : PIE

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