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New York Times, Thursday, November 12, 2009

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Like the Wicked Witch of the West at the end of "The Wizard of Oz"
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 135 for Mr. Quigley. Thursday freshness: 75%
1
DIAMOND
2
J
3
I
4
M
5
B
6
R
7
A
8
D
9
Y
10
DIAMOND
11
H
12
E
13
A
14
D
15
R
E
D
E
F
I
N
E
S
16
B
E
R
T
H
17
I
S
O
L
A
T
I
V
E
18
A
X
E
L
S
19
N
U
I
T
20
T
O
R
21
I
C
22
G
I
D
E
23
R
A
N
24
R
K
25
E
26
L
27
L
28
Y
29
T
O
D
30
A
Y
31
T
A
S
T
I
E
R
32
R
E
33
C
34
T
O
35
T
R
E
S
36
A
37
DIAMOND
I
S
F
O
R
38
E
39
V
E
R
40
C
41
U
R
L
42
O
P
E
N
S
43
O
M
N
I
44
B
45
U
S
46
C
O
47
U
48
P
49
S
50
S
P
E
L
L
S
51
M
52
D
L
53
T
E
C
54
H
55
A
S
56
S
A
I
57
O
T
R
O
58
A
59
S
60
P
61
I
C
62
T
U
R
63
B
64
O
P
R
O
P
65
W
H
E
L
K
66
A
R
T
E
R
I
O
L
E
67
N
E
I
L
DIAMOND
68
B
A
S
E
B
A
L
L
DIAMOND
© 2009, The New York Times11/12/9 ( No. 21,919 )
Across
1
Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile : DIAMONDJIMBRADY
10
Hawaiian landmark : DIAMONDHEAD
15
Changes in a whole new way : REDEFINES
16
Moorage : BERTH
17
Tending to cut off : ISOLATIVE
18
Tricky jumps : AXELS
19
Van Gogh's "Le Café de ___" : NUIT
20
Like some fancy soap bubbles : TORIC
22
"Corydon" author : GIDE
23
Got a move on : RAN
24
Singer with the 2002 hit "Ignition" : RKELLY
29
"No more delaying!" : TODAY
31
Better at dinner : TASTIER
32
Chapter's starting point, usually : RECTO
35
___ chic : TRES
36
Classic marketing tagline : ADIAMONDISFOREVER
40
Show signs of age, maybe : CURL
42
Uncorks : OPENS
43
Collected work : OMNIBUS
46
Impressive feats : COUPS
50
Kisses may break them : SPELLS
51
Year Nostradamus's first almanac was written : MDL
53
Texas ___ : TECH
55
Very, to Verdi : ASSAI
57
Not esto or eso : OTRO
58
Kind of jelly : ASPIC
62
Commuter aircraft, maybe : TURBOPROP
65
Marine snail : WHELK
66
Small blood vessel : ARTERIOLE
67
"Heartlight" singer, 1982 : NEILDIAMOND
68
Home setting : BASEBALLDIAMOND
Down
1
Union symbol? : DIAMONDRING
2
Kind of priest : JESUIT
3
Excited answer to "Who wants ...?" : IDOIDO
4
Like the Wicked Witch of the West at the end of "The Wizard of Oz" : MELTED
5
Painter's deg. : BFA
6
Slowing down, in mus. : RIT
7
"The Red Tent" author Diamant : ANITA
8
Exeter's county : DEVON
9
North Sea tributary : YSER
10
Chase Field team : DIAMONDBACKS
11
Whammy : HEX
12
"___ upon my bed I lay me": Longfellow : ERE
13
Airport code of the world's busiest airport : ATL
14
Some A.L.'ers : DHS
21
NPR host Flatow : IRA
23
Some breads : RYES
25
Diminutive ending : ETTE
26
Way into N.Y.C. : LIRR
27
Jason who starred in TV's "My Name Is Earl" : LEE
28
Sentence units: Abbr. : YRS
30
Anagrammatic cousin of 21-Down? : ARI
31
Flew : TORE
33
Inc. article subjects : CFOS
34
Nonpareil : TOP
36
His first opera was "Rosamund" : ARNE
37
Mae West role : DIAMONDLIL
38
Unsolicited MS., perhaps : ENCL
39
Brandy letters : VSO
40
Inc. article subjects : COS
41
Expert on a 68-Across : UMP
44
Symbol for a difficult ski run : BLACKDIAMOND
45
Maritime letters : USS
47
Fantasy world : UTOPIA
48
It's refined in Britain : PETROL
49
Dungeons & Dragons item : SCROLL
51
Actress Tierney of "ER" : MAURA
52
Grimes : DIRTS
54
Subject of a renowned curse : HOPEDIAMOND
56
Attempt : STAB
58
Plant bristle : AWN
59
___-bear : SHE
60
"Dictionary of Linguistics" linguist : PEI
61
In a bad way : ILL
63
Community get-together : BEE
64
Regal symbol : ORB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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