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New York Times, Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Author:
Kelsey Blakley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : "Amazing" debunker of the paranormal
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Kelsey Blakley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {CJQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Blakley. Wednesday freshness: 55%
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© 2009, The New York Times11/11/9 ( No. 21,918 )
Across
1
New wing : ADDON
6
Home of the Bonneville Salt Flats : UTAH
10
Where "La Dolce Vita" was filmed : ROMA
14
A-number-one : PRIMO
15
McGwire's friendly home-run rival : SOSA
16
"Paradise Lost" character : ADAM
17
User of barley malt : BEERBREWER
19
Stick in the mud : MIRE
20
Sharing properties : SIMILAR
21
Envelope marking : ADDRESS
23
Straight from hell : EVIL
25
Neighbor of a Thai : LAO
26
Rush week participant : FRAT
30
Emphatic boast of responsibility : IDIDINDEED
35
Fireside chat medium : RADIO
37
Turf group : GANG
38
Slo-___ fuse : BLO
39
Start of a count ... or the letter frequencies in 17-, 30-, 46- and 64-Across : ONETWOTHREEFOUR
43
Nascar sponsor : STP
44
Satyr's feeling : LUST
45
"Amazing" debunker of the paranormal : RANDI
46
One way to be armed : TOTHETEETH
50
Clairol products : DYES
51
Marvel Comics villain with an eyeball-like helmet : ORB
52
Largest bird in the Americas : RHEA
54
Count, as points : TALLYUP
58
Go nuts : RAMPAGE
63
___ Jannings, Best Actor of 1928 : EMIL
64
"And away go troubles ..." company : ROTOROOTER
66
"___ speak" : SOTO
67
Thick serving : SLAB
68
They're par for the course : NORMS
69
Apply spin to : SKEW
70
A-number-one : TOPS
71
Miller's need : GRIST
Down
1
Police dept. notices : APBS
2
Crowd in Cologne? : DREI
3
Carpe ___ : DIEM
4
Katz of "Dallas" : OMRI
5
Title holder : NOBLE
6
Net handle : USERID
7
Glider's need : TOW
8
Between ports : ASEA
9
Unbending : HARDLINE
10
Musketeer's need : RAMROD
11
Cartoon canine : ODIE
12
Phoenix landing site, 2008 : MARS
13
Iowa home of the Cyclones : AMES
18
Raga player Shankar : RAVI
22
What a skull and crossbones signifies : DANGER
24
Zippo, e.g. : LIGHTER
26
"Punkin" cover : FROST
27
Wound up costing : RANTO
28
Masterful : ADEPT
29
Small songbird : TIT
31
Patriotic org. since 1890 : DAR
32
Key shade : EBONY
33
Throw off : ELUDE
34
Biographer ___ Kearns Goodwin : DORIS
36
Hogwarts roost : OWLERY
40
Cause for a reprimand from a teacher : OUTBURST
41
China's Lao-___ : TSE
42
Streaking, once : FAD
47
Like a jack-o'-lantern : HOLLOW
48
Hurts like heck : THROBS
49
Pick up, in a way : HEAR
53
"You're ___ friends" : AMONG
54
Hardy heroine : TESS
55
Wildly : AMOK
56
"Less filling" brand : LITE
57
Pullover shirt : POLO
59
Robin Hood's beneficiaries, with "the" : POOR
60
Abruzzi bell town : ATRI
61
Treasure chest treasure : GEMS
62
At one time, at one time : ERST
65
Draw upon : TAP

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

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