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New York Times, Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Across : Kind of patch
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 76%
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© 2009, The New York Times12/9/9 ( No. 21,946 )
Across
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Pilots : HELMS
6
Biographical info : AGE
9
Lab wear : SMOCK
14
"Farewell, François!" : ADIEU
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Marked, on a ballot : XED
16
Oscar-winning Marisa : TOMEI
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Gladiolus : SWORDLILY
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Ain't how it should be? : ARENT
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Spic and Span competitor : PINESOL
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Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
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Rome-to-Belgrade dir. : ENE
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They're usually aimed at heads : BLOWDRYERS
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Areas between hills : DALES
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Like Death Valley : ARID
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Ancient Greek portico : STOA
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Captured : WON
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Furthermore : ALSO
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Beer may be on it : TAP
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Shake-up in the global balance of power ... and a hint to the circled letters : NEWWORLDORDER
42
New Jersey's Fort ___ : DIX
43
Author Silverstein : SHEL
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Originally : NEE
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Digging : INTO
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Jai ___ : ALAI
49
Health menace, briefly : STAPH
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Need a nap : FEELDROWSY
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Actress Peeples : NIA
57
Copier unit : REAM
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Doing better at the casino, say : LUCKIER
61
Kind of patch : BRIAR
63
It's done outside a lab : FIELDWORK
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Idolize : ADORE
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School department : ART
67
Renaissance faire sight : LANCE
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"The Bells of St. ___" : MARYS
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"You got it!" : YES
70
Gripped on a bench : VISED
Down
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Latched, in a way : HASPED
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Currie who wrote "A Parliamentary Affair" : EDWINA
3
Train company founded in 1900 : LIONEL
4
Piddling : MERE
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Some cold ones : SUDS
6
Armpit : AXILLA
7
Solidify : GEL
8
Joseph ___, who lent his name to some ice cream : EDY
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M.V.P. of the first two Super Bowls : STARR
10
Some eels : MORAYS
11
Dish that may be prepared in a special pan : OMELETTE
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1900-99, e.g.: Abbr. : CEN
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Do-it-yourselfer's purchase : KIT
18
It's a long shot, usually : LOB
21
Builds an extension : ADDSON
24
Unwritten rules : ORALLAW
25
Wacky : WILD
26
Jet engine's output : ROAR
27
Spring run : SAP
29
"How disgusting!" : EWW
30
Scatters seeds : SOWS
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Something a doctor should do : NOHARM
36
Tram loads : ORES
38
Roger Maris, for the Yankees : NINE
39
Like some paint : EXTERIOR
40
Move, to a real-estate broker : RELO
41
The Pistons, on a scoreboard : DET
42
"What's the ___?" : DIF
46
Famed Chicago livestock owner : OLEARY
48
Keys : ISLETS
50
Negatively charged particles : ANIONS
51
Buchanan's predecessor : PIERCE
52
Listened, poetically : HARKED
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Challenges : DARES
55
Actor Brynner : YUL
59
Year the Vandals sacked Rome : CDLV
60
River in a 1957 film : KWAI
61
Impact sound : BAM
62
Vitamin no. : RDA
63
Former baseball commissioner Vincent : FAY
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Tick off : IRE

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

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