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New York Times, Thursday, November 8, 2012

Author:
Damon J. Gulczynski
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : "Holy smokes!"
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Damon J. Gulczynski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Gulczynski. Thursday freshness: 99%
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MAN
2
O
3
H
4
MAN
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S
6
A
7
M
8
M
9
I
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MAN
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T
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O
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MAN
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A
R
A
L
15
A
F
O
U
L
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T
O
U
R
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G
A
R
Y
18
W
I
N
G
O
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E
L
S
A
20
E
L
I
MAN
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N
I
N
G
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V
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A
L
L
E
Y
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O
V
E
R
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S
E
A
S
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A
27
D
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A
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MAN
T
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E
N
Y
A
31
MAN
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T
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A
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R
I
V
E
R
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A
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L
O
O
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S
C
A
G
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MAN
E
A
T
E
R
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S
40
B
U
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S
L
A
N
E
42
D
O
N
S
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MAN
E
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S
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MAN
E
U
V
E
R
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O
F
T
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M
I
C
A
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G
R
E
Y
S
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D
I
S
S
U
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A
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D
E
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B
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A
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T
E
A
U
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T
W
E
L
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F
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T
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H
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MAN
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E
G
A
L
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I
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C
E
I
N
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I
R
A
Q
64
L
U
X
E
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T
E
E
N
S
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S
I
T
U
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L
E
MAN
S
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S
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D
G
E
69
H
O
S
E
© 2012, The New York Times11/8/12 ( No. 23,011 )
Across
1
"Holy smokes!" : MANOHMAN
5
"Sweetheart" of "Jersey Shore" : SAMMI
10
Direct, in a way : MANTOMAN
14
Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
15
In conflict with : AFOUL
16
What a Realtor may give : TOUR
17
U.S. Steel was once its biggest employer : GARY
18
"N.F.L. Live" host Trey : WINGO
19
Mrs. Albert Einstein : ELSA
20
QB who was twice a Super Bowl M.V.P. : ELIMANNING
22
Hollow : VALLEY
24
How some military personnel serve : OVERSEAS
26
Unyielding : ADAMANT
30
"A Day Without Rain" artist : ENYA
31
Devilfish : MANTA
34
Artist with whom an exiled Leon Trotsky once lived : RIVERA
36
Head for a pub : LOO
37
Heroin, in slang : SCAG
38
Femmes fatales : MANEATERS
40
Part of a city street : BUSLANE
42
"The Godfather" figures : DONS
43
Long mops : MANES
45
Zigzag, e.g. : MANEUVER
46
Commonly : OFT
47
It's flaky : MICA
48
Shades in the London sky, often : GREYS
49
Deter : DISSUADE
52
"Le ___" (Matisse piece) : BATEAU
55
Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle : TWELFTHMAN
60
Even: Fr. : EGAL
61
Trap during winter, perhaps : ICEIN
63
2000s service site : IRAQ
64
Poshness : LUXE
65
Awkward years, for many : TEENS
66
In ___ (naturally positioned) : SITU
67
Annual June race : LEMANS
68
Marsh growth : SEDGE
69
Cheat, in slang : HOSE
Down
1
Get by : MANAGE
2
Like some surgery : ORAL
3
Mata ___ : HARI
4
Macho type : MANLYMAN
5
2007 horror film : SAWIV
6
Walk ___ line : AFINE
7
Tramp, e.g., in "Lady and the Tramp" : MONGREL
8
Pull a face : MUG
9
2009 bromance film : ILOVEYOUMAN
10
Trophy sites : MANTELS
11
Ring : TOLL
12
Yorkshire river : OUSE
13
Contemporary of Marcel Duchamp : MANRAY
21
Dame's lead-in? : NOTRE
23
Best, in some rating systems : AAA
25
High-hatter : SNOB
26
TV director Iannucci : ARMANDO
27
Succumb to : DIEOF
28
___-garde : AVANT
29
"Olympia" and others : MANETS
31
Guy's private area : MANCAVE
32
Chief justice in the Dred Scott case : TANEY
33
New ___ (modern spiritualists) : AGERS
35
Parts of a fashionable "Collezioni" : ARMANISUITS
37
Epithet : SLUR
39
Jiffs : SECS
41
9-Down co-star Jason : SEGEL
44
Prepared, as some mushrooms : SAUTEED
47
Wasikowska of "Alice in Wonderland," 2010 : MIA
49
Editing marks : DELES
50
Knocking the socks off of : AWING
51
Like a copse : DENSE
52
Collar attachment : BELL
53
Flu symptom : AGUE
54
Beatles song with the lyric "There's one for you, nineteen for me" : TAXMAN
56
Go for a bite? : FISH
57
The Jonas Brothers, e.g. : TRIO
58
Roles, figuratively : HATS
59
Having failed aspirations : MANQUE
62
Head of compliance? : CEE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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