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New York Times, Monday, May 25, 2009

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Across : Arrow shooters
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 71, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Collins. Monday freshness: 54%
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Z
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J
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© 2009, The New York Times5/25/9 ( No. 21,748 )
Across
1
Home (in on) : ZERO
5
Arrow shooters : BOWS
9
Hunk : SLAB
13
Lumberjacks' tools : AXES
14
Margarine : OLEO
15
Uneaten part of an apple : CORE
16
Small milk carton capacity : PINT
17
Ken of "thirtysomething" : OLIN
18
Eager : AVID
19
1989 Sally Field/Dolly Parton/Shirley MacLaine movie : STEELMAGNOLIAS
22
Hold up : ROB
23
Hunk : HEMAN
24
Foresail : JIB
27
"Here's to you!" and others : TOASTS
29
Old Pontiac : GTO
32
Electrical device for foreign travelers : ADAPTOR
34
"Git!" : SCAT
35
2000 Martin Lawrence movie : BIGMOMMASHOUSE
39
Swamps : BOGS
40
Cork : STOPPER
41
Novelist Tan : AMY
42
Seeks blindly : GROPES
45
___ Lanka : SRI
46
With 51-Down, John Ashcroft's predecessor as attorney general : JANET
48
Legal matter : RES
50
1992 Alec Baldwin/Meg Ryan film : PRELUDETOAKISS
56
Not imaginary : REAL
57
Jai ___ : ALAI
58
"To Live and Die ___" : INLA
59
The "A" in A.D. : ANNO
60
Lunkhead : CLOD
61
Santa's landing place : ROOF
62
Part of M.V.P. : MOST
63
Pitch : TOSS
64
Thing hidden in each of the movie names in this puzzle : TREE
Down
1
Microwaves : ZAPS
2
Stage direction after an actor's last line : EXIT
3
Philosopher Descartes : RENE
4
Blender maker : OSTER
5
Classic John Lee Hooker song of 1962 : BOOMBOOM
6
Earthenware pot : OLLA
7
Puts on a scale : WEIGHS
8
One of Shakespeare's begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" : SONNET
9
Milan's La ___ : SCALA
10
Some trophies : LOVINGCUPS
11
Diva's number : ARIA
12
They have headboards and footboards : BEDS
20
Game with a $100 million prize, maybe : LOTTO
21
Meditation syllables : OMS
24
"Star Wars" villain ___ the Hutt : JABBA
25
"Knock it off" or "get it on," e.g. : IDIOM
26
Hip-hop wear : BAGGYJEANS
28
One of an octopus's octet : ARM
30
Police stunner : TASER
31
Onetime "S.N.L." player Cheri : OTERI
33
Evenings, briefly : PMS
34
Soak (up) : SOP
36
Egyptian cobra : ASP
37
Shots taken by some athletes : STEROIDS
38
Old Testament prophet : HOSEA
42
Bearded beast : GNU
43
Edit : REDACT
44
Verdi hero married to Desdemona : OTELLO
47
Apportion : ALLOT
49
Mini or tutu : SKIRT
50
Nanny's vehicle : PRAM
51
See 46-Across : RENO
52
New Mexico resort : TAOS
53
"Are you ___ out?" : INOR
54
Gin flavoring : SLOE
55
Not out : SAFE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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