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New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Author:
Damon J. Gulczynski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
64-Across : Take forcibly, old-style
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Damon J. Gulczynski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQW} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Gulczynski. Tuesday freshness: 32%
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© 2009, The New York Times5/19/9 ( No. 21,742 )
Across
1
Industry honcho : CZAR
5
"Do the ___!" : MATH
9
Suffix with beer or fun : FEST
13
Move, in Realtor lingo : RELO
14
XM ___ : RADIO
15
In the old days : ONCE
16
Lunchbox dessert item : OREO
17
Jump for joy : EXULT
18
"The Good Earth" heroine : OLAN
19
Tom Collins or Rob Roy : COCKTAIL
21
Turkic people : TATARS
23
Grass bought in rolls : SOD
24
End of an exhaust system : TAILPIPE
26
Beehive State athlete : UTE
29
Guitar pioneer Paul : LES
31
Paddler's target : REAR
32
Unrealistic idea : PIPEDREAM
35
Hold back, as a news story : SITON
39
Salon sound : SNIP
40
In a foxy fashion : SLYLY
42
"Uh-uh" : NOPE
43
Regatta entry : YACHT
45
1992 U.S. Olympic hoopsters, with "the" : DREAMTEAM
47
Peseta's replacement : EURO
49
La-la lead-in : TRA
50
___-mo : SLO
51
Basketball or baseball : TEAMGAME
55
Ike's monogram : DDE
57
Tangle in a net: Var. : IMMESH
58
Fighting rooster : GAMECOCK
63
Hair removal brand : NAIR
64
Take forcibly, old-style : REAVE
66
Tom Wolfe novel "___ in Full" : AMAN
67
Bigger than mega- : GIGA
68
Elizabeth of cosmetics : ARDEN
69
After-beach wear : ROBE
70
Supersecure airline : ELAL
71
Name on toy fuel trucks : HESS
72
Two caplets, say : DOSE
Down
1
Swamp menace, for short : CROC
2
Total loser : ZERO
3
Guinness or Waugh : ALEC
4
Corner pieces, in chess : ROOKS
5
Calf-length dress : MAXI
6
X-rated : ADULT
7
Up to, in ads : TIL
8
Real babe : HOTTIE
9
Evidence washed away by the tide : FOOTPRINT
10
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
11
Bluff formed by a fault : SCARP
12
In need of a rubdown : TENSE
14
Blogger's audience : READERS
20
Ratted (on) : TOLD
22
"Sad to say ..." : ALAS
25
Decorative band : ARMLET
26
"___-daisy!" : UPSY
27
Fey of "30 Rock" : TINA
28
Huge in scope : EPIC
30
Only now and then : SELDOM
33
Short-lived : EPHEMERAL
34
Firth of Clyde town : AYR
36
The "ten" in "hang ten" : TOES
37
Stone for many Libras : OPAL
38
Nautilus skipper : NEMO
41
Landscaper's crew : YARDMEN
44
Harbor workhorses : TUGS
46
Showed up in time for : MADE
48
Gung-ho : RAHRAH
51
Trace of color : TINGE
52
Messages that may contain emoticons : EMAIL
53
Old computer : AMIGA
54
"Zounds!" : EGADS
56
Paperless birthday greeting : ECARD
59
Birds, collectively : AVES
60
1847 Melville work : OMOO
61
Some urban rides : CABS
62
"Trick" body part : KNEE
65
Before, to a bard : ERE

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

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