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New York Times, Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : F.B.I. employee: Abbr.
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 151 for Ms. Gorski. Wednesday freshness: 92%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/21/7 ( No. 20,924 )
Across
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Meat loaf serving, e.g. : SLAB
5
Preserve, as preserves : PUTUP
10
Possible college class pres. : BMOC
14
El Cid, to Spaniards : HERO
15
"___ Foolish Things" (1930's hit) : THESE
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Title girl in a 1986 Starship hit : SARA
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___ no. : ACCT
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Uncovered : BARED
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Press : IRON
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Slangy question from a benefactor, maybe : WHOSYOURDADDY
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Prosperity : WEAL
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Style of shorthand, informally : GREGGS
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Shocked : AGHAST
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French possessive : AMOI
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Time, in Italian : ORA
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Bullwinkle, for one : TOON
34
___ of Leningrad, 1941-44 : SIEGE
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Hightail it : RUN
36
1964 party song by Manfred Mann : DOWAHDIDDYDIDDY
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F.B.I. employee: Abbr. : AGT
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"Gosh" : AWGEE
42
Cancellation : NOGO
43
Wine and dine, say : WOO
44
Whips but good : TANS
45
Hangar contents : PLANES
47
Higher-ranked : NOBLER
49
Author Sholem : ASCH
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Stuffy sort : OLDFUDDYDUDDY
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Suffix with stink : EROO
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Kind of artery : ILIAC
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Numismatist's classification : RARE
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Highly distasteful : ICKY
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Below, to a bard : NEATH
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Strikeout ace Nolan : RYAN
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Brokerage initialism : NASD
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Parental units? : GENES
65
Cries during a bikini waxing? : YOWS
Down
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"Pygmalion" playwright : SHAW
2
Solidarity's Walesa : LECH
3
Bowed, in music : ARCO
4
Home of the Kalahari Desert : BOTSWANA
5
Craft for J.F.K. : PTBOAT
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Thing that doesn't go off without a hitch? : UHAUL
7
Oreg. or La., once : TERR
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Did something with : USED
9
Education : PEDAGOGY
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"Revolution," to "Hey Jude" : BSIDE
11
"The Company of Women" author, 1980 : MARYGORDON
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Old peso material : ORO
13
Give the ax : CAN
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"Indubitably" : YES
22
Like prunes : DRIED
25
Soreness? : GRUDGE
26
Some plasma TV's : SANYOS
27
Early in the morning : ATDAWN
28
Baby talk : GOOGOO
29
Do-it-yourselfer's collection : HOWTOBOOKS
30
Seconds : AIDES
31
Ancient dweller of modern Iran : MEDE
34
Nod, maybe : SIGN
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In great disfavor : HATED
38
Towering over : DWARFING
39
Rushed : INAHURRY
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Excites, with "up" : PSYCHS
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Digital readout, initially : LCD
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Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. : LLOYD
49
"It's ___!" ("See you then!") : ADATE
51
1997 Peter Fonda title role : ULEE
52
Naturalist Fossey : DIAN
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Belafonte catchword : DAYO
54
20-20, e.g. : DRAW
55
Achings : YENS
56
German article : EIN
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___ Victor : RCA

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