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New York Times, Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Author:
Michael Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Sure
TotalDebutLatest
147/8/19994/15/2009
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Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Vuolo. Wednesday freshness: 60%
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© 2009, The New York Times4/15/9 ( No. 21,708 )
Across
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Booker T.'s bandmates in '60s R&B : MGS
4
San Diego Zoo attractions : PANDAS
10
[fizzle] : PFFT
14
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" grp. : ELO
15
"Peter and the Wolf" musician : OBOIST
16
View from Buffalo : ERIE
17
Have surgery : GOUNDERTHEKNIFE
20
Great time : BLAST
21
Actress Polo of "Meet the Parents" : TERI
22
RR stop : STN
23
___ David : CAMP
24
With 37- and 50-Across, privileged : BORNWITHA
26
Colorful glacier layer : BLUEICE
29
Bubble contents : AIR
30
Family girl : SIS
31
Family girl : NIECE
34
Dolt : ASS
37
See 24-Across : SILVERSPOONIN
41
Co. acquired by Verizon in 2006 : MCI
42
Sturdy building material : STONE
43
Court figs. : DAS
45
D.C. influence wielder : PAC
48
Designer's starting point : CONCEPT
50
See 24-Across : ONESMOUTH
55
"Keep ___ alive!" : HOPE
56
Geisha's accessory : FAN
57
Diamond legend, with "the" : BABE
58
"Bowling for Columbine" documentarian : MOORE
60
"Gimme!" : FORKITOVERBUDDY
64
Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
65
___ Palace, French presidential residence : ELYSEE
66
Seventh in a series of 24 : ETA
67
It may be caught in a trap : LINT
68
Sure : STEADY
69
Rogers who was elected twice to the Country Music Hall of Fame : ROY
Down
1
Sister in "Little Women" : MEG
2
Doctrine that de-emphasizes regional interests : GLOBALISM
3
Barry White's genre : SOULMUSIC
4
Some marine herds : PODS
5
Help in a bad way : ABET
6
___'easter : NOR
7
"Likewise" : DITTO
8
One of the 12 tribes of Israel : ASHER
9
Chest protectors : STERNA
10
Slammer : PEN
11
Bill passed many times on the Hill, formerly : FRIST
12
It may be taken in court, with "the" : FIFTH
13
Pop/R&B singer ___ Marie : TEENA
18
Kitty's pickup point : NAPE
19
Fuzzy fruit : KIWI
23
"Numb3rs" network : CBS
24
They may come in a round : BEERS
25
Modern locale of ancient Persepolis : IRAN
27
Accts. payable receipt : INV
28
French bus. firm : CIE
32
Winter Minn. hrs. : CST
33
Pleistocene, e.g. : EPOCH
35
Fries, often : SIDEORDER
36
Began paying attention : SNAPPEDTO
38
They may be licked or smacked : LIPS
39
"Vas ___ Vas" (former derivative Spanish-language game show) : ONO
40
Wine: Prefix : OEN
44
Geneviève, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
46
Prefix with dextrous : AMBI
47
Actress Phyllis of "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" : COATES
49
Comrade of Mao : CHOU
50
Butcher's discards : OFFAL
51
Feminist Wolf who wrote "The Beauty Myth" : NAOMI
52
Bankrupt company in 2002 headlines : ENRON
53
Curved fastener : UBOLT
54
Milkman of musical fame : TEVYE
58
Talking horse of old TV : MRED
59
Mind : OBEY
61
Hobbyist's purchase : KIT
62
Spanish "that" : ESA
63
"That's great news!" : YAY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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