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New York Times, Thursday, March 31, 2011

Author:
Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Across : Two key points on an ellipse's major axis
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Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 79, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Horwitz. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Hinman. Thursday freshness: 12%
Jim Horne notes:

Read the back story on this remarkable puzzle in this New York Times story.

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© 2011, The New York Times3/31/11 ( No. 22,423 )
Across
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Animal on the Michigan flag : ELK
4
Crawl space? : PUB
7
Way around Shanghai : PEDICAB
14
Parisian life : VIE
15
Weekly show starting at 11:30 p.m. E.T. : SNL
16
Totally out : INACOMA
17
Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside ___" : INN
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Saved, as a seat? : SLIPCOVERED
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140 pounds, in Britain : TENSTONE
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Clear : ERASE
23
"May It Be" singer, 2001 : ENYA
24
Distant sign of affection? : AIRKISS
27
Wished undone : RUED
29
Garamond, e.g. : FONT
30
"Wham ___!" : BAM
33
Fighting : ATODDS
35
___ signum (look at the proof: Lat.) : ECCE
36
One-third of baseball's Triple Crown, for short : RBI
37
Uncompromising : RIGID
38
It's a mouthful : CHAW
39
+ or - thing : ION
40
Garden lady : EVE
41
Leave ___ that : ITAT
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Tequila source : AGAVE
46
Scand. land : NOR
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1994 Costner title role : EARP
48
Made flatter : IRONED
49
Dummy : ASS
50
Two key points on an ellipse's major axis : FOCI
51
Stash : STOW
52
Creamy dish : RISOTTO
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Turns down : DIMS
57
"Less Than Zero" novelist : ELLIS
60
Barbecue side : COLESLAW
62
Dojo discipline : TAICHICHUAN
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Go after : SUE
66
"Everything's accounted for" : ALLHERE
67
Car co-created and named by John DeLorean : GTO
68
Dedicated work : ODE
69
Nonforward pass : LATERAL
70
"For ___ a ..." : HES
71
Capture : NET
Down
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Modern party aid : EVITE
2
One might sleep on it : LINEN
3
Yankees hurler (1996 champs) / Solo singer of "Lady" (#1 in 1980) : KENNYROGERS
4
Hushed "Hey!" : PSST
5
Vents : UNLOADS
6
Some pancakes : BLINI
7
It's a snap : PIC
8
Roxy Music co-founder : ENO
9
A's hurler (1989 champs) / Eurythmics musician on "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (#1 in 1983) : DAVESTEWART
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They finish cakes : ICERS
11
Mrs. Dithers of the comics : CORA
12
Midwest college town : AMES
13
Ordered : BADE
19
Something the eight people at 3-, 9-, 28- and 30-Down have all strived for? : PERFECTPITCH
21
Meccan, e.g. : SAUDI
25
Mayor who later served as judge on "The People's Court" : KOCH
26
Member of a mountain empire : INCA
28
Orioles hurler (1966 champs) / Solo crooner of "Oh! My Pa-Pa" (#1 in 1954) : EDDIEFISHER
30
Giants hurler (2010 champs) / Beach Boys vocalist on "Help Me, Rhonda" (#1 in 1965) : BRIANWILSON
31
Topping : ABOVE
32
Got out of the ground : MINED
33
Ring holder : ARENA
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Records, in a way : TIVOS
42
New Mexico's ___ Ski Valley : TAOS
43
BP subsidiary : ARCO
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Get the ___ on : GOODS
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Keep from spreading : ISOLATE
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Affluent, in Arles : RICHE
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Gristly : TOUGH
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1970s sitcom that ended with the title character in Congress : MAUDE
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"Ni-i-ice!" : SWEET
57
Listing abbr. : ETAL
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Singsong syllables : LALA
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Cheerful tune : LILT
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Book in the Book of Mormon : ENOS
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S&L holding : IRA
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Funny frame : CEL

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

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