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New York Times, Monday, February 11, 2008

Author:
Ken Bessette
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Figure of speech
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Ken Bessette

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQVX} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Bessette. Monday freshness: 86%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/11/8 ( No. 21,279 )
Across
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Black-bordered news item : OBIT
5
Anne of "Wag the Dog" : HECHE
10
Dull-colored : DRAB
14
Internet connection at a restaurant or airport : WIFI
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Fanfare : ECLAT
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Seized vehicle : REPO
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Snoop : NOSEAROUND
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
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Steak that a dog might end up with : TBONE
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"Huckleberry Finn" author : TWAIN
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Wet mascara worry : SMEAR
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Felix and Oscar, with "the" : ODDCOUPLE
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Bathroom powder : TALCUM
30
Wyatt of the Wild West : EARP
31
Magazine V.I.P.'s : EDS
32
1980s video game with a maze : PACMAN
35
Down, usually, on a light switch : OFF
38
Carouse : PAINTTHETOWNRED
42
Golf peg : TEE
43
Boxed stringed instrument : ZITHER
44
"___ solemnly swear ..." : IDO
45
Ax or awl : TOOL
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Judicial assertion : DICTUM
49
Symbol of purity : SNOWWHITE
54
Figure of speech : TROPE
55
Wall art : MURAL
56
Mutual of ___ : OMAHA
58
"Gotcha," to a beatnik : IDIG
59
Want ad heading ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across : JOBOPENING
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Queue : LINE
65
More than steamed : IRATE
66
March Madness org. : NCAA
67
Brain readings, for short : EEGS
68
Parceled (out) : METED
69
Safecracker : YEGG
Down
1
To have and to hold : OWN
2
Life story, for short : BIO
3
Conditions : IFS
4
Men's fashion accessory : TIETAC
5
Submarine sandwich : HERO
6
Commercial prefix with Lodge : ECONO
7
Informed, with "in" : CLUED
8
___ Solo of "Star Wars" : HAN
9
Flight board info: Abbr. : ETD
10
Use, as past experience : DRAWUPON
11
CliffsNotes version : RECAP
12
"___ Love," 1957 #1 hit by 13-Down : APRIL
13
Singer Pat : BOONE
18
Brusque : ABRUPT
21
The Blue Jays, on a scoreboard : TOR
22
Rung : STEP
23
Furious with : MADAT
24
Pitcher of milk? : ELSIE
26
John Donne's "___ Be Not Proud" : DEATH
27
Went by dugout : CANOED
29
Passover bread : MATZOH
33
Spicy dish that may have a fire-alarm rating : CHILI
34
Encountered : MET
36
___-Lay (snack company) : FRITO
37
At the end of one's patience : FEDUP
39
Take-home pay : NETWAGES
40
Squirm : WRITHE
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Capitol's top : DOME
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Bird that hoots : OWL
48
Crevice : CRANNY
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Photographer's request : SMILE
50
Peep show flick : NUDIE
51
Circular gasket : ORING
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Go ___ for (support in time of need) : TOBAT
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Overact : EMOTE
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Copied : APED
59
Huck's raftmate : JIM
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Metal from a mine : ORE
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Sno-cone filler : ICE
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Re-re-re-remind : NAG
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Respond to a really bad joke, maybe : GAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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