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New York Times, Thursday, January 14, 2010

Author:
Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Like a superlatively sneaky sleuth?
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Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Madison. Thursday freshness: 33%
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© 2010, The New York Times1/14/10 ( No. 21,982 )
Across
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Paris Hilton catchphrase : THATSHOT
9
"The Country Girl" playwright : ODETS
14
Be for, in an argument : SIDEWITH
15
Nazione di Napoli : ITALIA
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Like a poison pen letter? : ADDRESSEDTOKILL
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"The Office" unit : REAM
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Prefix with -zoic : MESO
20
End of a quiz? : ZEE
21
"Fly Me to the Moon" and others? : SPACEBALLADS
26
Abbr. on every original Beatles song : BMI
29
South Australia's ___ Bay : EMU
30
Prefix with political : GEO
31
Ham operator's "Hurrah!"? : RADIOBRAVO
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They come and go : FADS
39
Huskies' home : UCONN
40
Writer Chinua Achebe, by birth : IBO
41
Suffer ignominy : EATIT
42
"Do ___!" : TELL
43
Yes-man's biography? : TOADYSTORY
45
Not there, to 11-Down : ERE
47
Gold stds. : KTS
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Host of the 1970 and 1986 World Cup: Abbr. : MEX
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Like a superlatively sneaky sleuth? : BESTINSHADOW
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Sumac from Peru : YMA
56
Silk: Fr. : SOIE
57
Not having gone pro? : ANTI
61
TV movie interruption ... or feature of 16-, 21-, 31-, 43- and 49-Across? : COMMERCIALBREAK
66
Garden structures : ARBORS
67
Time on the Enterprise : STARDATE
68
"___ Hope," long-running ABC soap : RYANS
69
Black gold : TEXASTEA
Down
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Ukase issuer : TSAR
2
Obscure : HIDE
3
Recipe direction starter : ADDA
4
Contract fine print : TERMS
5
Host of the 1912 Olympics: Abbr. : SWE
6
Bill Haley and ___ Comets : HIS
7
They may follow last periods, for short : OTS
8
This puzzle's is revealed at 61-Across : THEME
9
He played Lord Jim in "Lord Jim" : OTOOLE
10
___ Terr., 1861-89 : DAK
11
Henry's pupil : ELIZA
12
Put on, as a roof, maybe : TILED
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___ slip : SALES
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"We're on" : ITSAGO
17
Miss out? : DEB
22
Drudge : PEON
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U.N. figure: Abbr. : AMB
24
Tchotchke : CURIO
25
Like some yogurt, informally : LOFAT
26
Fabergé cologne : BRUT
27
It might come with the mail : MACE
28
Kelly Clarkson, once : IDOL
32
Sound, say : INLET
33
Litigators' grp. : ABA
34
Ingredient in a salty dog : VODKA
36
Volume 1 of a two-volume encyclopedia? : ATOM
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Not just serious : DIRE
38
Hit 1970s-'90s band with a mythological name : STYX
41
"Happy Motoring" sloganeer : ESSO
43
The Three ___ : TENORS
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Pay stub abbr. : YTD
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Stage equipment : RISERS
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One way to go : BYCAR
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American university where Desmond Tutu taught theology : EMORY
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Bossa nova kin : SAMBA
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[That's what it says] : SIC
53
Job in "Ocean's Eleven" : HEIST
54
Little Orphan Annie and others : WARDS
58
Swell : NEAT
59
Thames gallery : TATE
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Retail giant from 5-Down : IKEA
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Jamaican fellow : MON
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Ingested : ATE
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Loose : LAX
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Supporter, of sorts : BRA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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