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New York Times, Monday, November 19, 2012

Author:
Paul Guttormsson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Across : Lazy
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Paul Guttormsson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQVWX} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Guttormsson. Monday freshness: 46%
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© 2012, The New York Times11/19/12 ( No. 23,022 )
Across
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Now: Sp. : AHORA
6
CD-___ : ROM
9
Catholic service : MASS
13
Plácido Domingo, for one : TENOR
14
Suffix with Benedict : INE
15
Turn back to zero : RESET
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"My little ___" (W. C. Fields phrase) : CHICKADEE
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Perfectly pitched, musically : ONKEY
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"This is bad!" : OHOH
20
Boston N.B.A. team : CELTICS
22
Roman philosopher who originated the phrase "What fools these mortals be" : SENECA
24
Broncobuster : BUCKAROO
28
"Your" of yesteryear : THY
29
Serious drug cases, for short : ODS
31
Actress Zadora : PIA
32
Animal high on the evolutionary ladder : APE
33
Toyota make : SCION
35
Dangerous dog : BITER
37
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St. ___, Caribbean isle : LUCIA
42
With anger : HOTLY
43
Long in the tooth : OLD
44
Bon ___ (witticism) : MOT
47
Cyberaddress : URL
48
Mil. address : APO
51
New York City suburb near Yonkers : TUCKAHOE
54
Batted body part : EYELID
56
Strong-smelling cleaner : AMMONIA
58
French miss: Abbr. : MLLE
59
___ scheme : PONZI
62
"I ♥ ___" (2004 film) : HUCKABEES
64
Sierra Nevada resort : TAHOE
65
Spanish doubloon material : ORO
66
Bricks that click : LEGOS
67
Janis's spouse, in the comics : ARLO
68
V : five :: X : ___ : TEN
69
TD Garden, for the 20-Across, e.g. : ARENA
Down
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For the price of production : ATCOST
2
Cynical laugh : HEHHEH
3
Like bialys and lyonnaise sauce : ONIONY
4
Pharmaceutical giant that makes Tamiflu : ROCHE
5
Noah's vessel : ARK
6
Merry-go-round, e.g. : RIDE
7
16 oz. : ONELB
8
Get together (with) : MEETUP
9
Intelligence group? : MENSA
10
Query : ASK
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"Get it?" : SEE
12
Hog's home : STY
15
Early Elvis Presley style : ROCKABILLY
17
First national park east of the Mississippi : ACADIA
21
Here, to Héloïse : ICI
23
Nutso : COCKAMAMIE
25
Pro ___ (proportionately) : RATA
26
G.M. German car : OPEL
27
Above, to Francis Scott Key : OER
30
Turf : SOD
33
Physics, for one: Abbr. : SCI
34
"I don't think so" : NAH
36
Like some stares ... or stairs in the winter : ICY
37
Doozy : LULU
38
"For Those About to Rock We Salute You" band : ACDC
39
Promise in a poker pot : IOU
40
Winning or losing series : STREAK
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Auction unit : LOT
45
Electrical unit : OHM
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1980 Kool & the Gang hit : TOOHOT
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Make a claim : ALLEGE
49
Add excessive criticism : PILEON
50
Texas or Ukraine city : ODESSA
52
Instrument for the musically inept, maybe : KAZOO
53
Harden (to) : ENURE
55
Dying fireplace bit : EMBER
57
Gateway Arch, for St. Louis, e.g. : ICON
59
School fund-raising grp. : PTA
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Boat propeller : OAR
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Blackhawks' org. : NHL
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Pie ___ mode : ALA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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