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New York Times, Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Mercenary in the American Revolution
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {XZ} This is puzzle # 53 for Ms. Gamache. Tuesday freshness: 48%
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© 2010, The New York Times1/26/10 ( No. 21,994 )
Across
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This plus that : BOTH
5
Breath freshener : MINT
9
In the style of: Suffix : ESQUE
14
First razor with a pivoting head : ATRA
15
Child of invention? : IDEA
16
Boast of : VAUNT
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*Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe : COUNTDOWN
19
Restaurant owner in an Arlo Guthrie song : ALICE
20
Mercenary in the American Revolution : HESSIAN
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___ Hawkins Day : SADIE
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"Enough already!" : STOPIT
24
Like a post-fender-bender fender : DENTED
27
Common paper size: Abbr. : LTR
28
Concept in Confucianism : TAO
30
___ extra cost : ATNO
31
Burping in public, e.g. : TABOO
34
Place for a hot pie to cool : SILL
35
Billboard : SIGN
36
Roth ___ : IRA
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*Measure with strides : PACEOFF
40
Fellows : MEN
41
Backgammon pair : DICE
43
Pub projectile : DART
44
An Astaire : ADELE
46
Questions : ASKS
47
Stat for Babe Ruth: Abbr. : HRS
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Uno + due : TRE
49
"Come on!" : LETSGO
51
Neighbor of Macedonia and Montenegro : SERBIA
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Get in touch with : REACH
56
Slob's opposite : NEATNIK
58
Factory : PLANT
60
*New neighbors' event : OPENHOUSE
62
Italian bowling game : BOCCE
63
"___ and the Real Girl" (2007 film) : LARS
64
Irritate : RILE
65
Some are practical : JOKES
66
Chichi : ARTY
67
Interval on a scale : STEP
Down
1
"Brandenburg Concertos" composer : BACH
2
Oklahoma Indians : OTOES
3
Object of Teddy Roosevelt's "busting" : TRUST
4
Millennium Falcon pilot in "Star Wars" : HANSOLO
5
Where trapeze artists meet : MIDAIR
6
Runaway bride's response? : IDONT
7
Partner of improved : NEW
8
What bronzers simulate : TANS
9
Circumvent : EVADE
10
California's ___ Valley, known as "America's salad bowl" : SALINAS
11
*Period of contemplation : QUIETTIME
12
Dad's bro : UNC
13
Summer in Montréal : ETE
18
First-rate : TIPTOP
22
Name widely avoided in Germany : ADOLF
25
Georgia of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" : ENGEL
26
"Death Be Not Proud" poet : DONNE
28
Wedding cake layers : TIERS
29
Oodles and oodles : ALOT
31
___ basin : TIDAL
32
Pop up : ARISE
33
*Reverse a position : BACKTRACK
34
Permanent reminder : SCAR
38
Like single-purpose committees : ADHOC
39
Jill's portrayer on "Charlie's Angels" : FARRAH
42
Heart and soul : ESSENCE
45
Ones who owe : DEBTORS
48
Itty-bitty : TEENSY
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Entrances to exclusive communities : GATES
51
"Hägar the Horrible" dog : SNERT
52
Arctic native : INUIT
53
Airplane seating request : AISLE
55
"Hi, José!" : HOLA
57
Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue : KEEP
58
Common sandwich for a brown-bagger : PBJ
59
W.C. : LOO
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3, 4 or 5, usually, for a golf hole : PAR

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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