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New York Times, Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Across : Wear away
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXYZ} Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Farmer. Tuesday freshness: 79%
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© 2009, The New York Times11/17/9 ( No. 21,924 )
Across
1
Gulf of ___, off the coast of Yemen : ADEN
5
Animal acquired from an animal shelter, say : PET
8
Coins a nickname for : DUBS
12
Eyelike windows : OCULI
13
QB Manning : ELI
14
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
16
With 2-Down, group with the only James Bond theme to hit #1 : DURAN
17
Okra feature : POD
18
With 10-Down, flashy jewelry : BLING
19
Ones who stand above the crowd? : ORATORS
21
International alliance : ENTENTE
23
Eastern royal : RANI
24
Cuban base in the news, in brief : GITMO
26
Petri dish gel : AGAR
27
IHOP drinks : OJS
29
Silent hellos and goodbyes : WAVES
31
Daniel of the old frontier : BOONE
34
A.P. transmission : WIREPHOTO
38
___ for Africa : USA
39
With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme : TWINKLE
41
Not used : NEW
42
Dress shirt accessories : CUFFLINKS
44
Wear away : ERODE
46
Bright double star in Orion : RIGEL
47
Japanese prime minister Taro ___ : ASO
48
"Put a tiger in your tank" brand : ESSO
51
On the ball : ALERT
53
Arctic seabird : SKUA
57
Italian ice cream treat : SPUMONI
59
Emphatic refusal : IMEANNO
61
With 50-Down, #1 hit of 1969 : SUGAR
62
Prodigal ___ : SON
64
With 54-Down, intro to a joke : KNOCK
65
Flew into ___ (got furious) : ARAGE
66
License plate : TAG
67
Cover ltr. accompaniers : ENCLS
68
Smartphone introduced in 2002 : TREO
69
Sellout sign : SRO
70
Fake at the rink : DEKE
Down
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High-end Honda division : ACURA
2
See 16-Across : DURAN
3
Great joy : ELATION
4
Bilbao boy : NINO
5
Coke competitor : PEPSI
6
"Do Ya" rock grp. : ELO
7
High and low water lines : TIDEMARKS
8
Credit card balance, e.g. : DEBT
9
Let loose : UNLEASH
10
See 18-Across : BLING
11
Nick who comes at night : SANTA
12
Scent : ODOR
15
Media exec Robert : IGER
20
They line up between centers and tackles: Abbr. : RGS
22
Orwell's "1984" or Clarke's "2010" : NOVEL
25
See 39-Across : TWINKLE
28
Martial artist who starred in "Romeo Must Die" : JETLI
30
Fencing weapons : EPEES
31
Tampa Bay footballer, briefly : BUC
32
The Buckeyes, for short : OSU
33
Klutz : OAF
34
Menus with reds, whites and rosés : WINELISTS
35
Lennon's "Two Virgins" partner : ONO
36
Newsman Koppel : TED
37
Run a tab : OWE
40
City near Manchester : WIGAN
43
French cheese : FROMAGE
45
Cash who sang "Black Cadillac" : ROSANNE
47
20s dispenser : ATM
48
She, in Sicily : ESSA
49
Sudden burst : SPURT
50
See 61-Across : SUGAR
52
Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across : RINGO
54
See 64-Across : KNOCK
55
Donald Duck, to Huey, Dewey and Louie : UNCLE
56
"All systems go" signals : AOKS
58
Nabisco cookie : OREO
60
Squeezed (by) : EKED
63
Sculling propeller : OAR

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

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