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New York Times, Monday, November 17, 2008

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Demand legal restitution after injury
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 39 Missing: {HJQVX} This is puzzle # 36 for Ms. Gamache. Monday freshness: 52%
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© 2008, The New York Times11/17/8 ( No. 21,559 )
Across
1
Animal foot : PAW
4
Swiss peaks : ALPS
8
Smaller than small, in dress sizes : PETITE
14
Slugger's stat : RBI
15
Neil Armstrong made a giant one for mankind : LEAP
16
"8 Mile" rapper : EMINEM
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Takes too much, briefly : ODS
18
One-named singer of "Smooth Operator" : SADE
19
Gem measures : CARATS
20
Demand legal restitution after injury : SUEFORDAMAGES
23
Outer: Prefix : ECTO
24
Pentax competitor : NIKON
25
Subtle auction bid indicator : NOD
28
Forum wrap : TOGA
30
Oui's opposite : NON
31
KitchenAid alternative : AMANA
33
Seek compassionate treatment : BEGFORMERCY
36
Big talker : GASBAG
40
Lots and lots : OODLES
41
What drought victims might do : PRAYFORRAIN
45
Ration out : ALLOT
46
Aquarium wriggler : EEL
47
Intent look : GAZE
51
"Rescue me!" : SOS
52
Shenanigan : ANTIC
54
Remain unsettled : PEND
56
Take unnecessary risks : ASKFORTROUBLE
60
Test of one's mettle : ORDEAL
62
Perched on : ATOP
63
Tractor-trailer : RIG
64
Place to begin to connect the dots : POINTA
65
Coagulate : CLOT
66
Free ___ bird : ASA
67
Seven-person band : SEPTET
68
Bills you might break 20s into : TENS
69
They generally run east-west in Manhattan: Abbr. : STS
Down
1
Plain writing : PROSE
2
Kidnap : ABDUCT
3
Not fooled by : WISETO
4
In addition : ALSO
5
Get the hang of : LEARN
6
Expense account no-no : PADDING
7
Talk about : SPEAKOF
8
Ice cream nut : PECAN
9
Online periodical, for short : EMAG
10
Almost any part of the Michelin Man : TIRE
11
All tangled up : INASNARL
12
Asian New Year : TET
13
Bad ___ (German spa) : EMS
21
London forecast : FOG
22
Like the earliest Beatles recordings : MONO
26
Way back when : ONCE
27
Calendar components : DAYS
29
Rearward, at sea : ABAFT
31
In the midst of : AMONG
32
Kind of school : MED
34
Sense of self-importance : EGO
35
Le ___ Soleil (Louis XIV) : ROI
36
Transcript figs. : GPAS
37
Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant" : ARLO
38
Tortilla chip topper : SALSADIP
39
Caveat on a party invitation: Abbr. : BYO
42
Western gambling mecca : RENO
43
Take back, as a statement : RETRACT
44
Not too much : ALITTLE
48
"The Simpsons" storekeeper : APU
49
Football referees, informally : ZEBRAS
50
Sign up to serve : ENLIST
52
Note a half step up from G : AFLAT
53
Sing like Bing : CROON
55
Artist known for dance scenes : DEGAS
57
Transmitted : SENT
58
The shrew in "The Taming of the Shrew" : KATE
59
Chooses : OPTS
60
Photo ___ (P.R. events) : OPS
61
___ v. Wade : ROE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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