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New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Author:
Donna S. Levin
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Down : La Brea goo
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Donna S. Levin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Levin. Tuesday freshness: 31%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/14/9 ( No. 21,798 )
Across
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Partner of punishment : CRIME
6
John Irving title character : GARP
10
Leftovers from threshing : CHAFF
15
Dwelling section whose name comes from the Arabic for "forbidden place" : HAREM
16
Kind of exam : ORAL
17
Oscar winner Berry : HALLE
18
Dickens novel with the 56-Across as its backdrop : ATALEOFTWOCITIES
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Not an elective: Abbr. : REQ
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Like hen's teeth : RARE
23
Features of the Sierras : ARETES
24
Venue : SITE
25
Nickelodeon explorer : DORA
27
Declaration attributed to Marie Antoinette just before the 56-Across : LETTHEMEATCAKE
33
Oyster eater in a Lewis Carroll verse : WALRUS
34
Fraternal group : ELKS
35
Stale Italian bread? : LIRE
37
"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
38
Catch sight of : ESPY
39
Miserly Marner : SILAS
40
___ Pahlevi, last shah of Iran : REZA
41
Launder : WASH
42
Without profit : ATCOST
43
Song of the 56-Across : LAMARSEILLAISE
46
Butter slices : PATS
47
Indian tourist mecca : AGRA
48
109, famously : PTBOAT
52
"Yikes!" : EGAD
53
To's opposite : FRO
56
Event that began in 1789 : FRENCHREVOLUTION
60
Play caller : COACH
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"Milk's favorite cookie," in commercials : OREO
62
Unguent : SALVE
63
Binge : SPREE
64
Volunteer State: Abbr. : TENN
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Grove constituents : TREES
Down
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Scorch : CHAR
2
Assign stars to, say : RATE
3
With 33-Down, topic in the 2008 presidential campaign : IRAQ
4
___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls : MEL
5
Retired : EMERITUS
6
Get out of jail : GOFREE
7
Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
8
Unprocessed : RAW
9
Negotiating partner of Isr. : PLO
10
Sarkozy's presidential predecessor : CHIRAC
11
Loathe : HATE
12
Landed : ALIT
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Leave, as out of fear : FLEE
14
Admit, with "up" : FESS
19
Solemn promises : OATHS
20
Vehicles on the links : CARTS
24
Dam site : STREAM
25
Oracle site : DELPHI
26
Like some chardonnays : OAKY
27
Arista or Motown : LABEL
28
"My Fair Lady" role : ELIZA
29
Tinkers (with) : MESSES
30
Singer Keys : ALICIA
31
Drug units : KILOS
32
Wipe out : ERASE
33
See 3-Down : WAR
36
Superlative suffix : EST
38
Big ___ Conference : EAST
39
Hoagy Carmichael classic : STARDUST
41
Anger : WRATH
42
Like some pond life : ALGAL
44
Geronimo, e.g. : APACHE
45
Middle of an atoll : LAGOON
48
Gomer Pyle and platoonmates, by rank: Abbr. : PFCS
49
Classic Vegas hotel, with "the" : TROP
50
Winnie-the-Pooh, for one : BEAR
51
On a single occasion : ONCE
52
Tied up : EVEN
53
Manicurist's tool : FILE
54
Wander : ROVE
55
Change for a five : ONES
57
Spoil : ROT
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"Able was I ___ I saw Elba" : ERE
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La Brea goo : TAR

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