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New York Times, Monday, February 25, 2013

Author:
Angela Olson Halsted
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : "... better left ___"
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Angela Olson Halsted

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {GQVX} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Halsted. Monday freshness: 83%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/25/13 ( No. 23,120 )
Across
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___ one's time (waits patiently) : BIDES
6
Open-air rooms : ATRIA
11
Slippery, as winter roads : ICY
14
Perfect : IDEAL
15
Chili ingredients : BEANS
16
This instant : NOW
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Iced tea brand : LIPTONBRISK
19
Mom's forte, in brief : TLC
20
Greets the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, say : BOOS
21
Young's partner in accounting : ERNST
22
"Cheers" actress Perlman : RHEA
23
Canadian capital : OTTAWA
25
Spine-tingling : EERIE
27
Observance prescribed in the Book of Esther : THREEDAYFAST
32
Provide with guns : ARM
35
An "A" in N.C.A.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
36
Old-time actress Dolores : DELRIO
37
Where an ocean and a continent meet : COAST
39
BlackBerry or iPod Touch, for short : PDA
41
Toots of a horn : BEEPS
42
"... better left ___" : UNSAID
44
Ye ___ Shoppe : OLDE
46
Baseball bat wood : ASH
47
It's headquartered at Naval Station Pearl Harbor : PACIFICFLEET
50
Al of auto racing : UNSER
51
Actor Brendan of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" : FRASER
55
Leave at the altar, say : JILT
57
___ cuisine : HAUTE
60
The "I" of F.Y.I., for short : INFO
61
Israeli-made weapon : UZI
62
Country singer with the 2012 #1 hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" : TAYLORSWIFT
64
Imus of "Imus in the Morning" : DON
65
Literary device much used by O. Henry : IRONY
66
"Imus in the Morning" medium : RADIO
67
Poem of praise : ODE
68
Ferber and Krabappel : EDNAS
69
Look of disdain : SNEER
Down
1
___ Baggins of "The Hobbit" : BILBO
2
Birdbrain : IDIOT
3
Commercial word after Home or Office : DEPOT
4
Persistently aggravates : EATSAT
5
___-mo (instant replay technique) : SLO
6
E.g., e.g. : ABBR
7
Slender shorebird : TERN
8
Lifted : RAISED
9
As an alternative : INSTEAD
10
"Don't ___, don't tell" (bygone military policy) : ASK
11
Close by : INTHEAREA
12
Singer Nat King ___ : COLE
13
Service org. for females : YWCA
18
Gets closer : NEARS
22
Remington product : RIFLE
24
Hypotheticals : WHATIFS
26
Hearty-flavored brew : RYEBEER
28
Clairvoyant's skill, for short : ESP
29
"It's the ___ the world ..." : ENDOF
30
Small tastes : SIPS
31
Peter of reggae : TOSH
32
Smallish bra size : ACUP
33
Author Jaffe : RONA
34
Like a he-man : MASCULINE
38
Matthew, Mark, Luke or John : SAINT
40
Every last one : ALL
43
Blockbuster Bruce Willis movie : DIEHARD
45
Put off until later : DEFER
48
Kid's coloring implement : CRAYON
49
Taipei's land : TAIWAN
52
Nasty, as a remark : SNIDE
53
"The Hunger Games" chaperon : EFFIE
54
Helicopter blade : ROTOR
55
Cousin of karate : JUDO
56
Shirt brand that once had a crocodile symbol : IZOD
58
Humerus neighbor : ULNA
59
Santa's bagful : TOYS
62
Make a knot in : TIE
63
Former jrs. : SRS

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

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