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New York Times, Saturday, October 30, 2010

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Has a loan from
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 25 Missing: {GKZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 87%
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© 2010, The New York Times10/30/10 ( No. 22,271 )
Across
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Treaty of Fort McIntosh signer, 1785 : CHIPPEWA
9
Taste test need : PALATE
15
Can't do without : REQUIRES
16
William Herschel discovery of 1787 : OBERON
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Comment while hemming : ISUPPOSE
18
Has an impressive address : ORATES
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Local listings : STOPS
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Coin collector's classification : EXTRAFINE
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De Gaulle's predecessor : COTY
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Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands : ARUBA
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Contrivance for taking people for a ride : SCAM
25
440 yards, for many runners : ONELAP
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They often want to settle: Abbr. : ATTS
29
Ad conclusion? : LIB
30
"What's New, Pussycat?" co-star, 1965 : OTOOLE
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Antigen attacker : TCELL
34
Least likely to turn tail : BRAVEST
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Automobil site : STRASSE
39
Bethlehem's region : JUDEA
40
Pump alternative : TSTRAP
42
Subway inspection org. : TSA
43
Empathic counselor of sci-fi : TROI
45
Has a loan from : OWESTO
49
What a webmaster may master : HTML
51
Gulf of Aqaba city : EILAT
53
Eats : CHOW
54
Monomaniacal : OBSESSIVE
56
Group 13 member, in chemistry : BORON
57
Mistreating : MEANTO
58
Common salad ingredient : ESCAROLE
60
Confederate : ALLIED
61
Eponym of an Australian Open arena : RODLAVER
62
Surgeons' insertions : STENTS
63
Deliverers of product lines? : SPIELERS
Down
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Big name in oil : CRISCO
2
El Cid player : HESTON
3
Lead-in to someone else's words, after "and" : IQUOTE
4
What a crush might be : PUPPYLOVE
5
Marks in a casino : PIPS
6
Leandro's partner : ERO
7
River to the North Sea : WESER
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Kind of reproduction : ASEXUAL
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Not skilled in : POORAT
10
Magician's opening : ABRA
11
Browses (through) : LEAFS
12
They're in rags : ARTICLES
13
They may be treated in a spa : TOENAILS
14
Pieces together? : ENSEMBLE
21
American Lung Assn. recommendation : TBTEST
23
Blood drive spec. : APOS
26
Distressed : ATEAT
28
One stuck in a float : STRAW
31
Holy Roman emperor, 973-83 : OTTOII
33
Florida city on the Caloosahatchee : CAPECORAL
34
Singer with the 1966 hit "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" : BJTHOMAS
35
Area with aging factories : RUSTBELT
36
Water : ADAMSALE
38
Compete in the Breeders Crown : TROT
41
Some Olympians get them : SILVERS
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Covers over, in a way : RESODS
46
Freed from guilt : SHROVE
47
Stonemason's chisel : TOOLER
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They have rights : OWNERS
50
Comintern creator : LENIN
52
"The Frogs Who Desired a King" author : AESOP
55
Editorial reconsideration : STET
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"Oklahoma!" set piece : BALE
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Year the Visigoths invaded Italy : CDI

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

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