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New York Times, Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
71-Across : Parts of una década
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 175 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 94%
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© 2010, The New York Times3/2/10 ( No. 22,029 )
Across
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*"In like a ___ ..." : LION
5
Voice below soprano : ALTO
9
Goat-men in a Rubens painting : FAUNS
14
Capital once called Christiania : OSLO
15
*Kook : LOON
16
Welles of film : ORSON
17
Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
18
*Godsend : BOON
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Go from ___ worse : BADTO
20
Choreographer Twyla : THARP
22
Greek gathering spot : STOA
24
*Doofus : BOOB
25
Married woman, in Madrid : SENORA
27
Author Silverstein : SHEL
29
*Dud : BOMB
31
Wood finish : SHELLAC
34
Pub crawler : SOT
37
Minimal amount : LEAST
39
Andean animal : LLAMA
40
Period described by the clues and answers to 1- and 72-Across (which are the start and end of a word ladder formed by the answers to the 10 asterisked clues) : THEMONTHOFMARCH
43
Actor Williams of "Happy Days" : ANSON
44
Gala night duds : TAILS
45
Govt. ID : SSN
46
Handy man? : GOTOGUY
48
*Jim's gift in "The Gift of the Magi" : COMB
50
Looped handle, in archaeology : ANSA
51
Look over : PERUSE
55
*Provide for free : COMP
57
___ Brasi, enforcer in "The Godfather" : LUCA
61
Cathedral areas : NAVES
62
Absorbed the loss : ATEIT
64
*Sleepaway, e.g. : CAMP
66
Sunday best, e.g. : SUIT
67
Sea eagles : ERNES
68
*Tiffany treasure : LAMP
69
"Casablanca" heroine : ILSA
70
"I beg to differ!" : NOTSO
71
Parts of una década : ANOS
72
*"... out like a ___" : LAMB
Down
1
Lummoxes : LOUTS
2
"This ___ life!" : ISTHE
3
Ingredient in some potato chips : OLEAN
4
"Easy!" : NOPROB
5
Priest's robe : ALB
6
Going places? : LOOS
7
Trolley warning : TOOT
8
___ occasion (never) : ONNO
9
Della's gift in "The Gift of the Magi" : FOB
10
Title heroine of a Strauss opera : ARABELLA
11
Mint green? : USDOLLARS
12
Say ___ (reject) : NOTO
13
Name-dropper, perhaps : SNOB
21
Draws out : PROLONGS
23
Pale wood : ASH
26
Grace period? : AMEN
28
Steering committee? : HELMSMEN
30
Nuts : BATTY
31
Betraying no emotion : STOIC
32
Gremlins and Hornets of old autodom : AMCS
33
Songwriter Sammy : CAHN
34
Partnerless, as at a party : STAG
35
"This can't be!" : OHNO
36
Provider of a dead giveaway? : TESTAMENT
38
___ Na Na : SHA
41
Sweet, gooey sandwiches : MOONPIES
42
Dud : FLOP
47
"Fly the friendly skies" co. : UAL
49
São Paulo's land, to natives : BRASIL
52
Throat dangler : UVULA
53
Great shakes? : SEISM
54
Sign abbr. meaning "founded in" : ESTAB
55
"It's News to Me" columnist Herb : CAEN
56
Other: Sp. : OTRO
58
The Bruins of the N.C.A.A. : UCLA
59
James of "Thief" : CAAN
60
Bullets : AMMO
63
General on a Chinese menu : TSO
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Second afterthought in a letter: Abbr. : PPS

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

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