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New York Times, Saturday, October 27, 2007

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Billionaire sports entrepreneur who heads HDNet
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 122 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 37%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/27/7 ( No. 21,172 )
Across
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Billionaire sports entrepreneur who heads HDNet : MARKCUBAN
10
Like some seasonal helpers : ELFIN
15
Within the next few minutes, potentially : ATANYTIME
16
Some piano players : ROLLS
17
Case made for a shooter : CAMERABAG
18
Agitated : ROILY
19
Real-estate ad statistic : AREA
20
Its motto is "All for our country": Abbr. : NEV
22
Go over : SPAN
23
Orchestra section : WINDS
25
Dr. Seuss's "Too Many ___" : DAVES
27
Consumer protection grp. : FTC
28
Yokohama "yes" : HAI
30
Marathon runner Gebrselassie : HAILE
32
It served the Mid-Atlantic until 1976 : READINGRAILROAD
39
Classic laugh-inducing parlor game with writing or illustrations : EXQUISITECORPSE
40
Move on after a humiliating defeat : COUNTONESLOSSES
41
Claimed : TAKEN
42
Vintner's prefix : OEN
43
Kind of engr. : CIV
44
Member of a popular college frat : SIGEP
47
Parliament rival : SALEM
52
Shot one on : ACED
54
Name for Quantum Computer Services since '89 : AOL
55
Heavyweights compete in it : SUMO
56
An overabundance : PILES
58
"You said it!" : DONTIKNOW
62
Sent regrets, say : RSVPD
63
Help get settled : ORIENTATE
64
Priceless instrument : AMATI
65
What green might ripen into : TOMATORED
Down
1
Bird remarkable for its longevity : MACAW
2
Breakout maker : ATARI
3
Far Eastern bowlful : RAMEN
4
Manipulate, in a way : KNEAD
5
France's Saint-___-l'École : CYR
6
She played Martha in Broadway's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" : UTA
7
One hanging around at Red Lobster? : BIB
8
Range option : AMANA
9
Ben-Gurion setting : NEGEV
10
Stumble : ERR
11
"Happy Birthday" playwright : LOOS
12
About-faces : FLIPFLOPS
13
Nervous : ILLATEASE
14
Band with the highest first-week album sales in music history : NSYNC
21
It'll get you somewhere : VEHICLE
24
Some religious fundamentalists : SHIITES
25
Cook's words : DIGIN
26
Old settings for many out-of-tune pianos : SALOONS
29
Connecticut city on the Naugatuck : ANSONIA
31
Factory seconds: Abbr. : IRRS
32
Sport, for short : REC
33
Foreignness : EXOTICISM
34
Old Spice alternative : AQUAVELVA
35
Court stuff : DUNK
36
Bus spec. : RTE
37
"The Mischievous Dog" author : AESOP
38
___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) : DES
43
"Lady for a Day" director, 1933 : CAPRA
45
One who's waited upon : GODOT
46
Ecuador's southernmost coastal province : ELORO
48
Provide an invitation for : ASKTO
49
Kind of cycle : LUNAR
50
Mug, e.g. : EMOTE
51
Cut : MOWED
53
Firm part: Abbr. : DEPT
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Arms race plan: Abbr. : SDI
59
Takeaway game : NIM
60
Hot spot? : TEA
61
Gridiron datum : INT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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