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New York Times, Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Author:
Mark Feldman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Across : Cleanser with the old slogan "Nothing can hold a can to ..."
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Mark Feldman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Feldman. Tuesday freshness: 55%
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© 2011, The New York Times7/19/11 ( No. 22,533 )
Across
1
Port-au-Prince native : HAITIAN
8
Tarzan and others : APEMEN
14
One who's not sure what's up? : AGNOSTIC
16
Associate : RELATE
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Guinevere to Lancelot? : LADYOFTHEKNIGHT
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Greek god with a bow and arrow : EROS
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Competed in a marathon : RAN
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Cleanser with the old slogan "Nothing can hold a can to ..." : COMET
22
News org. : UPI
24
Like some restrictions : DIETARY
26
Shopper for woolen goods? : KNITPICKER
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Flip again, as a coin : RETOSS
32
"Whatever happened to ...?" subjects : HASBEENS
38
Give out : ISSUE
39
Peanut butter container : JAR
40
Blast from the past : OLDIE
41
Sci-fi blockbuster of 2009 : STARTREK
43
Afghans, e.g. : ASIANS
44
Ewing, DeBusschere and Frazier? : KNICKNAMES
46
Noisy fight : RUCTION
51
___ Palmas : LAS
52
One way to go when playing poker : ALLIN
53
Pride : EGO
55
End-of-week cry : TGIF
59
Universal tie? : KNOTFOREVERYONE
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Not-so-big big bird : EAGLET
64
Power to influence people or things : LEVERAGE
65
Abandon : DESERT
66
Out, but not about : SEDATED
Down
1
Fit : HALE
2
Food thickener : AGAR
3
Chinese leader? : INDO
4
Mr. Potato Head and G.I. Joe : TOYS
5
Prefix with -meric or -metric : ISO
6
Arm of the Justice Dept. : ATF
7
Kind of acid : NITRIC
8
Couples retreat? : ARK
9
Pound parts : PENCE
10
Writer T. S. : ELIOT
11
Molten rock : MAGMA
12
Old anesthetic : ETHER
13
Meshlike : NETTY
15
When said three times, a dance : CHA
18
Win over : ENDEAR
22
16th seed's bracket win, e.g. : UPSET
23
Greek letters : PIS
25
Org. whose Web site has a "Where's My Refund?" section : IRS
26
One of the angels on "Charlie's Angels" : KRIS
27
Cozy home : NEST
28
"___ girl!" : ITSA
29
See the sights : TOUR
30
Uniform shade : KHAKI
33
Petty officers, informally : BOSNS
34
Director Kazan : ELIA
35
Dutch cheese : EDAM
36
Cost in dollars of the world's first TV ad in 1941 : NINE
37
Congressional period: Abbr. : SESS
39
Bruce who won the 1976 Olympic decathlon : JENNER
42
___ Pictures (old studio) : RKO
43
Rap sheet abbr. : AKA
45
Garlic units : CLOVES
46
Gathered (in) : RAKED
47
They parallel radii : ULNAE
48
Thick-soled shoes : CLOGS
49
Sir or madam : TITLE
50
Figure out (from) : INFER
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Many a drain cleaner nowadays : GEL
55
Banks of daytime TV : TYRA
56
Farm animal with horns : GOAT
57
"Bus Stop" playwright : INGE
58
Graze (on) : FEED
60
Giant Mel : OTT
61
Holiday prelude : EVE
62
Bloodshot : RED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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