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New York Times, Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Busy bee
TotalDebutLatest
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 180 for Ms. Gorski. Wednesday freshness: 83%
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© 2010, The New York Times8/4/10 ( No. 22,184 )
Across
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Part of un archipiélago : ISLA
5
Urban commuter's aid : BUSMAP
11
"My dear ___" : SIR
14
Gorged, gorged and gorged some more, informally : ATEUPASTORM
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Blow away : AWE
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Unwritten reminders : MENTALNOTES
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"Top Gun" target : MIG
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Zen enlightenment : SATORI
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Wimbledon do-over : LET
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RC, e.g. : COLA
22
Sail support : MAST
23
The Pirates of the N.C.A.A. : SETONHALL
25
ID entered on every I.R.S. form : SSN
26
"My ___ Private Idaho," 1991 film : OWN
28
Lip-puckering : SOUR
29
Robert Frost poem about a snowfall : THEONSET
32
Anything to talk about : TOPIC
36
Clock face : DIAL
37
Shaped like pizza slices : WEDGY
40
"99 Luftballons" band, 1984 : NENA
41
Shopaholic's indulgence : SPREE
43
It may have wire binding : STENOPAD
45
Trees loved by squirrels : OAKS
48
Sch. in Columbus : OSU
49
Halves of qts. : PTS
50
Oranges, reds and golds : FALLTONES
54
Busy bee : DOER
56
Impolite : RUDE
57
Comic Charlotte : RAE
58
Pageant crowns : TIARAS
60
Swearing-in phrase : IDO
61
Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? : TURNTOSTONE
63
Number after many a state postal abbr. : ZIP
64
Many a Twitter message : ONESENTENCE
65
Taxonomy suffix : ZOA
66
Undemanding courses : EASYAS
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Nothing, in Nantes : RIEN
Down
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Big name in pet food : IAMS
2
The Titanic, for one : STEAMSHIP
3
Was a sounding board : LENTANEAR
4
Road runners : AUTOS
5
Neighbor of Java : BALI
6
Dept. of Defense branch : USN
7
Embezzled, e.g. : STOLE
8
Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus" and others : MOTETS
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Playground retort : ARETOO
10
Residents of 10 Downing St. : PMS
11
Part of the U.S. south of the Equator : SAMOA
12
Volunteer's cry : IWILL
13
Fit for the throne : REGAL
15
Dolly who sang "9 to 5" : PARTON
21
Time: Prefix : CHRONO
23
Dagger in "The Mikado" : SNEE
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Fanatic : NUT
25
Norms: Abbr. : STDS
27
Egypt-to-Niger dir. : WSW
30
Enthusiastic flamenco cry : OLEOLE
31
N.F.L. stats : TDS
33
Alternative to mushroom or sausage : PEPPERONI
34
Spellbound : INATRANCE
35
Wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am types : CADS
38
1960s band with a car-related name, with "the" : GTOS
39
"Sounds good!" : YES
42
Break a fast : EAT
44
One with no tan lines : NUDIST
46
Czech currency : KORUNA
47
Some drums : SNARES
50
Humid day hair problem : FRIZZ
51
It's mastered in a studio : AUDIO
52
Rx for Parkinson's : LDOPA
53
Minuscule, informally : EENSY
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Western, in slang : OATER
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Oceans : TONS
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Viewed : SEEN
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Stiff ballet shoe part : TOE
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Reason for a service break at Wimbledon? : TEA

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