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New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
With 35-Down, fictional heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me"
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Steinberg. Wednesday freshness: 93%
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© 2013, The New York Times1/2/13 ( No. 23,066 )
Across
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With 71-Across, breakfast choice ... or a punny hint to this puzzle's theme : FROOT
6
River in a 1957 hit movie : KWAI
10
SALT topic : ICBM
14
Singer/actress Luft : LORNA
15
Boss Tweed lampooner : NAST
16
___ avis : RARA
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Midwest hub : OHARE
18
Eye : OGLE
19
Words after "come" or "go" : ONIN
20
Mark down for a sale, say : RELABEL
22
Model's path : RUNWAY
24
"Lawrence of Arabia" figure : MOSLEM
27
Spotted : SEEN
28
Angel dust, briefly : PCP
30
Ore tester : ASSAYER
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"Amo, amas, I love ___" : ALASS
34
Cut crosswise : TRANSECT
38
Slangy affirmative : YEP
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Make scents of? : ODORIZE
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Cry of derision : YAH
43
Hot desert wind : SANTAANA
45
Yankees manager before Girardi : TORRE
47
F.D.A.-banned diet pill ingredient : EPHEDRA
50
Thrice, on an Rx : TER
51
With 35-Down, fictional heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me" : JANE
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Augustus ___ : CAESAR
55
Hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937 and Jimmy Dorsey in 1957 : SORARE
57
Jewish or Iranian, e.g. : NONARAB
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Make : EARN
62
Auden or Aiken : POET
65
[Bo-o-oring!] : SNORE
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Swarm member : GNAT
67
Layer of the eye : UVEA
68
Singers James and Jones : ETTAS
69
Hard thing to carry : ONUS
70
Meal for a weevil : BOLL
71
See 1-Across : LOOPS
Down
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Dona ___ (1976 Sonia Braga role) : FLOR
2
Architect Mies van der ___ : ROHE
3
Like much folklore : ORAL
4
Things that lead to mergers? : ONRAMPS
5
Billy Blanks fitness system : TAEBO
6
Small hills : KNOLLS
7
Tail movement : WAG
8
Talking with one's hands: Abbr. : ASL
9
Roman road : ITER
10
Laundry staff : IRONERS
11
Request for group permission : CANWE
12
Jones once of the Stones : BRIAN
13
Oodles : MANY
21
Tikkanen of hockey : ESA
23
Newsgroup system since 1980 : USENET
25
Erik of "CHiPs" : ESTRADA
26
Husband, in France : MARI
28
"No more!," e.g. : PLEA
29
___ Crunch : CAPN
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Bosox nickname of old : YAZ
32
Sorrowful cries : AYS
33
Melodramatic series, in slang : SOAPER
35
See 51-Across : EYRE
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Mystery author John Dickson ___ : CARR
37
Everyday article : THE
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Morse unit : DAH
41
10 sawbucks : ONEC
44
The Ricardos, to the Mertzes : TENANTS
46
Italian city that is the title setting of a Walpole novel : OTRANTO
48
Prom tux, usually : RENTAL
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Japan's largest active volcano : ASO
51
Actress Pflug : JOANN
52
Pianist Claudio : ARRAU
54
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
55
___ lily : SEGO
56
Digital book file extension : EPUB
58
___-Rooter : ROTO
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Give ___ (care) : ARAP
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Gershwin opera heroine : BESS
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Egg head? : OVO
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Fish contained in unadon : EEL

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