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New York Times, Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Author:
Steven Riley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Makes a father of
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Steven Riley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Riley. Wednesday freshness: 85%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/18/12 ( No. 22,807 )
Across
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Brubeck of jazz : DAVE
5
Newscaster Connie : CHUNG
10
Gumbo need : OKRA
14
iPad owner's subscription : EMAG
15
Hes : MALES
16
Take seriously : HEED
17
Canine on a feline : FANG
18
Get the better of : ONEUP
19
Victim of Pizarro : INCA
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Makes a father of : ORDAINS
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As well : TOBOOT
24
Growls like a dog : GNARS
25
Have a loan from : OWETO
27
Actress Scala : GIA
29
Pitcher Maglie who was outdueled in Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game : SAL
30
Forearm bone-related : ULNAR
32
Five Norse kings : OLAFS
34
Kind of dye : AZO
35
"___ Fuehrer's Face" : DER
37
___ nitrite (angina treatment) : AMYL
38
Hoedown activity ... or what each group of circled letters is? : SQUAREDANCE
41
Steady guy : BEAU
43
Carnaby Street type of the '60s : MOD
44
Saldana of "Avatar" : ZOE
45
Rash-causing shrub : SUMAC
47
Gaynor of "South Pacific" : MITZI
49
CBS series set in Vegas : CSI
52
Constellation with the Stingray Nebula : ARA
53
Microwave brand : AMANA
55
Place to dry out : REHAB
57
Margin in a baseball squeaker : ONERUN
59
Japanese flower-arranging art : IKEBANA
61
Declines, with "out" : OPTS
62
Sir or madam : TITLE
64
___ Ishii ("Kill Bill" character) : OREN
65
Hostess snack cake : HOHO
66
S.U.V. named for a lake : TAHOE
67
Leave in the dust : LOSE
68
Places for baths : SPAS
69
Traffic problem : SNARL
70
Hit 1998 animated movie : ANTZ
Down
1
Clears, as a windshield : DEFOGS
2
Cuneiform discovery site : AMARNA
3
Graffiti artist, perhaps : VANDAL
4
See 38-Down : EGGAR
5
"Let's go!" : CMON
6
Boy band with the hit "MMMBop" : HANSON
7
Suffix with glob : ULE
8
Fixed by a vet : NEUTERED
9
Subject of a 1982 best seller on sexuality : GSPOT
10
State with a large Amish population : OHIO
11
Casino attraction with a "bubble" : KENOGAME
12
Make right : RECTIFY
13
Toothpaste letters : ADA
21
Onetime Trooper and Rodeo maker : ISUZU
23
"You suck!" : BOO
26
Attacked energetically : WADEDIN
28
Words for the deaf: Abbr. : ASL
31
Rich soil : LOAM
33
Spike, as punch : LACE
34
Pastel hue : AQUA
36
Give a Bronx cheer : RAZZ
38
With 4-Down, "The Collector" co-star : SAMANTHA
39
Like surnames ending in -escu : ROMANIAN
40
Bête ___ : NOIRE
41
"Be Prepared" org. : BSA
42
Abba's music genre : EUROPOP
46
Part of a Lionel set : CAR
48
Either of two characters in "The Emperor's New Clothes" : TAILOR
49
Styx ferryman : CHARON
50
Least likely to lose it : SANEST
51
Big guitar brand : IBANEZ
54
Pups without papers : MUTTS
56
"The Hot Zone" virus : EBOLA
58
Those, in Tijuana : ESOS
60
Boat's backbone : KEEL
61
17 of them are sung before "my gosh" in a 2010 #1 Usher hit : OHS
63
Everyday article in rap titles : THA

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

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