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New York Times, Saturday, June 6, 2009

Author:
Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Year the emperor Decius was born
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Peterson. Saturday freshness: 9%
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© 2009, The New York Times6/6/9 ( No. 21,760 )
Across
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Creator of Stupefyin' Jones : ALCAPP
7
Firm : STALWART
15
This and Sputnik 1 were launched on the same day : LEAVEITTOBEAVER
17
Soft ground ball that finds its way between infielders : SEEINGEYESINGLE
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"... but things could change" : ORNOT
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High ways? : ELS
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Chinese menu word : TSOS
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Sticker by a hospital bed? : NURSE
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Year the emperor Decius was born : CCI
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Many a letter to the editor : GRIPE
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Mopped the floor with : TROUNCED
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Killer ___ (green-skinned "Batman" villain) : CROC
33
Engraving tools : LASERS
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Coverage provider, for short : HMO
36
Acid : CAUSTIC
38
Classroom groan elicitor : POPQUIZ
40
Rice-Eccles Stadium athlete : UTE
41
Subatomic particle in a collider : HADRON
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Hard to watch : UGLY
44
Cornwall resort port : PENZANCE
46
Kimberly of "John Q" : ELISE
48
Stiff : LIT
49
Swim cap material : LATEX
51
On : ASTO
54
"In your face!" : HAH
55
Prepares to shoot, as an arrow : NOCKS
59
Nitty-gritty : MEATANDPOTATOES
63
Determined one in a kid's song : ITSYBITSYSPIDER
64
Film editing technique : DISSOLVE
65
Ice cream shop supply : PECANS
Down
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Therewithal : ALSO
2
Satyric expression : LEER
3
Columnist who wrote "Baghdad by the Bay" : CAEN
4
High-tech navigation systems : AVIONICS
5
Kept inside : PENTUP
6
Source of blood for blood pudding : PIG
7
Nematodes' piercing mouthparts : STYLETS
8
Drives obliquely : TOES
9
Some are sculpted : ABS
10
Strung souvenir : LEI
11
Wish to join : WANTIN
12
N.Y.S.E. nos. : AVGS
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It may accompany a promotion, briefly : RELO
14
Lithium's número atómico : TRES
16
Some plumbing joints : TEES
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Hanging (on) : RELIANT
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Peer's topper : CORONET
24
Astrological gray area : CUSP
25
Rankle : GRATE
26
Edward IV's birthplace : ROUEN
28
Certain seizure : REPO
29
Downs without a break : CHUGS
30
Rousseau novel subtitled "On Education" : EMILE
31
On the way out? : DOZY
32
Bikini spec : CCUP
34
Kind of converter : ACDC
37
Resident near the Isthmus of Kra : THAI
39
Not at all practical : QUIXOTIC
42
Turn for the worse : RELAPSE
45
Poles work for them : ZLOTYS
47
The Delaware Prophet's tribe : LENAPE
50
Main call : AHOY
51
Within : AMID
52
Space-scanning proj. : SETI
53
Info source for 58-Down : TASS
54
Cutting-edge set : HDTV
56
End notes? : CODA
57
Itching (to) : KEEN
58
Red grp. : SSRS
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Typing letters? : ABO
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Next to ___ : NIL
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Shortening in recipes : TSP

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

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