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New York Times, Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Comprehend
TotalDebutLatest
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 46 Missing: {J} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Chisholm. Tuesday freshness: 6%
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G
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U
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© 2009, The New York Times3/17/9 ( No. 21,679 )
Across
1
Comprehend : GRASP
6
Contemptible : BASE
10
Shade of many a swimming pool basin : AQUA
14
Surgeon's tool : LASER
15
Web addresses : URLS
16
Parts of a tea set : CUPS
17
Sprightly : AGILE
18
Politician's goal : SEAT
19
Give the heave-ho : TOSS
20
1940s hit radio show featuring the bartender Archie : DUFFYSTAVERN
23
Salad additive : OIL
24
Marveled audibly (at) : OOHED
28
1939 James Joyce novel : FINNEGANSWAKE
33
Second-smallest state: Abbr. : DEL
34
Instrument held with two hands : OBOE
35
Pakistani leader, 1977-88 : ZIA
36
1960s sitcom about a group of castaways : GILLIGANSISLAND
41
G.I. entertainers : USO
42
X ___ xylophone : ASIN
43
Work unit : ERG
44
1946 Bing Crosby hit : MCNAMARASBAND
49
Blog messages : POSTS
50
Sculler's item : OAR
51
1960s sitcom set in a P.O.W. camp : HOGANSHEROES
59
On the briny : ASEA
62
"Am ___ late?" : ITOO
63
___ cotta : TERRA
64
Wimbledon surface : LAWN
65
Head for : GOTO
66
Jew traditionally dressed in a black coat and hat : HASID
67
Canned : AXED
68
Period of time : SPAN
69
Solo : ALONE
Down
1
Delighted : GLAD
2
Prego competitor : RAGU
3
"Yeah, right!" : ASIF
4
"To thine own ___ be true" : SELF
5
Victimize : PREYON
6
Ado : BUSTLE
7
Geographical datum : AREA
8
Czech, e.g., but not a Hungarian : SLAV
9
Ferrara ruling family : ESTE
10
Ad exhortation : ACTNOW
11
Status ___ : QUO
12
Good times : UPS
13
Numbskull : ASS
21
Transgress : SIN
22
Kentucky Derby prize : ROSES
25
Sand trap, e.g. : HAZARD
26
Barely making, with "out" : EKING
27
Defunct : DEAD
28
Prison population : FELONS
29
Needing a doctor's attention : ILL
30
"___ Fly Now" ("Rocky" theme) : GONNA
31
Tummy muscles : ABS
32
"___ won't!" : NOI
33
Establishment with a revolving mirrored ball : DISCO
36
Forrest ___, 1994 Oscar-winning role : GUMP
37
Schoolyard retort : IAMSO
38
Fed. property overseer : GSA
39
Publicize : AIR
40
Novelist Deighton : LEN
45
Available : ATHAND
46
"Already?" : SOSOON
47
"Rubbish!" : BAH
48
First name in soul : ARETHA
52
Play dates? : GIGS
53
Surmounting : ATOP
54
___ bene : NOTA
55
Down-to-earth : REAL
56
Roughly : ORSO
57
Land that's saluted in this puzzle : ERIN
58
Marquis de ___ : SADE
59
Menu phrase : ALA
60
Instrument famously played by Bill Clinton on "The Arsenio Hall Show" : SAX
61
One catching a ram's eye : EWE

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

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