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New York Times, Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Author:
Mark Feldman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Across : Ear doctor
TotalDebutLatest
117/31/20056/12/2014
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Mark Feldman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 41 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Feldman. Tuesday freshness: 82%
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© 2010, The New York Times12/14/10 ( No. 22,316 )
Across
1
End of a fable : MORAL
6
Place to pray : PEW
9
Game with knights : CHESS
14
Hitch on the run : ELOPE
15
"To a ..." poem : ODE
16
8 1/2" x 14" paper size : LEGAL
17
Monica with two U.S. Open wins : SELES
18
Without reluctance : WILLINGLY
20
Make a legislative speech, e.g. : HOLDTHEFLOOR
22
Ear doctor : AURIST
23
Vote in favor : YEA
26
Go ballistic : HITTHECEILING
30
Greedy person's cry before and after "all" : MINE
31
Get clean, as in rehab : DETOX
32
No longer active: Abbr. : RET
34
Catchall category : OTHERS
37
Popular cameras : NIKONS
39
Shade of green : PEA
40
Rapper's entourage : POSSE
44
Choir voice : ALTO
45
Be stir-crazy : CLIMBTHEWALLS
49
"___ Ramsey" (1970s western) : HEC
50
"Pay to ___" (check words) : BEARER
51
Where one might 20-, 26- and 45-Across? : EXERCISEROOM
57
Summer woe : SUNSTROKE
60
___ Jean (Marilyn, originally) : NORMA
61
How the euphoric walk : ONAIR
62
They, in Tours : ILS
63
Bothered incessantly : ATEAT
64
Summer who sang "Love to Love You Baby" : DONNA
65
Police dept. title : DET
66
Performed superbly : SHONE
Down
1
Go well together : MESH
2
Dairy case bar : OLEO
3
See 11-Down : ROLL
4
Mimicked : APED
5
Anne Rice vampire : LESTAT
6
Propelled : POWERED
7
Imposing building : EDIFICE
8
Sturdily built : WELLSET
9
Advertising award : CLIO
10
English king crowned in 1100 : HENRYI
11
With 3-Down, Chinese restaurant offering : EGG
12
Mineo of film : SAL
13
On the ___ (furtively) : SLY
19
Hand moisturizer, e.g. : LOTION
21
"Come again?" : HUH
24
Sign up : ENROLL
25
Ballplayers' representatives : AGENTS
26
Like state-of-the-art gadgetry : HITECH
27
Get a lungful : INHALE
28
Bit of gym attire : TEE
29
61, in old Rome : LXI
30
Swabbie's handful : MOP
33
General on Chinese menus : TSO
35
33 1/3, for an LP : RPM
36
Tearful one : SOBBER
38
Penn of "Harold & Kumar" films : KAL
41
Olympian's no-no : STEROID
42
Put in chains : SHACKLE
43
Most weird : EERIEST
46
Strands during the winter, perhaps : ICESIN
47
Director Craven : WES
48
Fight venues : ARENAS
52
More, in adspeak : XTRA
53
"Letting Go" novelist Philip : ROTH
54
Layered cookie : OREO
55
Neighbor of Yemen : OMAN
56
9-Across ending : MATE
57
Cover with turf : SOD
58
Half of dos : UNO
59
A Bobbsey twin : NAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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