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New York Times, Thursday, December 13, 2012

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
College frat with the greatest number of chapter houses (200+)
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Ezersky.
Jim Horne notes:

This original grid has four "rebus" squares containing IO. Each crosses a short and a long answer. The short answers fit the clues with either I or O. (I arbitrarily chose to use I in the answers below but you can see that either satisfies the clue.) The long answers use both I and O in that order. So, 14 Across can be either WRITE or WROTE, and 3 Down is SING-SONG VOICE.

DING DONG DITCH at 34 Down is a game where you ring someone's doorbell and run away. It's a favorite each year at the ACPT.

1
S
2
O
3
S
4
A
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D
6
E
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G
8
A
9
L
10
S
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L
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I
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M
14
W
R
IO
T
E
15
S
O
M
E
16
P
I
L
E
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A
N
N
A
L
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P
IO
N
G
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T
A
B
L
E
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T
E
G
R
I
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N
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N
O
S
E
C
R
E
T
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V
I
V
O
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T
I
N
E
A
R
S
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C
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L
O
S
E
C
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U
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T
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T
A
J
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A
V
I
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R
A
N
U
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P
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M
A
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D
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A
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M
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F
O
C
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I
39
L
A
R
A
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M
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M
IO
T
E
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E
V
E
N
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S
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S
I
G
E
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P
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N
R
A
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E
K
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G
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N
O
N
L
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E
G
A
L
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A
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R
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T
R
O
O
54
M
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L
U
N
D
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S
H
U
T
A
W
A
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Y
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O
R
B
I
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T
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Z
61
K
IO
N
G
L
I
V
E
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S
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A
L
T
H
O
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O
N
E
A
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D
I
N
O
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L
O
C
A
L
67
F
E
D
S
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E
S
S
O
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S
C
H
W
A
© 2012, The New York Times12/13/12 ( No. 23,046 )
Across
1
Lament after a loss, maybe : SOSAD
6
Like un + quatre vis-à-vis deux + trois : EGAL
10
Reduce : SLIM
14
Put to paper : WRITE
15
Partly : SOME
16
Accumulation : PILE
17
Historical record : ANNAL
18
Feature of many a rec room : PINGPONGTABLE
20
Discontinued brand of antidandruff shampoo : TEGRIN
22
Something generally known : NOSECRET
23
Andrea Bocelli's "___ per lei" : VIVO
24
Hearing problems? : TINEARS
25
Like a buzz, say : CLOSECUT
29
___ Mahal : TAJ
30
Bird: Prefix : AVI
31
Quickly accumulated : RANUP
33
___ Chair : MADAM
37
What an ellipse's major axis passes through : FOCI
39
Bygone N.F.L.'er : LARAM
41
Teensy bit : MITE
42
Smooths : EVENS
44
College frat with the greatest number of chapter houses (200+) : SIGEP
46
Org. with lots of big shots? : NRA
47
Heart reading, briefly : EKG
49
Not law-related : NONLEGAL
51
Studio : ARTROOM
55
Ilsa in "Casablanca" : LUND
56
Quarantine : SHUTAWAY
58
Big name in travel : ORBITZ
61
1986 film sequel Razzie-nominated for Worst Visual Effects : KINGKONGLIVES
63
Howe'er : ALTHO
64
Prime window seat : ONEA
65
T. Rex, e.g. : DINO
66
One who knows the neighborhood : LOCAL
67
Regulatory group : FEDS
68
Canadian roadside sign : ESSO
69
Agenda's beginning or end : SCHWA
Down
1
Kind of team : SWAT
2
Department where Camembert cheese is made : ORNE
3
Insincere-sounding speaking style : SINGSONGVOICE
4
Classic consoles : ATARIS
5
Stand's partner : DELIVER
6
Special sight? : ESP
7
Proceed, say : GOIN
8
Cry preceding "Are too!" : AMNOT
9
Walks : LEGSIT
10
1996 live-action/animated comedy : SPACEJAM
11
Only astrological sign with an inanimate symbol : LIBRA
12
"No One's ___" (Eminem rap) : ILLER
13
Sports events : MEETS
19
Late breakfast time, maybe : TENAM
21
For dieters : NOCAL
25
Establishment that may display a chalkboard : CAFE
26
Ukrainian city, once : LVOV
27
Some: Sp. : UNAS
28
2006 Winter Olympics city : TURIN
32
When doubled, a Pacific capital : PAGO
34
Kids' doorbell-ringing prank : DINGDONGDITCH
35
Razor brand : ATRA
36
Grace period? : MEAL
38
It's hard to get a reaction out of it : INERTGAS
40
___ Park, Calif. : MENLO
43
Toaster's output? : SKOAL
45
Dollars and cents, e.g. : PLURALS
48
Attempt to get a mass audience : GOWIDE
50
All together : ENBLOC
51
Want from : ASKOF
52
Major European river : RHINE
53
Sounding good, say : TUNED
54
One of the Staple Singers : MAVIS
57
Aches (for) : YENS
59
Antifreeze? : THAW
60
Novelist who was a childhood friend of Cézanne : ZOLA
62
___ Canals : SOO

Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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