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New York Times, Thursday, June 17, 2010

Author:
Corey Rubin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Down : What there was in Mudville
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Corey Rubin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Rubin. Thursday freshness: 90%
Jim Horne notes:

Cleveland.com has a story about Corey Rubin and this puzzle.

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© 2010, The New York Times6/17/10 ( No. 22,136 )
Across
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Poe poem, with "The" : BELLS
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A lot : RAFTS
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Cutesy-___ : POO
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Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" : ISAAK
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With 25-Across, an Irving Berlin song : ILOVE
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Furthermore : AND
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Blue : BAWDY
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Hit 2006 film banned in every Arab country except Lebanon : BORAT
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"___ Bangs" (Ricky Martin hit) : SHE
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Newborn : BUNDLEOFJOY
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Concern for an Allied ship : UBOAT
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Part of many a job title: Abbr. : ASST
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See 15-Across : APIANO
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Gratifying : ENJOYABLE
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Hershey's brand : ALMONDJOY
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Part of the home computer market : MACS
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Talk up : HYPE
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1824 Vienna premiere : BEETHOVENSNINTH
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Hydrocarbon suffixes : ENES
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Home of London's Palace Theatre : SOHO
43
Pastime for a car thief, perhaps : JOYRIDING
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Euphoric : OVERJOYED
50
Region known as the Valley of the Moon : SONOMA
51
Évian and Vichy : SPAS
52
Like most music : TONAL
53
Best-selling novel of 1989, with "The" : JOYLUCKCLUB
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Like Schubert's Symphony No. 7 : INE
59
Top of a Roman candle? : IGNIS
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Sophocles skill : IRONY
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Middling mark : CEE
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Ding Dong filler : CREME
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Cézanne contemporary : MANET
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Elizabethan dramatist Thomas : KYD
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"___ to you!" : HERES
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Not just big : OBESE
Down
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Kind of lettuce : BIBB
2
Grandson of Abraham : ESAU
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It extends about a yard : LAWN
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Diane of "Wild at Heart" : LADD
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1973 NASA launch : SKYLAB
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Nucleic acid sugar : RIBOSE
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Up : ALOFT
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One way to jump : FORJOY
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Norris Dam agcy. : TVA
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Relief pitchers prior to closers : SETUPMEN
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El ___ (certain Texan) : PASOAN
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Present : ONHAND
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Work incorporated in 33-Across ... or a description of this puzzle? : ODETOJOY
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Night sch. course : ESL
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Life, in brief : BIO
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Swiss ___ : ALPS
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Attaché's place: Abbr. : EMB
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Aye's opposite : NAE
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"Dubliners" author : JOYCE
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Hrs. in Puerto Rico : AST
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Writer Rand : AYN
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Jack and billy : HES
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Eponymous doctor with a maneuver : HEIMLICH
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Tony-nominated choreographer White : ONNA
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Part of a food pyramid, briefly : VEG
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Neighbor of Jordan: Abbr. : ISR
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What there was in Mudville : NOJOY
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French beverage : THE
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Container on a pole : HOD
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Gamer's device : JOYSTICK
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TV's Andy : ROONEY
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Short of resources : INNEED
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___ favor : DOA
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Works : OPUSES
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Dust collector, for short : VAC
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Certain sled driver : ESKIMO
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Lowlifes : SLIME
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Al ___, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump : JOYNER
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Zodiac creature : CRAB
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Solo : LONE
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Quelques-___ (some: Fr.) : UNES
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Part of a gig : BYTE
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Hurdle for some srs. : GRE

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6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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