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New York Times, Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Author:
William I. Johnston
Editor:
Will Shortz
Key of Bach's second violin concerto: Abbr.
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William I. Johnston

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Johnston.
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© 2011, The New York Times4/27/11 ( No. 22,450 )
Across
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Sum of opposites : ZERO
5
Send in, as payment : REMIT
10
Surmounting : ATOP
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Tennis great Lendl : IVAN
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Not just stirring : AWAKE
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Dump water overboard : BAIL
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Riviera city : NICE
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Quaker State: Abbr. : PENNA
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Grotesque : UGLY
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Task that stands high on one's list : CLEARPRIORITY
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It may be part of a pack : LIE
24
Bit of cyberchat shorthand : FWIW
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Photo ___ : OPS
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Show people to their seats, informally : USH
31
First Nations tribe : CREE
33
Little bump : NODULE
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Agree verbally : SAYOK
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Exam with a max. score of 180 : LSAT
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"Dies ___" : IRAE
40
Words on a parental advisory label : EXPLICITCONTENT
43
Winter air : NOEL
44
Food stamp? : USDA
45
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Thomas : ISIAH
46
Mesmerized : ENRAPT
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Return envelope, e.g.: Abbr. : ENCL
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Quattro preceder : TRE
51
Cobb and others : TYS
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Turnarounds, slangily : UIES
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Corrida cry : OLE
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Shiny shoe material : PATENTLEATHER
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Campus area : QUAD
64
Buttinsky : PRIER
65
Brit of Fox News : HUME
66
Kitchenware brand : EKCO
67
Column order : IONIC
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Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Pretty low grades : DEES
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"Family Ties" mother : ELYSE
71
Rabid dog in a Stephen King story : CUJO
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97.5% of a penny : ZINC
2
Diabolical : EVIL
3
Political contest : RACE
4
Center of the N.B.A. : ONEAL
5
Lil Wayne, for one : RAPPER
6
Common still-life subject : EWER
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Expansionist doctrine : MANIFESTDESTINY
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"No need to tell me" : IKNOW
9
Attack vigorously : TEARINTO
10
Touch : ABUT
11
Playground shout : TAGYOUREIT
12
Vinaigrette component : OIL
13
Practice, as a trade : PLY
21
Lake of "Hairspray" : RICKI
22
Pacific battle site, familiarly : IWO
26
Flat : PLANAR
27
Do a slow burn : SEETHE
28
Online newsgroup system : USENET
29
Leipzig's state : SAXONY
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Four-dimensional realm : HYPERSPACE
32
Skull and Bones members : ELIS
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Morse code for "sissies" : DITS
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Ceramic vessel : OLLA
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Open ___ of worms : ACAN
41
Adorable one : CUTIEPIE
42
Nabisco wafer : NILLA
47
Wall Street option : PUT
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Strong-arm : COERCE
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Register : ENROL
55
Set of principles : ETHIC
57
Commotions : ADOS
58
Island rings : LEIS
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Rwandan group : HUTU
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Key of Bach's second violin concerto: Abbr. : EMAJ
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Employee's move, for short : RELO
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Letters seen during proofreading? : QED
63
Island strings : UKE

Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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