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New York Times, Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Author:
Bruce Venzke
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Zodiac symbol
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Bruce Venzke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Venzke. Wednesday freshness: 63%
Notepad: The print version of this puzzle contains the following additional clue after the Across and Down clues: 

DIAGONAL 
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H
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© 2013, The New York Times5/8/13 ( No. 23,192 )
Across
1
Not square : HEP
4
Avoid responsibilities : SHIRK
9
"A Passage to India" woman : ADELA
14
Wall St. rating : AAA
15
TV signal part : AUDIO
16
Boneheads : DODOS
17
N.B.A. or N.F.L. honor : MVP
18
Remembered Mom, in a way : SHIPPEDGIFT
20
Filters slowly : SEEPS
22
Auto financing letters : APR
23
Greek salad staple : FETA
24
Princess, e.g. : ROYAL
27
Noted literary pseudonym : ELIA
29
Mr. ___ (Peter Lorre film sleuth) : MOTO
31
Remembered Mom, in a way : MAILEDCARD
36
Zodiac symbol : SCORPION
38
Lamprey hunter : EELER
39
Hillbilly negative : NAW
40
Clears, as a drain : UNSTOPS
43
Hawaii's Mauna ___ : LOA
44
Dim with tears : BLEAR
46
Typical political talk : RHETORIC
48
Remembered Mom, in a way : CALLEDHOME
51
City SE of Honolulu : HILO
52
Princess who was captured by Jabba the Hutt : LEIA
53
Dashing Flynn : ERROL
55
Pieces in a Mideast armory : UZIS
58
Famous rescue vessel : ARK
60
___ manual : USERS
63
Remembered Mom, in a way : SENTFLOWERS
67
Bankbook abbr. : DEP
68
Chocolate base : CACAO
69
Employs soap and water : LAVES
70
Old Mideast alliance, for short : UAR
71
Motorist's problem : GLARE
72
"Cheers" role : DIANE
73
Meddle : PRY
Down
1
Certain radio enthusiasts : HAMS
2
Roof part : EAVE
3
It may be on a roll : PAPERTOWEL
4
Having an attitude : SASSY
5
"Say that again?" : HUH
6
With 25-Down, 1979 exile : IDI
7
"Hope & Faith" actress Kelly : RIPA
8
Ted once of ABC news : KOPPEL
9
Focusing problem, for short : ADD
10
G.I., in old slang : DOGFACE
11
Falco of "Nurse Jackie" : EDIE
12
Sleeping site, maybe : LOFT
13
Terrier in whodunits : ASTA
19
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
21
What "D" means : POOR
25
See 6-Down : AMIN
26
Ho Chi Minh Trail locale : LAOS
28
Words before a clarification : IDEST
29
"The Rachel Maddow Show" carrier : MSNBC
30
Florida's ___ National Forest : OCALA
32
Emcee's delivery : INTRO
33
Extremely agitated : ALLRILEDUP
34
Lubricate again : REOIL
35
Harry Potter villain Malfoy : DRACO
37
Make a mush of : PUREE
41
Words of woe : OHME
42
___ of the realm : PEER
45
Like a blockbuster's cast, often : ALLSTAR
47
Cries of discovery : OHOS
49
Lifebuoy competitor : DIAL
50
Lloyd of the silents : HAROLD
54
Charlotte ___ (cream-filled dessert) : RUSSE
55
Law enforcers at sea: Abbr. : USCG
56
Enthusiasm : ZEAL
57
___ Empire (bygone domain) : INCA
59
Title river in 1957's Best Picture : KWAI
61
Sit on it : REAR
62
Not even close to creaky : SPRY
64
Opposition : FOE
65
"Die Meistersinger" soprano : EVA
66
Cartoon Chihuahua : REN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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