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New York Times, Thursday, October 27, 2011

Author:
Kurt Mueller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Across : Having spirit?
TotalDebutLatest
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Kurt Mueller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Mueller. Thursday freshness: 88%
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P
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A
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L
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E
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A
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S
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A
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GHOST
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I
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N
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B
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I
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G
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E
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O
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W
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A
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P
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O
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F
V
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U
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W
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N
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R
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U
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R
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T
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T
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S
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GHOST
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W
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R
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R
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F
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R
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P
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O
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A
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X
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A
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F
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G
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H
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T
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E
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A
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A
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L
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P
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B
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C
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R
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O
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M
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E
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GHOST
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H
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H
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Y
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A
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R
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R
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L
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C
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Y
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E
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GHOST
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© 2011, The New York Times10/27/11 ( No. 22,633 )
Across
1
Visibly scared out of one's wits : PALEASAGHOST
9
"You're ___ trouble!" : INBIG
14
Alternative to a home meal : EATINGOUT
15
"___ Fall in Love" (1961 hit by the Lettermen) : WHENI
16
Got comfortable with : ADAPTEDTO
17
1957-91 king of Norway : OLAFV
18
Food-stamping org. : USDA
19
Opposite of flushed : WAN
21
Dundee denial : NAE
22
Classic 1921 play set partly in a factory : RUR
25
Atlanta-based cable channel : TNT
26
In ___ (undisturbed) : SITU
27
Helps for autobiographers : GHOSTWRITERS
31
Make available : FREEUP
33
Spooky sound : OOO
34
For two : ADEUX
36
Up : ATBAT
37
Befuddle : FOG
38
Having spirit? : HAUNTED
40
Olympic entrant: Abbr. : ATH
41
"A Passage to India" woman : ADELA
43
Cut back : PARED
44
Contest in which the rules must be followed to the letter? : BEE
45
1990 title role for Gérard Depardieu : CYRANO
47
Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" : MARLEYSGHOST
49
Caesar's "these" : HAEC
50
Tuna type : AHI
52
On the other hand : YET
53
Ritual garment : ALB
54
X-File subj. : UFO
55
One of the Castros : RAUL
59
Cubbies, e.g. : NLERS
61
Tibetan terrier : LHASAAPSO
66
Altoids alternative : CERTS
67
"Most certainly!" : YESINDEED
68
Stage direction : ENTER
69
1984 film whose soundtrack had a #1 hit with the same title : GHOSTBUSTERS
Down
1
Brake parts : PADS
2
Slightly : ATAD
3
Italy's ___ Islands : LIPARI
4
Certain M.D. : ENT
5
Senesce : AGE
6
Lay turf on : SOD
7
Self: Prefix : AUT
8
Result of a boom and bust, maybe : GHOSTTOWN
9
Lucky lottery player's cry : IWON
10
Senator's org. : NHL
11
Toy collectible of the late '90s : BEANIEBABY
12
Enamors : INFATUATES
13
Cash in one's chips : GIVEUPTHEGHOST
14
Glace, after thawing : EAU
20
Fed. bureau : ATF
23
Jazz fan, probably : UTAHAN
24
The scarlet letter : REDA
25
Something of earth-shaking concern? : TSUNAMI
26
Part of a band's performance : SET
27
Tiny possibility : GHOSTOFACHANCE
28
Who wrote "It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens" : WOODYALLEN
29
"Life Itself: A Memoir" autobiographer, 2011 : ROGEREBERT
30
Start another tour : REUP
32
Make by interlacing : RADDLE
35
Additional, in ads : XTRA
39
Mysterious: Var. : EERY
42
Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
46
Buffoon : OAF
48
Major discount brokerage : ETRADE
51
Trinity member : HOLYGHOST
54
Cold war inits. : USSR
56
Copycat : APER
57
Plays for a fool : USES
58
City near Ben-Gurion Airport : LOD
60
Artery: Abbr. : RTE
62
New Test. book : HEB
63
The Sun Devils, for short : ASU
64
Auntie, to Dad : SIS
65
Word with black, red or white : ANT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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