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New York Times, Monday, February 7, 2011

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Act like a grandma
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
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673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 51 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 75%
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© 2011, The New York Times2/7/11 ( No. 22,371 )
Across
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Quantity picked by Peter Piper : PECK
5
Fellow : CHAP
9
Camera lens setting : FSTOP
14
Worker protection agcy. : OSHA
15
Snoozefest : BORE
16
Pioneering video game company : ATARI
17
Rushing yards or turnovers, for short : STAT
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Cooking in a wok, e.g. : STIRFRYING
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Dutch bloom : TULIP
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Glance through quickly : SKIM
23
___ of luxury : LAP
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University in Winston-Salem, N.C. : WAKEFOREST
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Act like a grandma : DOTE
28
"Exodus" hero : ARI
29
___-Magnon man : CRO
30
Ambulance sound : SIREN
31
Seedy loaves : RYES
33
Blitzkriegs : ATTACKS
37
Reinvest some funds : ROLLOVERACD
40
Place where borrowing is encouraged : LIBRARY
41
Clodhoppers : OAFS
44
"Three wishes" granter : GENIE
47
N.Y.S.E. debut : IPO
49
"Holy smokes!" : YOW
50
Pink-slipped : AXED
51
It offers flexible support for women : STRETCHBRA
55
Lines scanned by a supermarket scanner, in brief : UPC
56
Met melody : ARIA
57
Set of fortunetelling cards : TAROT
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Period after Mardi Gras : LENT
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Undo, as writing : ERASE
64
Wee : TINY
65
Doily material : LACE
66
Treasured violin, for short : STRAD
67
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of ___ : SOUL
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Barely got, with "out" : EKED
Down
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Like the period after 1945 : POSTWAR
2
Wide part of a river where it meets the sea : ESTUARY
3
More like messy blackboards : CHALKIER
4
Newswoman Couric : KATIE
5
4-Down's network : CBS
6
Sizzling : HOT
7
Come to pass : ARISE
8
Employee benefits : PERKS
9
Old MacDonald's place : FARM
10
9-Down enclosure : STY
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Worker who has people in stitches? : TAILOR
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Elaborately decorated : ORNATE
13
Perpetually dirty kid in "Peanuts" : PIGPEN
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In good physical shape : FIT
21
Many a G.I. : PFC
25
Toothbrush brand : ORALB
26
Helicopter topper : ROTOR
27
Dance to Donna Summer's "Last Dance," e.g. : DISCO
30
Jamaican music : SKA
32
Sphere or cube : SOLID
34
Fed. electricity provider since 1933 : TVA
35
Eagle's home : AERIE
36
Burial chamber : CRYPT
38
Perjure oneself : LIE
39
Sunrise : DAYBREAK
42
As a total departure from the norm : FORONCE
43
Tried to kill, as a fly : SWATTED
44
Rain-measuring devices : GAUGES
45
Know-nothing's opposite : EXPERT
46
Drink of the gods : NECTAR
48
Columbus Day mo. : OCT
51
Madrid Mrs. : SRA
52
Shadings : TINTS
53
Transistor, e.g. : RADIO
54
Actress Berry : HALLE
56
Parodied : APED
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Miss Teen ___ (beauty pageant) : USA
60
Bearded African animal : GNU
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Olive ___ (Popeye's sweetie) : OYL

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

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