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New York Times, Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Author:
Jay Kaskel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : See 20-, 28-, 35- and 43-Across
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
124/9/20083/28/20237
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0263010
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.583124%
Jay Kaskel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQVWX} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Kaskel. Wednesday freshness: 84%
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© 2010, The New York Times10/27/10 ( No. 22,268 )
Across
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Director Lee : ANG
4
Big name in sport shirts : IZOD
8
Dispute : OPPOSE
14
Little dipper? : TOE
15
Film style : NOIR
16
Makes less than a killing : DOESOK
17
Cholesterol abbr. : HDL
18
Nut with caffeine : KOLA
19
Grand grounds : ESTATE
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Comment on life by 52-Across? : REALITYBITES
23
Like some straw : OATEN
24
Hangs around : LOITERS
28
Deposit and withdrawal site for 52-Across? : BLOODBANK
32
Lamebrained : DOPEY
33
Musical Reed : LOU
34
Displaying more violence : GORIER
35
Result of an encounter with 52-Across? : PAININTHENECK
40
Seize for ransom : KIDNAP
41
Capek play : RUR
42
Mole, e.g. : PLANT
43
Crib plaything for a young 52-Across? : BATMOBILE
49
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, e.g. : HEROINE
51
Stiffness : RIGOR
52
See 20-, 28-, 35- and 43-Across : COUNTDRACULA
56
Vampire story, e.g. : LEGEND
59
Deuce follower : ADIN
60
Frozen water, to Wilhelm : EIS
61
Hebrew name for God : ADONAI
62
Part of a vampire : FANG
63
___-Foy, Que. : STE
64
Pied Piper's sound : TOOTLE
65
Nipper : TYKE
66
Down : SAD
Down
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Like the heart during a horror movie : ATHROB
2
"Sorry, Charlie" : NODEAL
3
Frozen treat : GELATO
4
Way to pay someone back : INKIND
5
___-suiter : ZOOT
6
Like mechanics' hands : OILY
7
Void of any va-va-voom : DRAB
8
Poem title start : ODETO
9
Ill-fated ship of film : POSEIDON
10
Spot to pick up Spot : PETSTORE
11
Spanish she-bear : OSA
12
Bar fixture, maybe : SOT
13
Squeeze (out) : EKE
21
Fierce sort, astrologically : LEO
22
Sort : ILK
25
Awesome, in slang : EPIC
26
Stink : REEK
27
Neighbor of Turk. : SYR
29
Tiny bump on a graph : BLIP
30
___ Center (Chicago skyscraper) : AON
31
Commercial lead-in to Sweet : NUTRA
34
"Cootie" : GERM
35
Carpet feature : PILE
36
Month before Nisan : ADAR
37
Having clean hands : INNOCENT
38
Like some parks : NATIONAL
39
QB's utterance : HUT
40
Speed meas. in Europe : KPH
43
Big ___ : BEN
44
Popsicle choice : ORANGE
45
Pen with a cap : BIC
46
"Um ... O.K." : IGUESS
47
1955 novel that was made into 1962 and 1997 films : LOLITA
48
Obliterated : ERASED
50
Racy film : NUDIE
53
1920s chief justice : TAFT
54
Subject of the book "Six Armies in Normandy" : DDAY
55
N.H.L. venue : RINK
56
No. on a map : LAT
57
Tokyo, once : EDO
58
Melted chocolate, e.g. : GOO

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

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