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New York Times, Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Across : Eucharist plate
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 67 for Mr. Collins. Tuesday freshness: 86%
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© 2013, The New York Times1/15/13 ( No. 23,079 )
Across
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Switch's partner : BAIT
5
Defeatist's words : ICANT
10
Velcro component : HOOK
14
It extends from the elbow : ULNA
15
Futile : NOUSE
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Approximately : ORSO
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Expected outcome : NORM
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Pillowcase go-with : SHEET
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Cavils : NITS
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1973 film for which John Houseman was named Best Supporting Actor : THEPAPERCHASE
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Melancholy : SAD
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Soviet launch of 1986 : MIR
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Like some restaurants : ETHNIC
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Shortest paths : DIRECTROUTES
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Surfer girl, maybe : WAHINE
34
Grp. that suspended Honduras in 2009 : OAS
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Bird: Prefix : AVI
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Egg: Sp. : HUEVO
37
Serling or Steiger : ROD
38
Eucharist plate : PATEN
40
Slip up : ERR
41
Chat room inits. : AOL
42
Sunday best : FINERY
43
Igor, for one : LABASSISTANT
47
Column base : PLINTH
48
Slugger Mel : OTT
49
Squeal (on) : RAT
52
Blindsided : CAUGHTUNAWARE
56
Hip-hopper's home : CRIB
58
Treat again, as a sprain : REICE
59
Up to the challenge : ABLE
60
Guy : DUDE
61
Regions : AREAS
62
"Like that'll ever happen" : IBET
63
Film unit : REEL
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Things spun by old salts : YARNS
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Something hidden in 20-, 28-, 43- and 52-Across ... or landed with the help of 1-, 10-, 37- and 63-Across : FISH
Down
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Baseball taps : BUNTS
2
"Welcome to Honolulu!" : ALOHA
3
How losses appear on a ledger : INRED
4
Pat (down) : TAMP
5
Motivate : INSPIRE
6
Stick together : COHERE
7
Violinist Leopold : AUER
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Fraction of a fraction of a min. : NSEC
9
Ties : TETHERS
10
Main part of Japan : HONSHU
11
Get situated : ORIENTATE
12
German direction : OST
13
Bout-ending slugs : KOS
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___ acid : AMINO
22
___ Z : ATO
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"If ___ catch you ...!" : IEVER
27
TV spinoff of 2004 : CSINY
28
Stock payout: Abbr. : DIV
29
Loses ardor : COOLS
30
Smidgen : TAD
31
Young dog : WHELP
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Hearing-related : AURAL
33
Weed-killer : HERBICIDE
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Prince's père : ROI
38
Ship of 1492 : PINTA
39
Tiny sugar-lover : ANT
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Color akin to silver : ASHGRAY
42
Obesity : FATNESS
44
Women's tennis champ Medina : ANABEL
45
Original Beatle Sutcliffe : STU
46
Bird with a colorful bill : TOUCAN
49
Temple head : RABBI
50
Van Gogh home for a while : ARLES
51
Choppers : TEETH
53
Daughter of Cronus : HERA
54
Layer : TIER
55
Cosette, e.g., in "Les Misérables" : WAIF
56
Burnable data holder: Abbr. : CDR
57
Regret : RUE

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

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