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New York Times, Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Author:
Daniel Kantor
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Pieces of work?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
138/7/20073/28/20237
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CircleScrabbleFresh
31.6016%
Daniel Kantor

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kantor. Tuesday freshness: 33%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/7/7 ( No. 21,091 )
Across
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Liquor holder in a coat pocket : FLASK
6
Wonderment : AWE
9
Taxi sounds : BEEPS
14
Milk: Prefix : LACTI
15
First word of every Robert Ludlum title but one : THE
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Extreme : ULTRA
17
Ward off : AVERT
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Texas tea : OIL
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Sectors : ZONES
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"Just like that!" : BADABING
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Electronic toll-collecting system in the Northeast : EZPASS
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Walk in water : WADE
24
In the past : ONCE
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"Not on your life!" : FUHGEDABOUDIT
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Torment : HARASS
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___ in Show (Westminster prize) : BEST
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Temporary drop : SAG
34
Subj. in drawing class : ANAT
35
Cargo area : BAY
36
Rick's "Casablanca" love : ILSA
37
Holiday ___ : INN
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Planning detail : SPEC
40
Gold standards : KARATS
42
"Yeah, wanna start somethin'?" : YOUTALKINTOME
45
War ender : PACT
46
Create, as a phrase : COIN
47
No-goodnik : BADDIE
50
"The Sopranos" clip? ... or where you might hear 20-, 25- and 42-Across : MOBSCENE
54
Continent separator : OCEAN
55
Embargo : BAN
56
One of the Carpenters : KAREN
57
Make joyous : ELATE
58
Israeli-invented gun : UZI
59
Goaded, with "on" : EGGED
60
Like notepaper or subjects of a king : RULED
61
Fed. monitor of stock fraud : SEC
62
Midterms and finals : TESTS
Down
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"Spare tire" : FLAB
2
Content of some cones : LAVA
3
Nailed : ACED
4
Farmer's headwear : STRAWHAT
5
Toiletries holders : KITBAGS
6
Made amends (for) : ATONED
7
Henry Clay, politically : WHIG
8
Conger or moray : EEL
9
Army barber's specialty : BUZZCUT
10
Ran off to the marrying judge : ELOPED
11
Italian source of 2-Down : ETNA
12
White House occupant: Abbr. : PRES
13
Snippiness : SASS
21
Midmonth time : IDES
22
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
24
Love, honor and ___ : OBEY
25
Rear end : FANNY
26
Heavens: Prefix : URANO
27
Taken ___ (surprised) : ABACK
28
Religion with the Five Pillars : ISLAM
29
Small bite : TASTE
30
"Bali ___" : HAI
33
Good time, slangily : GAS
35
Frequent target of engine wear : BELT
36
Circus animal enclosure : IRONCAGE
38
Tarnished : STAINED
39
Walk to and fro : PACE
40
Old TV feature : KNOB
41
Start of an Ella Fitzgerald standard : ATISKET
43
Timely news bulletin : UPDATE
44
Like some sacred art : ICONIC
47
Afrikaner : BOER
48
Legal rights org. : ACLU
49
Successful conclusion of a negotiation : DEAL
50
Labyrinth : MAZE
51
Pieces of work? : ERGS
52
Nair competitor : NEET
53
Conclusions : ENDS
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Vehicle with a route : BUS

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