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New York Times, Thursday, July 15, 2010

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley and Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Across : "You know better than that!"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
677/21/20059/4/201922
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
14661417118
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
261.5930243%
Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 140 for Mr. Quigley. This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Blindauer. Thursday freshness: 76%
Jim Horne notes:

The print version of this puzzle was a normal 15x15 grid that mysteriously referred to the non-existent 66 Across. I've attached the secret answer below.

1
P
2
A
3
W
4
L
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I
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M
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P
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P
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A
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S
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S
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T
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O
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O
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L
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C
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I
C
E
P
O
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N
T
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R
A
N
C
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X
E
N
O
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S
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R
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A
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A
D
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M
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R
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R
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S
A
N
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A
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R
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L
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G
T
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O
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S
28
T
S
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K
T
S
K
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B
A
S
R
A
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Y
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E
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W
S
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A
H
H
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B
A
L
L
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T
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O
X
O
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W
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Y
38
O
A
T
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A
N
O
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G
A
R
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D
E
N
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S
N
L
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I
W
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N
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A
L
K
I
E
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O
N
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L
L
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S
T
A
S
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A
H
A
B
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A
G
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E
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N
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T
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H
I
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S
T
O
R
Y
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D
W
E
E
B
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A
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T
O
N
E
R
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F
O
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R
M
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L
A
S
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M
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L
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E
N
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A
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D
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© 2010, The New York Times7/15/10 ( No. 22,164 )
Across
1
Thing with four digits : PAW
4
Unfirm : LIMP
8
Target, as a receiver : PASSTO
14
Small business's dream, for short : IPO
15
Sets in geometry : LOCI
16
Colorful summer treat : ICEPOP
17
After 66-Across, Batcave feature : ENTRANCE
19
Popular headlights : XENONS
20
Shift one's focus : REAIM
21
After 66-Across, anonymous Valentine sender : ADMIRER
23
After 66-Across, participant in a gift-giving activity : SANTA
24
Vex : RILE
25
Some Ferraris : GTOS
28
"You know better than that!" : TSKTSK
30
Mideast city that is the capital of the world in H. G. Wells's "The Shape of Things to Come" : BASRA
31
Coniferous trees : YEWS
34
Hot tub sound : AHH
35
After 66-Across, election standard : BALLOT
36
Kitchen gadget brand with a rotationally symmetric logo : OXO
37
What for : WHY
38
Muffin choice : OAT
39
Agosto to agosto : ANO
40
After 66-Across, classic 1911 children's book, with "The" : GARDEN
42
Janis Ian, Billy Preston and George Carlin were its first guests : SNL
43
Champion's shout : IWON
44
Boozehound : ALKIE
45
Four-time Yankee All-Star Paul : ONEILL
47
Places where connections are made: Abbr. : STAS
48
Literary character who says "For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee" : AHAB
49
After 66-Across, spy : AGENT
53
After 66-Across, exposé subject : HISTORY
55
Squarepants : DWEEB
56
Sorry soul? : ATONER
58
After 66-Across, marketing gimmicks : FORMULAS
60
Old TV "Uncle" : MILTIE
61
Irish pop star : ENYA
62
1970s supergroup, for short : ELP
63
"V" extras : ALIENS
64
Jiang's predecessor : DENG
65
Lo-___ : RES
Down
1
Docks : PIERS
2
Sleep lab study : APNEA
3
"Der Ring des Nibelungen" war god : WOTAN
4
Beasts of burden : LLAMAS
5
One in an accelerated program? : ION
6
Cormac who wrote "No Country for Old Men" : MCCARTHY
7
Bake sale container : PIEDISH
8
Sprite : PIXIE
9
Big PC maker : ACER
10
Dakar's land : SENEGAL
11
Judicial area dealing with athletes : SPORTSLAW
12
Host : TON
13
Photo finish? : OPS
18
Photographer Herb : RITTS
22
___ Day, Jan. celebration : MLK
26
Chief Joseph ___, after whom a Maine college town is named : ORONO
27
Squelched : SATON
29
"Clue" actress Madeline : KAHN
30
Hit : BAT
31
Options at a gym : YOGAS
32
Elevate : EXALT
33
Person who doesn't know when to quit : WORKAHOLIC
35
2,100-square mile island with six volcanoes : BALI
37
Lilliputian : WEE
38
Individually : ONEBYONE
41
Dig up : DISINTER
42
Gobbled : SNARFED
43
Labor grp. : ILGWU
45
"What's all this?" : OHO
46
Maxim, e.g. : LADMAG
48
Still : ATREST
50
Certain fisher : EELER
51
Football Hall-of-Famer Greasy : NEALE
52
Dosage amts. : TBSPS
54
River that's the site of Javert's demise in "Les Misérables" : SEINE
56
Member of a Latin trio : AMAS
57
Tessellation piece : TILE
59
Artist Rembrandt van ___ : RYN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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