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New York Times, Friday, April 2, 2010

Author:
Alan Olschwang
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Across : Around-the-world race
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Alan Olschwang

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJW} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Olschwang. Friday freshness: 87%
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© 2010, The New York Times4/2/10 ( No. 22,060 )
Across
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Certain fricassee : COQAUVIN
9
Around-the-world race : HUMANS
15
Teetotaler's order : ADAMSALE
16
"Would you mind ...?" : ISITOK
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Special communication : MENTALTELEPATHY
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It's not exact: Abbr. : EST
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They come to a point while flying : GEESE
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Sacred Buddhist mountain : OMEI
22
Dakota relative : OSAGE
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Starts occupying : MOVESINTO
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Special communication syst. : ASL
28
On deck : UPNEXT
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Cause of some shaking, for short : DTS
30
"Pay ___ mind" : ITNO
32
King-high games : ECARTES
34
Deep red : GARNET
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Not even consider : IGNORE
38
One picking up a lot : NEATNIK
40
Like pirates : ASEA
41
Set to go off, as a bomb : ARM
42
Where la Croix-Rouge is headquartered : GENEVE
44
Radical 1970s grp. : SLA
47
Rumble in the Jungle strategy : ROPEADOPE
49
Cherry alternative : BEECH
51
Become wearisome : PALL
52
Important Indian : RANEE
54
It may be exact: Abbr. : SCI
55
One who keeps giving you the business? : REGULARCUSTOMER
58
Philosophies : CREDOS
59
Spin out on wheels? : TESTRIDE
60
"Funeral Blues" poet and family : AUDENS
61
In a tight spot financially : SQUEEZED
Down
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Small part : CAMEO
2
1905 revolt setting : ODESSA
3
Virgin Blue rival : QANTAS
4
Check information: Abbr. : AMT
5
Gas bill information : USAGE
6
Low point : VALE
7
Big Italian daily : ILTEMPO
8
Star of the 1998 film version of 45-Down : NEESON
9
Get a move on : HIE
10
It increased to 4 cents per oz. in 1958 : USPOSTAGE
11
Home to Seaquarium and MetroZoo : MIAMI
12
Serve : ATTENDTO
13
Diamond dream : NOHITTER
14
Top of the world? : SKY
18
Spillover stopper : LEVEE
23
Flash : GLINT
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Cut out : EXCISE
26
Bone: Prefix : OSSE
28
Loose : UNTIED
31
Kind of hat : TENGALLON
33
Biochemical enzyme, briefly : RNASE
34
Growl : GNAR
35
1970s-'90s international carrier based in Lima : AEROPERU
36
Went wild : RAMPAGED
39
Campbell's competitor : KNORR
40
2004 Best Musical Tony winner : AVENUEQ
43
Periods added to harmonize the lunar and solar calendars : EPACTS
45
1987 Best Musical Tony winner, informally : LESMIZ
46
Bow : ACCEDE
48
Shake : ELUDE
49
Greene who wrote "Summer of My German Soldier" : BETTE
50
Like some help : HIRED
53
"Mi casa ___ casa" : ESSU
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MP3 player maker : RCA
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One that may balk : ASS
57
Stuff in a bank : ORE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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