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New York Times, Thursday, January 19, 2012

Author:
Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Run after K
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121.627069%
Derek Bowman
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111.5115617%
Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Bowman. This is puzzle # 48 for Ms. Keller. Thursday freshness: 92%
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B
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O
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U
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© 2012, The New York Times1/19/12 ( No. 22,717 )
Across
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*Rumpus : BROUHAHA
9
Spanning : ACROSS
15
Some : AHANDFUL
16
*Excitement : HOOHAH
17
Like the maximum-height New York City apartment building that's not required to have a fire evacuation plan : SIXSTORY
18
Suave : SMOOTH
19
Santa ___ : ANA
20
Encyclopedia units: Abbr. : VOLS
21
World financial grp. : IMF
22
Footnote abbr. : LOC
23
Stallone and Stone : SLYS
24
Bridge seats : NORTHS
28
Inits. on many uniforms since 2002 : TSA
29
"Pfui!" : BAH
31
George of "Star Trek" : TAKEI
32
The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A. : KSU
34
Figure on Scotland's coat of arms : UNICORN
36
Innovator : PIONEER
40
Quick check : LOOKSEE
41
Unprincipled : IMMORAL
42
Run after K : LMN
43
"Good ___!" : GRIEF
44
Singer Sumac : YMA
46
Check the box (for) : OPT
49
Plays matchmaker for : SETSUP
51
Web site that includes the heading "Dolls & Bears" : EBAY
54
Social : TEA
55
Calgary Stampeders' grp. : CFL
56
Ready for shipping : LADE
57
Bit of Highlands attire : TAM
58
Attack from above : STRAFE
61
Something to settle : OLDSCORE
63
*Foofaraw : HOOPLA
64
They may be painted in a bathroom : TOENAILS
65
Ran the show : EMCEED
66
Agenda ... or, together, what the seven starred clues and their answers constitute? : TODOLIST
Down
1
Volcanic rock : BASALT
2
Zoo critters : RHINOS
3
Southern Mexican state : OAXACA
4
Young ___ : UNS
5
Many flat-screens : HDTVS
6
Make ___ of : AFOOL
7
*Hubbub : HURLYBURLY
8
Milano of "Charmed" : ALYSSA
9
Bret Harte/Mark Twain play : AHSIN
10
*Turmoil : COMMOTION
11
Auto attachment : ROOFRACK
12
Cry of surprise : OHO
13
Perched : SAT
14
Theater admonishment : SHH
25
Match enders, briefly : TKOS
26
"Just take it" : HERE
27
Trig term : SINE
30
*Ruckus : HULLABALOO
32
*Tumult : KERFUFFLE
33
Slew : SEA
35
___ de famille : NOM
36
They want the most : PIGS
37
Hungarian hero ___ Nagy : IMRE
38
Cut out : OMIT
39
1994 Ray Liotta action film : NOESCAPE
45
1920s-'40s baseballer with a retired "4" : MELOTT
46
Holy Roman emperor who succeeded his father in 973 : OTTOII
47
Cultured ones? : PEARLS
48
Most likely to eat out of one's hand, say : TAMEST
50
Pray : PLEAD
52
Threw in : ADDED
53
Kind of question : YESNO
58
___-goat : SHE
59
Big gobbler : TOM
60
"Arabian Nights" bird : ROC
62
Home of 19-Across: Abbr. : CAL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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