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New York Times, Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Author:
Peter Broda
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Across : Stay awhile
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Peter Broda

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQVZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Broda. Tuesday freshness: 80%
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R
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E
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I
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N
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A
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M
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B
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D
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C
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W
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B
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G
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P
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N
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G
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B
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P
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D
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X
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H
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© 2013, The New York Times4/16/13 ( No. 23,170 )
Across
1
Bring under control : REININ
7
Surrounded by : AMID
11
Handicapper's spot, for short : OTB
14
One of the Shrivers : EUNICE
15
Like a day in June, according to Lowell : RARE
16
Prefix with platonic : NEO
17
"Harry Potter" antagonist and namesakes : DRACOS
18
Proceed on all fours, in a way : CRABWALK
20
Butterfly alternative : BACKSTROKE
22
Place with a talking serpent : EDEN
23
Made in ___ : USA
24
Drink with a head : ALE
25
Allstate competitor : GEICO
26
Someone who has it can't say it : LISP
28
Blow out : EXHALE
32
Level the playing field? : MOW
33
See 27-Down : LATIN
35
Panache : ELAN
36
Ambulance letters : EMS
37
File for Chapter 11 ... or do an 18-, 20-, 60- or 64-Across : GOBELLYUP
41
Confession in a confessional : SIN
44
"Get ___!" : REAL
45
Gomorrah's sister city : SODOM
49
Suffix with lex- : EME
50
"Precious" or "heavy" things : METALS
53
Cabana wear : ROBE
54
Horizontal graph line : XAXIS
56
It may be high or low in blackjack : ACE
58
Believer's suffix : IST
59
Army three-stripers: Abbr. : SGTS
60
Caribbean party event : LIMBODANCE
64
Decathlon event : HIGHJUMP
66
Stay awhile : LINGER
67
Number that's its own square : ONE
68
Moisturizer additive : ALOE
69
Old McDonnell Douglas aircraft : DCNINE
70
Signer's need : PEN
71
Provider of a leg up? : RUNG
72
Like Cheech & Chong, in most of their movies : STONED
Down
1
Popular energy drink : REDBULL
2
Landmass that spans over 180 degrees of longitude : EURASIA
3
How some broken bones are set : INACAST
4
"Jolly old" saint : NICK
5
Twenty: Prefix : ICOSA
6
Hot Pockets maker : NESTLE
7
With the bow, in music : ARCO
8
Grade, as papers : MARK
9
"Dies ___" : IRAE
10
Girl with a ball : DEB
11
Quick way to turn or stop : ONADIME
12
Verizon or Sprint : TELECOM
13
Onetime catchphrase for athlete Jackson : BOKNOWS
19
Itty-bitty : WEE
21
Common dog name : REX
25
The "Homo" in Homo sapiens : GENUS
27
With 33-Across, ixnay or amscray : PIG
29
Very, slangily : HELLA
30
The whole enchilada : ALL
31
Install, as tile : LAY
34
Expected outcomes : NORMS
38
Scripps-sponsored event for kids : BEE
39
Munch on : EAT
40
___ favor : POR
41
Store for couples, maybe : SEXSHOP
42
1971 hit with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer" : IMAGINE
43
Like many newly unveiled electronics, casually : NEXTGEN
46
Murdering : DOINGIN
47
Bleep-worthy, say : OBSCENE
48
Like much urban street parking : METERED
51
Photo ___ : LAB
52
Chews out : SCOLDS
55
Suffix with fiend : ISH
57
Command from on high : EDICT
60
Ripsnorter : LULU
61
"That's my cue!" : IMON
62
Compressed video file format : MPEG
63
The "A" in A.D. : ANNO
65
Peanut butter purchase : JAR

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

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