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New York Times, Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Club official
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQXZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 60%
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© 2009, The New York Times10/21/9 ( No. 21,897 )
Across
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"Whew!" : BOY
4
"___ ears!" : IMALL
9
Weasel-like animal : SABLE
14
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
15
Big name in skin care : NIVEA
16
Saintly glows : AURAS
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Oversimplifies, as educational standards : DUMBSDOWN
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Council of ___, 1545-63 : TRENT
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Flying A competitor : ESSO
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A.E.F.'s conflict : WWI
22
Dragon-slaying saint : GEORGE
23
Club official : TREASURER
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Archangel in Daniel : MICHAEL
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Judge in an impeachment trial : SENATOR
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Not quite up yet : ONDECK
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Bud holder, of sorts : KEG
35
Ab ___ (from the start) : OVO
36
Ballet rail : BARRE
37
Frank McCourt memoir : TIS
38
Barrio quaffs : VINOS
40
Noted 1945 photo site, briefly : IWO
41
It might get a 4.0 A.P.R. : IRA
42
Ad music : JINGLE
43
French newspaper since 1944 : LEMONDE
46
Mississippi's capital : JACKSON
47
Proof of purchase : SALESSLIP
49
"Hägar the Horrible" creator Dik : BROWNE
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Part of a geisha's attire : OBI
53
Cries of surprise : OHOS
57
North African capital : RABAT
58
Job for a dummy? : CRASHTEST
60
Quick-footed : AGILE
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Pilgrimage destination : MECCA
62
Draft pick? : ALE
63
Heroic acts : DEEDS
64
Bob Marley's "___ the Sheriff" : ISHOT
65
Genre for 1- & 22-Across, 22- & 26-Across, 26- & 46-Across and 46- & 49-Across : POP
Down
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Expressed, as a farewell : BADE
2
Cross to bear : ONUS
3
Thanksgiving dish : YAMS
4
Those with clout : INS
5
Hump day, to an office worker : MIDWEEK
6
Affirmation : AVOWAL
7
Explorer with Sacagawea : LEWIS
8
PC-linking system : LAN
9
Lustrous cloth : SATEEN
10
Dawn goddess : AURORA
11
Uncle Remus title : BRER
12
January 1 song word : LANG
13
90 degrees from sur : ESTE
18
"Oh, ___!" (Pooh expression) : BOTHER
22
Dharma's sitcom spouse : GREG
24
5K, for one : RACE
25
A Swiss Army knife has lots of them : USES
26
1999 Exxon merger partner : MOBIL
27
Blown away : INAWE
28
PC backup medium : CDROM
30
Picker-uppers : TONGS
31
Convex molding : OVOLO
32
Baseball's Al a k a the Hebrew Hammer : ROSEN
34
Sportage automaker : KIA
37
Cheshire cat's place : TREE
38
End of a Caesarean boast : VICI
39
Place to dip a quill : INKPOT
41
Out of work : IDLE
42
Guadalajara's state : JALISCO
44
Ruby's live-TV victim : OSWALD
45
City on the Loire with a quarter million people : NANTES
46
"Goldberg Variations" composer, in brief : JSBACH
48
Results of abrasion : SORES
49
Thin nail : BRAD
50
Latest thing : RAGE
51
Best New American Play award : OBIE
54
Jalopy : HEAP
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Where the traitorous Vidkun Quisling lived : OSLO
56
1/12 of a recovery program : STEP
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Early 10th-century year : CMI
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It may be felt on your head : HAT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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