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New York Times, Thursday, April 22, 2010

Author:
Caleb Madison
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : One who's available when needed
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Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQW} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Madison. Thursday freshness: 42%
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© 2010, The New York Times4/22/10 ( No. 22,080 )
Across
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Like saddle shoes and bell-bottom pants : DATED
6
Beehive contents : HAIR
10
Cooking amts. : TSPS
14
Send : ELATE
15
It's found in arms : AMMO
16
Syngman ___, first president of South Korea : RHEE
17
Israeli political party : LABOR
18
One who's available when needed : JOHNNYONX
20
Need for a link : URL
21
Pilot, for one : EPISODE
23
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roush : EDD
24
With 40-Across, key to the "map" of this puzzle : XMARKS
26
Like a small egg : OVULAR
28
"___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto) : ESSE
29
Rushing goal : YARDS
33
Eastern royal : RANI
34
Gordon of "Oklahoma!" : MACRAE
36
"One Life to Live" airer : ABCTV
37
___ Wayne with the platinum album "Tha Block Is Hot" : LIL
40
See 24-Across : THESPOT
42
Dir. from Springfield, Mass., to Providence : ESE
43
2009 Peace Nobelist : OBAMA
45
Pays (for) : ATONES
47
Hefty refs. : OEDS
48
Be Ciceronian : ORATE
49
Novel subtitled "A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" : OMOO
53
Enters, as data : KEYSIN
55
Asked a hard question in public, say : PUTONX
57
Director Lee : ANG
58
Flows : STREAMS
62
End of a series : ZEE
63
"Mmm! So satisfying!" : THATHITSX
65
Prep : READY
67
Star followers : MAGI
68
Dish (out) : METE
69
Elegiac music : DIRGE
70
Dutch export : EDAM
71
Those: Sp. : ESAS
72
Nickel and dime in gaming? : ANTES
Down
1
Choice : DELUXE
2
Warnings : ALARMS
3
Raga accompaniers : TABLAS
4
W.W. II inits. : ETO
5
Zoolander of "Zoolander" : DEREK
6
Certain trekker : HAJI
7
Book after Joel : AMOS
8
Chat room opener : IMHO
9
Parts of sonatas : RONDOS
10
"Give it a shot!" : TRY
11
It may be on the tip of the tongue : SHOELACE
12
Jewelry often used in hypnosis : PENDANTS
13
Libido : SEXDRIVE
19
Battle Born State: Abbr. : NEV
22
Demoralize, with "out" : PSYCH
25
Band with the 2008 album "Accelerate" : REM
27
City area, informally : URB
30
Backward : AREAR
31
Bob Marley, e.g. : RASTA
32
Point along a line : DEPOT
35
___ loss : ATA
36
Nibbled away : ATE
37
Cry for attention : LOOKATME
38
Dupe's shout : IBEENHAD
39
Singer born Stefani Germanotta : LADYGAGA
41
Early aft. hour : ONEPM
44
In-box stock: Abbr. : MSS
46
Alky : SOT
48
Punctual : ONTIME
50
"La Clemenza di Tito" composer : MOZART
51
Antsy : ONEDGE
52
Sunflower-like daisies : OXEYES
54
Suffix with hawk : ISH
56
Std. on food labels : USRDA
59
Delivery drivers' assignments: Abbr. : RTES
60
"Cómo ___?" : ESTA
61
Graph lines : AXES
64
Enchanter in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" : TIM
66
German "a" : EIN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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