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New York Times, Monday, October 18, 2010

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Across : Say "Boo!" to, say
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
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91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 50 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 46%
Jim Horne notes:

There is a rare error at 5 Across. "I'll never be hungry again" is Scarlett's last line before intermission but she has plenty more to say after the popcorn break.

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© 2010, The New York Times10/18/10 ( No. 22,259 )
Across
1
Officials behind batters : UMPS
5
Scarlett whose final film words are "I'll never be hungry again" : OHARA
10
Dame Hess at a piano : MYRA
14
What to call a king : SIRE
15
Caution light's color : AMBER
16
Chick's chirp : PEEP
17
Preowned : USED
18
Where Jodie lives? : FOSTERHOME
20
Survey a second time : REMAP
22
___ de cologne : EAU
23
To the ___ (fully) : MAX
24
With 53-Across, where Victoria lives? : PRINCIPAL
28
Say "Boo!" to, say : SCARE
30
Ernie on the links : ELS
31
Moonshine device : STILL
32
Dirty dishes often collect in them : SINKS
33
Hair colorers : DYES
35
Weekly TV show with guest hosts, for short : SNL
36
Broadcast : AIR
37
Where Donna lives? : SUMMERPLACE
41
A clown might get it in the face : PIE
42
Jr.'s son : III
43
Heady brews : ALES
46
Current conductors : WIRES
49
Rachel Maddow's network : MSNBC
51
Singleton : ONE
52
Nonreactive, chemically : INERT
53
See 24-Across : RESIDENCE
55
Co. with a lot of connections? : ISP
56
Inexact no. : EST
58
Multigenerational stories : SAGAS
59
Where Sally lives? : FIELDHOUSE
64
Starchy tropical root : TARO
65
Not working : IDLE
66
Camel caravan's stop : OASIS
67
"You too?" à la Caesar : ETTU
68
Trial run : TEST
69
Scents : ODORS
70
Well-kept : NEAT
Down
1
Seized, as the throne : USURPED
2
Scroogelike : MISERLY
3
Debaters' basic assumptions : PREMISES
4
Many a family car : SEDAN
5
Clodhopper : OAF
6
Payer of some hosp. bills : HMO
7
"Washboard" muscles : ABS
8
Give a new version of, as a story : RETELL
9
Square footage : AREA
10
Dashboard abbr. : MPH
11
Royal attendant in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta : YEOMAN
12
Comment : REMARK
13
Uppermost points : APEXES
19
Moscow's land : RUSSIA
21
Dell or Toshiba products, for short : PCS
25
"Who's there?" response : ITSME
26
"Knotty" wood : PINE
27
Cry from a bailiff when a judge walks in : ALLRISE
29
Around, in a date : CIRCA
34
"Fantastic!" : SUPER
36
Cover story : ALIBI
38
Covered with a fine spray : MISTED
39
Bowlers' targets : PINS
40
Stretch : ELONGATE
44
Former Web reference from Microsoft : ENCARTA
45
Ushers to the exit : SEESOUT
46
Nintendo product for the gym-averse, maybe : WIIFIT
47
Not outdoors : INSIDE
48
Disgusts : REPELS
49
Wild-riding squire of "The Wind in the Willows" : MRTOAD
50
Savings acct. alternatives : CDS
54
Consumed : EATEN
57
"Scram!" : SHOO
60
Permit : LET
61
Troops' support grp. : USO
62
Walter Raleigh or Walter Scott : SIR
63
Twisty road curve : ESS

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

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