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New York Times, Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Sand formations
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
511/1/200711/11/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0022100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.612835%
Larry Shearer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 182 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Shearer. Tuesday freshness: 70%
Notepad: DIAGONAL
1  Disappearing
12 Proceeding with little effort
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© 2008, The New York Times11/11/8 ( No. 21,553 )
Across
1
Agile for one's age : SPRY
5
Athletic conference members: Abbr. : SCHS
9
Heyerdahl who wrote "Kon-Tiki" : THOR
13
Opposite of windward : ALEE
14
Sonneteer, e.g. : POET
15
Herman who wrote "The Caine Mutiny" : WOUK
16
Siren's sound : WAIL
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Almost-sacrificed son in the Bible : ISAAC
19
Crazy about : INTO
20
___ Alley : TINPAN
22
1930s quints' name : DIONNE
24
Potemkin mutiny city : ODESSA
25
Crucifix inscription : INRI
26
Late singer Sumac : YMA
29
OP's forerunners : KLMN
31
Tennis player : NETMAN
33
Part of a ship's bow : HAWSE
37
Pop's ___ Pop : IGGY
39
Central computer : HOST
40
Old war story : ILIAD
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Food stat : RDA
42
Sprang up : AROSE
43
Heaps : TONS
44
Fats Domino's "It's ___ Love" : YOUI
45
Sand formations : DUNES
46
"You said a mouthful!" : ANDHOW
48
European eruption site : ETNA
50
Mystery writer Josephine : TEY
51
Sgts. and cpls. : NCOS
53
Shining : AGLEAM
58
Low-cost, in slang : CHEAPO
60
Company that introduced NutraSweet : SEARLE
61
Injure : MAIM
63
Gobsmacks : STUNS
65
Terrible ___ : TWOS
66
Choir voice : ALTO
67
The Everly Brothers' "Let ___ Me" : ITBE
68
Cars from Korea : KIAS
69
Places : LAYS
70
Blacken : CHAR
71
Artist Warhol : ANDY
Down
1
Took care of : SAWTO
2
Highland pattern : PLAID
3
Wife of un roi : REINE
4
Kennel cries : YELPS
5
Backbone-related : SPINAL
6
Fortune 500 listings: Abbr. : COS
7
Going straight to Antarctica, say : HEADINGDUESOUTH
8
Result of an ink spill : STAIN
9
Romulus or Remus : TWIN
10
Bliss before the hard part begins : HONEYMOON
11
Tagged on a diamond : OUT
12
"Citizen Kane" studio : RKO
18
Unsophisticated, as humor : CORNY
21
Inquired : ASKED
23
Never, in Nürnberg : NIE
27
Pool stroke : MASSE
28
Poker amounts : ANTES
30
Spanish Surrealist : MIRO
32
Like some streets : THRU
33
Try to strike : HITAT
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Unaccompanied : ALONE
35
Chicago, with "the" : WINDYCITY
36
"Miss Universe" holder : SASH
38
Walk or trot : GAIT
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"Time is money," for one : ADAGE
44
Certain rec centers : YWCAS
47
Air Force ___ : ONE
49
Sadat's predecessor : NASSER
52
___ nerve : OPTIC
54
___ Gravas, role on "Taxi" : LATKA
55
Field Marshal Rommel : ERWIN
56
Heaps : ALOAD
57
Complicated, as a divorce : MESSY
59
Dr. providers : HMOS
61
Prefix with practice : MAL
62
Pie ___ mode : ALA
64
Org. for Raptors and Hawks : NBA

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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