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New York Times, Monday, May 3, 2010

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
51-Across : Waltz composer
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Susan Gelfand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Gelfand. Monday freshness: 79%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/3/10 ( No. 22,091 )
Across
1
Vision that isn't real : DREAM
6
Areas of urban decay : SLUMS
11
Country singer Ritter : TEX
14
Ahead of time : EARLY
15
Vietnam's capital : HANOI
16
Vietnam ___ : WAR
17
A-team : FIRSTSTRING
19
Provision for old age, in brief : IRA
20
Footballers' measures: Abbr. : YDS
21
Pay attention to : HEED
22
Excellent, in slang : GNARLY
24
Abruptly dump, as a lover : JILT
25
Curly-haired dogs : POODLES
26
Composer's work for a film : MUSICALSCORE
30
Caribbean resort island : ARUBA
31
"Sesame Street" airer : PBS
32
Realtor's favorite sign : SOLD
36
Five-digit postal number, informally : ZIP
37
Slow-moving primates : LORISES
41
___ de Janeiro : RIO
42
Canadian gas brand : ESSO
44
Former Mideast inits. : UAR
45
"Come on!" and "Go!" : CRIES
47
Portuguese, for Brazilians, e.g. : MOTHERTONGUE
51
Waltz composer : STRAUSS
54
Love god : EROS
55
Fireplace floor : HEARTH
56
Spew : EMIT
57
Drunk's road offense, for short : DWI
60
"Star Trek" rank: Abbr. : ENS
61
Really steamed ... or what the ends of 17-, 26- and 47-Across are? : FITTOBETIED
64
Conk : BOP
65
Map close-up : INSET
66
"Boléro" composer : RAVEL
67
"___ questions?" : ANY
68
Show just a little bit of leg, say : TEASE
69
Winding : SNAKY
Down
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Go against, as someone's will : DEFY
2
Antibug spray : RAID
3
Makes a boo-boo : ERRS
4
Gore and Green : ALS
5
Like dragons and centaurs : MYTHICAL
6
Yiddish for "small town" : SHTETL
7
Cooking fat : LARD
8
Prefix with cycle : UNI
9
Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, for one : MONGOOSE
10
Milan mister : SIGNOR
11
Band majorette's move : TWIRL
12
Country star Steve : EARLE
13
Pictures at a dentist's : XRAYS
18
Actress Ward : SELA
23
Fruity drinks : ADES
24
Triangular sail : JIB
25
Banned pollutants, briefly : PCBS
26
Labyrinth : MAZE
27
Literary Leon : URIS
28
Dines : SUPS
29
Church feature seen from a distance : SPIRE
33
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
34
In ___ of (replacing) : LIEU
35
One teaspoonful or two caplets, maybe : DOSE
38
Surpass : OUTSHINE
39
Stadium cheers : RAHS
40
Relatives of mopeds : SCOOTERS
43
"The Rubáiyát" poet ___ Khayyám : OMAR
46
E.R. or O.R. workers : RNS
48
Barbie doll purchase : OUTFIT
49
What a couch potato probably holds : REMOTE
50
Oakland paper, informally : TRIB
51
Biblical queendom : SHEBA
52
It's inserted in a mortise : TENON
53
Hoarse : RASPY
56
Hot times on the Riviera : ETES
57
One who might receive roses at the end of a performance : DIVA
58
Timespan for The Economist : WEEK
59
How thumbs are twiddled : IDLY
62
Airport worker's org. : TSA
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Light brown : TAN

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

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