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New York Times, Thursday, February 3, 2011

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
64-Across : "#@&%!," e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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331.5731274%
Matt Ginsberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Ginsberg. Thursday freshness: 24%
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R
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A
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K
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E
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S
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M
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O
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W
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S
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A
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A
12
R
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E
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A
D
O
U
T
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I
C
E
E
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P
O
O
L
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B
O
R
N
E
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L
A
T
E
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E
N
O
S
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B
L
E
U
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B
L
T
S
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A
R
E
T
E
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I
F
A
C
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L
U
E
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P
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F
F
T
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H
E
R
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P
O
L
L
U
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T
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E
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S
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T
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U
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E
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I
N
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S
A
N
A
37
R
O
C
K
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I
S
M
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I
S
S
I
N
G
U
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S
E
T
H
E
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E
D
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T
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I
N
D
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N
T
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S
O
W
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R
A
T
S
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T
A
I
L
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T
Y
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S
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S
U
N
S
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N
E
X
T
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O
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N
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E
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S
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C
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O
O
T
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T
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E
A
R
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A
V
O
N
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R
O
W
S
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O
R
T
S
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A
T
E
I
T
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I
D
E
A
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W
A
N
T
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C
U
R
S
E
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S
E
N
D
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S
L
A
Y
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E
S
T
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R
© 2011, The New York Times2/3/11 ( No. 22,367 )
Across
1
--- : RAKES
6
Does yard work : MOWS
10
Longest river entirely in Switzerland : AARE
14
Deuce follower : ADOUT
15
--- : ICEE
16
Summer cooler : POOL
17
--- : BORNE
18
Held up : LATE
19
Slaughter who dashed home to win the 1946 World Series : ENOS
20
Kind of cheese : BLEU
21
Food orders sometimes prepared in toaster ovens : BLTS
22
Excellence as a virtue, to ancient Greeks : ARETE
23
Advice for solving this puzzle, part 1 : IFACLUE
25
Kaput : PFFT
27
"Just Say I Love ___" (hit of 1950) : HER
28
Fouls : POLLUTES
32
There is a "super" one every four yrs. : TUE
35
Business TV newsman Ron : INSANA
37
Roll's partner : ROCK
38
Advice, part 2 : ISMISSINGUSETHE
41
--- : EDIT
42
Set right : INDENT
43
Broadcast : SOW
44
1980s hairstyle with a long strand in the back : RATSTAIL
46
Baseball's Cobb and others : TYS
48
Goes for the bronze? : SUNS
49
End of the advice : NEXTONE
53
--- : SCOOT
56
Go quickly : TEAR
58
Earl of ___ (Sir Anthony Eden) : AVON
59
--- : ROWS
60
Scraps : ORTS
61
Failed spectacularly : ATEIT
62
--- : IDEA
63
Fancy : WANT
64
"#@&%!," e.g. : CURSE
65
--- : SEND
66
Dispatch : SLAY
67
Perfume ingredient : ESTER
Down
1
Official traditionally seen in a black hat : RABBI
2
First name in W.W. II infamy : ADOLF
3
Service site for some veterans : KOREA
4
Harem guard, typically : EUNUCH
5
Marie or Jeanne: Abbr. : STE
6
Minnesota lake ___ Lacs : MILLE
7
One ___ (baseball variant) : OCAT
8
Dish-washing aid : WETSPONGE
9
Call ... or call on : SEE
10
--- : APERTURE
11
Crack : AONE
12
Source : ROOT
13
In addition : ELSE
21
Like the poem "Tam o' Shanter" : BURNSIAN
22
Org. for Joe Namath : AFL
24
Hawaiian handouts : LEIS
26
Exhibitionist : FLAUNTER
28
C.F.O.'s concern : PANDL
29
Bambini : TOTS
30
Return to sender? : ECHO
31
Twist : SKEW
32
Cake part : TIER
33
"Choice" agcy. : USDA
34
Discharge : EMIT
36
Left-handed : SINISTRAL
39
"A pity" : ITSSOSAD
40
Frightful river to cross : STYX
45
King who gained international prominence in 1922 : TUT
47
--- : STATUS
49
Rank : NASTY
50
Unmistakable : OVERT
51
Static : NOISE
52
Break in, say : ENTER
53
Eastern holy men's titles : SRIS
54
Do programming work : CODE
55
Wilson of "Shanghai Noon" : OWEN
57
Volcano whose eruption was described by Virgil : ETNA
60
Band-Aid removal comments : OWS
61
Von Richthofen, for one : ACE

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

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