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New York Times, Monday, January 24, 2011

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Papers in poker pots
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 126 for Mr. Piscop. Monday freshness: 36%
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© 2011, The New York Times1/24/11 ( No. 22,357 )
Across
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Order after "Ready ... aim ..." : FIRE
5
Not cramped at all : ROOMY
10
Urban pollution : SMOG
14
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
15
Protruding navel : OUTIE
16
California valley known for 37-Across : NAPA
17
Informal gathering of musicians : JAMSESSION
19
Stuck in the freezer : ICED
20
Mensa members' stats : IQS
21
37-Across vessels : VATS
22
30-second spots, e.g. : TVADS
23
One of the W's in W.W. I : WAR
24
Expressed wonder : OOHED
26
1975 #1 hit for LaBelle : LADYMARMALADE
31
"On the Beach" author Nevil : SHUTE
33
"Looks ___ everything" : ARENT
34
Floor cleaner : MOP
35
Send a message via cell phone : TEXT
36
Dish rated in alarms : CHILI
37
Cabernet or merlot : WINE
38
Lumberjack's tool : AXE
39
Red tag events : SALES
40
Clear from memory : ERASE
41
Outdoor homes for endangered species, perhaps : GAMEPRESERVES
44
More sad : BLUER
45
"Ich bin ___ Berliner" : EIN
46
"Pretty Boy" of crime : FLOYD
48
Match a bet, in poker : CALL
50
Hit with a stun gun : ZAP
53
Papers in poker pots : IOUS
54
Park that's home to Yogi Bear : JELLYSTONE
57
Entice : LURE
58
Samuel of the Supreme Court : ALITO
59
Initial poker stake : ANTE
60
Beat, barely : EDGE
61
Wisconsin college or its city : RIPON
62
Cubicle fixture : DESK
Down
1
Volcano viewable from Tokyo : FUJI
2
Operation Desert Storm setting : IRAQ
3
Ewes' mates : RAMS
4
Chicago trains : ELS
5
Nun's beads : ROSARY
6
Remove from power : OUST
7
Elevator pioneer Elisha : OTIS
8
"O Sole ___" : MIO
9
Money in Tokyo : YEN
10
Whine tearfully : SNIVEL
11
Nuts grown in Hawaii : MACADAMIAS
12
Newspaper opinion piece : OPED
13
Gallivants, with "about" : GADS
18
Give the slip to : EVADE
22
"___ reminds me ..." : THAT
23
Light bulb unit : WATT
24
Ultimatum words : ORELSE
25
All: Prefix : OMNI
26
Country wedged between France, Belgium and Germany : LUXEMBOURG
27
Gustav who composed "The Song of the Earth" : MAHLER
28
Astrological sign of spring : ARIES
29
Mafia bigwigs : DONS
30
Olympian's blade : EPEE
31
For men only : STAG
32
One more than penta- : HEXA
36
Give a darn : CARE
37
Small songbird : WREN
39
Potato, informally : SPUD
40
Things released from Pandora's box : EVILS
42
French president's palace : ELYSEE
43
Have confidence in : RELYON
46
Blacksmith's tool : FILE
47
Deafening : LOUD
48
Tie fastener : CLIP
49
Kind of sax : ALTO
50
The "Z" in DMZ : ZONE
51
Aardvark's diet : ANTS
52
Not wait until December 25, say : PEEK
54
Where you might find the thematic parts of 17-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across : JAR
55
___ Lilly and Company : ELI
56
Tiny bit : TAD

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