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New York Times, Monday, November 30, 2009

Author:
Oliver Hill
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Seabird native to the Galápagos Islands
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1610/2/20074/3/20112
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3532300
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.628836%
Oliver Hill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {J} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Hill. Monday freshness: 75%
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© 2009, The New York Times11/30/9 ( No. 21,937 )
Across
1
Sunset direction : WEST
5
___ sign (=) : EQUAL
10
Tempe sch. : ASU
13
State as fact : AVER
14
Breast-fed : NURSED
16
Vigor : PEP
17
Latvia's capital : RIGA
18
186,000 miles per second : LIGHTSPEED
20
Child's friend : PLAYMATE
22
Breastbones : STERNA
23
Central points : FOCI
24
Nonsense singing : SCAT
25
Not making any sounds : ASQUIETASAMOUSE
32
Left-handed Beatle : PAUL
33
Fetes : GALAS
34
Prefix with skeleton : EXO
35
Not too soft, as pasta : ALDENTE
38
Clearasil target : ZIT
41
Sing like Bing Crosby : CROON
42
Taboo : NONO
43
Seabird native to the Galápagos Islands : BLUEFOOTEDBOOBY
49
"My bad!" : OOPS
50
Worms, for a fisherman : BAIT
51
Reveal : UNMASK
54
Only American League player to win a batting crown without hitting a home run : RODCAREW
58
French novelist who had an affair with Frédéric Chopin : GEORGESAND
60
___ noire : BETE
61
60-min. periods : HRS
62
Chic : TRENDY
63
"I can't believe ___ the whole thing!" : IATE
64
Fast jet, for short : SST
65
___ Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman role : RATSO
66
Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across : TRAP
Down
1
Twist out of shape : WARP
2
Blackhearted : EVIL
3
Dreamcast game company : SEGA
4
Amount of food at a cafeteria checkout : TRAYFUL
5
Intertwine : ENLACE
6
"Cut that out!" : QUITIT
7
Feel the ___ : URGE
8
Cigarette's end : ASH
9
"___ Go Crazy" (#1 Prince hit) : LETS
10
Hasty glance : APERCU
11
Perceived to be : SEENAS
12
Supply with more recent info : UPDATE
15
Summer clocks are set to it: Abbr. : DST
19
Mexican moolah : PESOS
21
"Après ___ le déluge" : MOI
25
Mimic : APE
26
"Wailing" instrument : SAX
27
Status ___ : QUO
28
15-percenter : AGENT
29
___ Fernando Valley : SAN
30
PC key : ALT
31
Fannie ___ (home financing group) : MAE
35
Terrier's bark : ARF
36
London lavatory : LOO
37
Scooby-___ : DOO
38
Where to see elephants and elands : ZOO
39
Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ___ Minor : INB
40
Many an item in Santa's bag : TOY
41
___ Romero, onetime player of the Joker : CESAR
42
Zilch : NOTABIT
43
Tree branches : BOUGHS
44
Recluses : LONERS
45
Like Brahmins in the caste system : UPMOST
46
Old U.S. gov't investments : EBONDS
47
Cool cat : DADDYO
48
Inexpensive pen : BIC
52
___ Pepper : SGT
53
Deborah of "The King and I" : KERR
54
Diatribe : RANT
55
Derrière : REAR
56
Jazzy James : ETTA
57
Bawl : WEEP
59
Adriatic or Aegean : SEA

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

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