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New York Times, Monday, January 30, 2006

Author:
Adam G. Perl
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Jordan or Iraq
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Adam G. Perl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Perl. Monday freshness: 61%
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© 2006, The New York Times1/30/6 ( No. 20,537 )
Across
1
Madam's counterpart : SIR
4
Resort island near Venice : LIDO
8
Voodoo charms : MOJOS
13
Poem of praise : ODE
14
Stove part : OVEN
15
Inventor's goal : PATENT
16
Slangy negative : NAH
17
Renowned bandleader at the Cotton Club : CABCALLOWAY
19
"I have an idea!" : AHA
20
Go before : ANTEDATE
21
Androids : ROBOTS
23
By way of : VIA
24
24-hr. banking convenience : ATM
27
Dernier ___ (latest thing) : CRI
28
Raisin ___ (cereal) : BRAN
30
Suffix with buck : AROO
31
Belief : CREDO
33
Beats a hasty retreat : RUNS
34
Emilia's husband, in "Othello" : IAGO
35
Chinese province : HUNAN
36
They're "easy" to find in 17- and 53-Across and 3- and 24-Down : ABC
37
Rural's opposite : URBAN
38
High: Prefix : ALTI
39
Muskogee native : OKIE
40
Walks like an expectant father : PACES
41
Noticed : SEEN
42
Stoop : BEND
43
With 45-Across, for the time being : PRO
44
Mess up : ERR
45
See 43-Across : TEM
46
Monkeylike animals : LEMURS
49
Tends, as a patient : CARESFOR
52
Butterfly catcher's tool : NET
53
Seize power : GRABCONTROL
56
Road goo : TAR
57
Reap : TAKEIN
58
Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" : DESI
59
Hwy. : RTE
60
Dizzy-making drawings : OPART
61
Ooze : SEEP
62
Big fat mouth : YAP
Down
1
Submarine-detecting system : SONAR
2
Just 45 miles of it borders Canada : IDAHO
3
Place to get clean : REHABCENTER
4
When said three times, a real estate mantra : LOCATION
5
Several Russian czars : IVANS
6
Bankruptcy cause : DEBT
7
"___ upon a time ..." : ONCE
8
Island country south of Sicily : MALTA
9
15-Down tribe : OTOE
10
Synagogue attender : JEW
11
Keep ___ short leash : ONA
12
Hog's home : STY
15
Where the buffalo roamed : PLAINS
18
Like Calculus II : ADVANCED
22
Confer holy orders on : ORDAIN
24
Jordan or Iraq : ARABCOUNTRY
25
Ancient Roman robes : TOGAE
26
Mars has two : MOONS
28
Train stoppers : BRAKEMEN
29
Apply, as cream : RUBIN
30
Military branch with planes : AIRARM
31
Pursue : CHASE
32
12" stick : RULER
37
Mustache site : UPPERLIP
39
Fairy king, in Shakespeare : OBERON
45
Silently understood : TACIT
46
Not tied down : LOOSE
47
Rodeo rope : REATA
48
___ throat : STREP
49
"Good buddy" : CBER
50
Regulations: Abbr. : STDS
51
Not tied down : FREE
53
Sporty Pontiac : GTO
54
Grandmaster Flash's music genre : RAP
55
Alias, for short : AKA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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