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New York Times, Thursday, February 24, 2011

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Across : Malapropos
TotalDebutLatest
405/28/20093/16/2020
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114108421
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.5616336%
Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Cee. Thursday freshness: 75%
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G
2
N
3
A
4
T
5
G
6
L
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A
8
D
9
I
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N
11
A
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P
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T
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R
A
V
E
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R
A
V
I
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N
O
R
A
H
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O
M
I
T
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A
K
I
N
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A
F
I
R
E
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W
E
A
R
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E
D
E
V
O
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W
E
A
R
Y
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N
O
T
A
T
E
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P
H
E
N
O
L
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U
N
I
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C
A
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M
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P
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A
R
I
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A
T
L
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P
E
O
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N
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O
R
I
O
L
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E
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N
O
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U
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N
D
E
R
W
E
A
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R
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S
P
O
U
S
E
40
R
E
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P
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S
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A
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L
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P
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R
O
S
S
S
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E
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A
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H
E
T
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W
E
A
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R
I
N
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I
S
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W
E
A
R
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N
O
T
U
S
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G
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O
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L
D
P
I
A
N
O
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I
V
A
N
I
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O
B
O
E
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D
R
U
B
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N
I
K
O
N
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N
E
A
R
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E
S
T
E
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G
I
I
N
G
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G
Y
M
S
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N
E
S
S
© 2011, The New York Times2/24/11 ( No. 22,388 )
Across
1
Zapper's casualty : GNAT
5
Rodgers and Hart's "___ to Be Unhappy" : GLAD
9
Malapropos : INAPT
14
Event starting at 2 a.m., maybe : RAVE
15
Shankar who played at the Concert for Bangladesh, 1971 : RAVI
16
Newswoman O'Donnell : NORAH
17
Pass over : OMIT
18
Blood-related : AKIN
19
Lit : AFIRE
20
End of a 1978 new-wave album title : WEAREDEVO
22
Beat : WEARY
23
Mark up : NOTATE
24
Embalming chemical : PHENOL
25
Single at the beginning? : UNI
26
Italian bitters : CAMPARI
30
QE2's domain: Abbr. : ATL
31
Low jack? : PEON
33
Met's 1969 World Series rival : ORIOLE
35
Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle : NOUNDERWEAR
39
Other half : SPOUSE
40
The "20" in "Drop and give me 20!" : REPS
43
Lötschberg Tunnel locale : ALP
46
Body of water named for an English explorer : ROSSSEA
49
Dithery, with "up" : HET
50
"The ___ o' the Green" (old Irish ballad) : WEARIN
52
"Really!" : ISWEAR
54
God of the south wind : NOTUS
55
Elvis instrument now in the Country Music Hall of Fame : GOLDPIANO
58
Muscovite prince known as "Moneybag" : IVANI
59
Instrument for Johann Jacob Bach : OBOE
60
Shellac : DRUB
61
Word on a lens cap : NIKON
62
Hereabout : NEAR
63
House of ___ (European princely dynasty) : ESTE
64
Cleaning, as if for military inspection : GIING
65
Recess sites, at times : GYMS
66
Storied loch : NESS
Down
1
Big, now : GROWNUP
2
"Give me an example" : NAMEONE
3
F.A.A. center : AVIATION
4
Vampire ___ (fanged fish) : TETRA
5
Tops : GRADEA
6
It may be skimmed over : LAKE
7
Tel ___ : AVIV
8
Natural history museum exhibit, for short : DINO
9
Shortly : INAWHILE
10
Apartment ad come-on : NOFEE
11
Afghanistan's national airline : ARIANA
12
Quote by rote : PARROT
13
"___ never know" : THEYLL
21
Abbr. for those who didn't make the list : ETC
24
Ferry's front : PROW
27
___ vivendi : MODUS
28
Imperative in an automated telephone message : PRESS
29
Buenos ___ : AIRES
32
Directory listings: Abbr. : NOS
34
Bud's place : EAR
36
Rebellion : UPRISING
37
XII, maybe : NOON
38
Run through : REHEARSE
41
Brown strip : PEANUTS
42
Balls at balls? : STROBES
43
Overhang : AWNING
44
10th-century pope interred at St. Peter's Basilica : LEOVII
45
New York governor before Spitzer : PATAKI
47
Ducks for cover? : EIDERS
48
Guido Reni painting "Cleopatra With the ___" : ASP
51
Ramble : RUNON
53
Dilate : WIDEN
55
Sound heard at the end of "Bohemian Rhapsody" : GONG
56
Not rock the boat : OBEY
57
Gardener's bagful : LOAM

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

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