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New York Times, Thursday, April 12, 2012

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : White jacket, often
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Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 39 Missing: {FJWY} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 47 for Mr. Shteyman. Thursday freshness: 51%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/12/12 ( No. 22,801 )
Across
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Govt. org. whose logo depicts an eagle standing on a key : NSA
4
Actress Veronica who was the model in the last cigarette ad shown on U.S. TV : HAMEL
9
Backyard event, informally : BARBQ
14
View from Casablanca: Abbr. : ATL
15
Item on a toothpick, maybe : OLIVE
16
Stop abruptly : ABORT
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I.S.P. giant : AOL
18
Queen of India : RANEE
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Persian Gulf port : DUBAI
20
Founder of the 26-/21-Down, who died on April 12, 1912 : CLARABARTON
23
Initial feeling? : ESP
24
It helps you get a handle on things : PINETAR
25
It's a thought : IDEA
27
Torch bearer : DIME
28
Norma of "Sunset Boulevard" : DESMOND
32
White jacket, often : LABCOAT
35
Core : ESSENCE
36
Computer maker : ACER
37
Unimagined : REAL
38
Clearance sites? : THROATS
42
Vocabulary-related : LEXICAL
45
Kind of wave : SEISMIC
46
Judiciary checker: Abbr. : EXEC
47
Forage storage : SILO
48
Faucet attachment : AERATOR
52
Steamy place : SPA
55
Some 26-/21-Down volunteers : BLOODDONORS
57
Capital of the country that's alphabetically first in the United Nations : KABUL
59
Some Beethoven works : TRIOS
60
The Battle Born State: Abbr. : NEV
61
"Go farther" sloganeer, once : ISUZU
62
Lassitude : ENNUI
63
Break : GAP
64
Debussy contemporary : SATIE
65
Breaks : RESTS
66
Lack of focus, colloquially : ADD
Down
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Annual Image Awards grp. : NAACP
2
Alternative to Putinka, briefly : STOLI
3
Literary middle name : ALLAN
4
He is "more an antique Roman than a Dane," in literature : HORATIO
5
Georgia's on its side : ALABAMA
6
Where long-distance calls are made in the Mideast? : MINARET
7
___ since : EVER
8
It flows with the wind : LEETIDE
9
Cool quality, in modern slang : BADNESS
10
"Father of," in Arabic : ABU
11
"Judge Judy" coverage? : ROBE
12
Victoria's Secret merchandise : BRAS
13
Medicine applicator : QTIP
21
See 26-Down : REDCROSS
22
Poetry volume : ODES
26
With 21-Down, humanitarian organization : AMERICAN
29
10 sawbucks : ONEC
30
ESPN ticker abbr. : NCAA
31
Computer maker : DELL
32
Workout target, for short : LATS
33
Yearn : ACHE
34
When doubled, a vitamin deficiency : BERI
39
1929 #1 hit whose title follows the line "Now he's gone and we're through" : AMIBLUE
40
Cultivate : TILL
41
Transport on two wheels : SCOOTER
42
Openings : LEADINS
43
Deleted, as text : EXEDOUT
44
Abnormal dryness, to a dermatologist : XEROSIS
49
Fiji's neighbor to the east : TONGA
50
Mountain nymph : OREAD
51
Answered : RSVPD
52
They're lifted on chairlifts : SKIS
53
"No ___ nada" ("Don't worry about it": Sp.) : PASA
54
Neighbor : ABUT
56
Department of NW France : ORNE
58
Israeli weapon : UZI

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

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