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New York Times, Thursday, April 2, 2009

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Across : Vaudeville brother born Milton
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 44 Missing: {QZ} Scrabble average: 1.99 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 131 for Mr. Quigley. Thursday freshness: 68%
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© 2009, The New York Times4/2/9 ( No. 21,695 )
Across
1
Yeshiva student : JEW
4
Happy sound : CHIRP
9
Crazy excited : WIGGY
14
The Cavaliers of the N.C.A.A. : UVA
15
Railroad between Illinois and Atlantic avenues : BANDO
16
Bag : SNARE
17
Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons : GARYGYGAX
19
N.B.A. star point guard Kidd : JASON
20
Award since 1956 : OBIE
21
Holiday servings : NOGS
22
Sly : CAGY
25
Is off guard : NAPS
28
Fish whose skin is sometimes used for leather : EEL
29
Spread selection : OLEO
30
French auto race : GRANDPRIX
33
Its gatherings are smart things to attend : MENSA
35
Beginner: Var. : TIRO
36
N.L. team, on scoreboards : NYM
38
Squeeze (out) : EKE
39
Trademarked brand of waterproof fabric : GORETEX
42
Grp. with the 1979 hit "Don't Bring Me Down" : ELO
43
Rx specification : TER
44
Indigo dye source : ANIL
45
"Revolutionary Road" novelist Richard : YATES
47
Palate-raising response : GAGREFLEX
51
Scourge : BANE
52
Sawbuck : TEN
53
Snake's bioweapon : FANG
54
Splitsville parties : EXES
55
Walk, e.g. : GAIT
57
Raw material? : DATA
59
Weird Al Yankovic's "___ on Jeopardy" : ILOST
61
Vaudeville brother born Milton : GUMMOMARX
66
Starbucks size : VENTI
67
Eddie Murphy's role in "Coming to America" : AKEEM
68
Fotos : PIX
69
BP competitor : EXXON
70
Ex-lax? : TENSE
71
Cuff : BOX
Down
1
Water holder : JUG
2
Actress Mendes : EVA
3
Drug ___ : WAR
4
Old N.Y.C. club said to be the birthplace of punk : CBGB
5
Harvesting for fodder : HAYING
6
Ready to roll : INGEAR
7
Vitamin abbr. : RDA
8
Chicken ___ : POX
9
Financial daily, in brief : WSJ
10
More ridiculous : INANER
11
Levy at a BP or 69-Across station : GASOLINETAX
12
Part of an old Royal Navy ration : GROG
13
Urges : YENS
18
Dingbats : YOYOS
22
Streaker seen at night : COMET
23
Pub container : ALEKEG
24
Thirtysomethings : GENERATIONX
26
Femur neighbor : PATELLA
27
Lather : SNIT
28
Sticker? : EPOXY
31
"Forgot About ___" (2000 Grammy-winning rap song) : DRE
32
Compound used in aviation fuel : XYLENE
34
"F Troop" corporal : AGARN
37
Michelangelo sculpture on a biblical subject : MOSES
40
Billy Martin, for the Yankees : ONE
41
Musical phrase : RIFF
46
Crosswise to a ship's keel : ABEAM
48
Irritates : GETSTO
49
Minstrel show figures : ENDMEN
50
Annual event that includes motocross : XGAMES
55
Say "Uncle!" : GIVE
56
"I'll take 'The New York Times Crossword Puzzle' for $200, ___" : ALEX
58
It may need a big jacket : TOME
60
Word before ear or horn : TIN
61
Bit of "hardware" : GAT
62
HI-strung instrument? : UKE
63
Police radio message: Abbr. : APB
64
"Road to ___" (1947 flick) : RIO
65
Turkey, to a bowler : XXX

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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