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New York Times, Monday, March 21, 2011

Author:
Patrick Blindauer and Steve Salitan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Across : "Absolutely!"
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Patrick Blindauer
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1.521453%
Steve Salitan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Blindauer. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Salitan. Monday freshness: 28%
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© 2011, The New York Times3/21/11 ( No. 22,413 )
Across
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The Stones' "Sticky Fingers" and "Tattoo You," e.g. : LPS
4
Like lit lanterns : AGLOW
9
H2O : WATER
14
Tolkien monster : ORC
15
Dog strap : LEASH
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Dean Martin's "That's ___" : AMORE
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"Absolutely!" : YOUBETCHA
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Stiff : RIGID
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"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" group : ABBA
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"Absolutely!" : BYALLMEANS
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The "L" in N.L. or A.L. : LEAGUE
25
Winter Autobahn hazard : EIS
26
"Born This Way" singer Lady ___ : GAGA
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Some global treaty subjects, informally : ATESTS
34
"Absolutely!" : RIGHTONBROTHER
38
Spanish for "kiss" : BESO
39
Luau instrument, informally : UKE
40
Chuck : TOSS
41
"Absolutely!" : AINTITTHETRUTH
46
Marc who loved Cleopatra : ANTONY
47
Mark meaning "no change" : STET
48
Smartphone download, briefly : APP
50
Enya's kind of music : NEWAGE
55
"Absolutely!" : DARNTOOTIN
61
Offshore : ASEA
62
___ patch (Uncle Remus setting) : BRIAR
63
"Absolutely!" : SURETHING
65
Helmsley who had hotels : LEONA
66
Month when Chile is far from chilly : ENERO
67
Feel under the weather : AIL
68
Stopped lying? : SATUP
69
Impertinent : SASSY
70
Word before a maiden name in wedding announcements : NEE
Down
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True-blue : LOYAL
2
Exploratory spacecraft : PROBE
3
Diver's gear : SCUBA
4
Pub drink : ALE
5
Lose the game : GETBEAT
6
Frilly, as lingerie : LACY
7
Org. concerned with workplace injuries : OSHA
8
Blubber source : WHALE
9
Becomes more fond of : WARMSTO
10
French girlfriend : AMIE
11
Festive "Animal House" wrap : TOGA
12
St. Paddy's land : ERIN
13
Cincinnati squad : REDS
18
Baseball base : BAG
22
When doubled, cry before "pants on fire" : LIAR
24
"Gross!" : UGH
27
Joint woe that afflicted Benjamin Franklin : GOUT
28
Egyptian crosses : ANKHS
30
"___, Brute?" : ETTU
31
Amount in a whiskey glass : SHOT
32
John who once co-hosted "Entertainment Tonight" : TESH
33
Sophs., two years later : SRS
34
Bridle strap : REIN
35
"Freedom ___ free" : ISNT
36
Attend, as a party : GOTO
37
Underground vegetable with edible greens : BEET
38
Ewe's plaint : BAA
42
Snared : INATRAP
43
Printing goof : TYPO
44
They're worth twice as much as fins : TENNERS
45
Hwy. : RTE
49
Does some modeling : POSES
51
Crib cry : WAH
52
Like the eastern part of Russia : ASIAN
53
Spirit in a bottle : GENIE
54
"The ___ has landed" : EAGLE
55
Two-base hits: Abbr. : DBLS
56
Vicinity : AREA
57
Bottle-throwing occasion : RIOT
58
When repeated, a classic sitcom sign-off : NANU
59
Bluefin, e.g. : TUNA
60
Angers : IRES
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Tinker with, with "with" : TOY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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