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New York Times, Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
59-Across : Shepherded, in a way
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Collins. Tuesday freshness: 44%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/13/10 ( No. 22,162 )
Across
1
Tiny scissor cut : SNIP
5
Sphere : ARENA
10
Annoyance at a barbecue : GNAT
14
Lug : TOTE
15
"I'm outta here!" : LATER
16
Aachen article : EINE
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Nice through and through ... or not : EVERYBITANANGEL
20
Mother, in Milan : MAMMA
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Pin's place : LAPEL
22
Charlemagne's dominion: Abbr. : HRE
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Like some stares : ICY
25
Levy on cigarettes and booze : SINTAX
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Really digs ... or not : HASTHEHOTSFOR
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Woman who raised Cain : EVE
34
58 minutes past the hour : TWOTO
35
Hogwash : TRIPE
38
Portland, Ore., college from which Steve Jobs dropped out : REED
40
Uses a dagger : STABS
42
33-Across's partner : ADAM
43
Invite to the penthouse, say : ASKUP
45
Some Iroquois : ERIES
47
2008 Super Bowl M.V.P. Manning : ELI
48
Most wretched ... or not : ABSOLUTEWORST
51
One of academia's Seven Sisters : VASSAR
53
Many a 16-year-old Southern belle : DEB
54
Bridge expert Culbertson : ELY
55
Maryland athletes, for short : TERPS
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Shepherded, in a way : DROVE
63
Speaks with brutal honesty ... or not : TELLSITLIKEITIS
66
Rock's Mötley ___ : CRUE
67
Club that doesn't beat much : DEUCE
68
"L'___ c'est moi": Louis XIV : ETAT
69
Terse order to a chauffeur : HOME
70
Evaluate : ASSAY
71
Title girl in a 1922 hit : NOLA
Down
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Flower stalk : STEM
2
Exploding star : NOVA
3
Couple on a gossip page : ITEM
4
Learner's ___ : PERMIT
5
Priestly attire : ALB
6
Train transportation : RAIL
7
Singer James : ETTA
8
Kind of tide : NEAP
9
"Gunsmoke" star James : ARNESS
10
___-Xer : GEN
11
Certain vigilante : NIGHTRIDER
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End of ___ : ANERA
13
Bygone communication : TELEX
18
America's Cup entry : YACHT
19
"Can I give you ___?" : ALIFT
24
Some evergreens : YEWS
26
Writer Ephron : NORA
27
Juno's counterpart : HERA
28
Connecticut and Virginia, in Monopoly: Abbr. : AVES
29
Defect : SEEKASYLUM
30
Monopoly purchase : HOTEL
31
Japanese seaport : OTARU
32
Book of the Apocrypha : TOBIT
36
Buddies : PALS
37
Give off : EMIT
39
Nicknames : DUBS
41
Bit of watermelon waste : SEED
44
11th-grade exams, for short : PSATS
46
Ingemar Johansson or Ingrid Bergman : SWEDE
49
Tater Tots maker : OREIDA
50
Funnyman Conan : OBRIEN
51
Climbing legume : VETCH
52
Old Oldsmobile : ALERO
56
Itinerary parts: Abbr. : RTES
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Bonus : PLUS
58
"The Bicycle Thief" director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
60
Bus driver on "The Simpsons" : OTTO
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Lab container : VIAL
62
"Cómo ___?" : ESTA
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Stan who co-created Spider-Man : LEE
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Lock opener : KEY

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

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