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New York Times, Monday, July 20, 2009

Author:
Pancho Harrison
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Lop off, as branches
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Pancho Harrison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Harrison. Monday freshness: 54%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/20/9 ( No. 21,804 )
Across
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"Uncle ___ Cabin" : TOMS
5
Witches' faces have them : WARTS
10
___ vu : DEJA
14
"Put a sock ___!" : INIT
15
Writer T. S. or George : ELIOT
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Midterm, e.g. : EXAM
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Sicilian spewer : ETNA
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Former British P.M. Tony : BLAIR
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Surprisingly lively for one's age : SPRY
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What the love of money is, they say : ROOTOFALLEVIL
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Lop off, as branches : PRUNE
24
RR depot : STA
25
"The Lord of the Rings" enemy : ORC
28
"So long!" : SEEYA
31
Ninth-inning pitcher : CLOSER
33
Squealer : RAT
36
Stop a prevailing trend : STEMTHETIDE
38
Gillette razor : ATRA
40
"I'll take that as ___" : ANO
41
30-second spot, e.g. : TVAD
42
Quickly turn the pages of : LEAFTHROUGH
47
That: Sp. : ESO
48
Mexican revolutionary ___ Villa : PANCHO
49
Check the fit of, as a dress : TRYON
51
"___ Pinafore" : HMS
52
Hospital trauma ctrs. : ERS
54
"Oh, bushwa!" : MYEYE
57
Factory supervisors ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 36- and 42-Across : PLANTMANAGERS
62
Old woman's home in a nursery rhyme : SHOE
64
"Fear of Flying" writer Jong : ERICA
65
Marco Polo crossed it : ASIA
66
Simplicity : EASE
67
Contract conditions : TERMS
68
Sore, with "off" : TEED
69
Arduous journey : TREK
70
Like Georgia Brown of song : SWEET
71
"Put a tiger in your tank" brand : ESSO
Down
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It may hang out in a sports stadium : TIER
2
First in the rankings : ONTOP
3
17-year-old, legally : MINOR
4
Condition of affairs : STATUS
5
Duck features : WEBFEET
6
___ breve (2/2 time in music) : ALLA
7
Iranian money : RIAL
8
Works long and hard : TOILS
9
Seventh-inning ritual : STRETCH
10
Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" : DESI
11
Nitroglycerin or dynamite : EXPLOSIVE
12
Cookie holder : JAR
13
"The Joy Luck Club" writer Tan : AMY
21
George Washingtons : ONES
22
Low-lying area : VALE
26
___ a beet : REDAS
27
Belief : CREDO
29
Vintage designation : YEAR
30
"I ___ amused!" : AMNOT
32
Hall-of-Famer Mel : OTT
33
Alice's mate on "The Honeymooners" : RALPH
34
First string : ATEAM
35
Make lemons into melons, e.g.? : TRANSPOSE
37
Go from gig to gig : TOUR
39
Steelers' grp. : AFC
43
Ellington's "Take ___ Train" : THEA
44
Big stingers : HORNETS
45
One who mounts and dismounts a horse : GYMNAST
46
Georgetown athlete : HOYA
50
Nullify : NEGATE
53
Spread, as seed : STREW
55
Go-aheads : YESES
56
Great Lakes Indians : ERIES
58
Cousin of an onion : LEEK
59
Bog : MIRE
60
Summit : ACME
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Lead-in to masochism : SADO
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Filming site : SET
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Part of 33-Down's laugh : HAR

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

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