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New York Times, Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Author:
Donna S. Levin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Across : Loses traction
TotalDebutLatest
512/18/20068/5/2009
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.602138%
Donna S. Levin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Levin. Tuesday freshness: 86%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/21/9 ( No. 21,805 )
Across
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Almost half of U.S. immigrants in 1840 : IRISH
6
Male tabbies : TOMS
10
O.K. Corral figure : EARP
14
Actress Thomas : MARLO
15
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
16
Console used with the game Halo : XBOX
17
Like stadiums after touchdowns : AROAR
18
Places to put briefs : LEGALPADS
20
New York Times headline of 7/21/69 : MENWALKONMOON
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Letters that please angels : SRO
23
Clumsy boat : TUB
24
Hoagy Carmichael lyric "___ lazy river ..." : UPA
25
1988 Dennis Quaid/Meg Ryan movie : DOA
28
Subject of a photo beneath 20-Across : NEILARMSTRONG
32
La ___ vita : DOLCE
33
Old-time Norwegian skating sensation : HENIE
34
Soprano ___ Te Kanawa : KIRI
37
Loses traction : SKIDS
40
D-Day vessels : LSTS
41
Desktop symbols : ICONS
43
The Dapper Don : GOTTI
45
With 55-Across, message left by 28-Across for future explorers : WECAMEINPEACE
49
Peeve : IRK
50
Geom. prerequisite : ALG
51
"Aladdin" hero : ALI
52
Little Red Book writer : MAO
55
See 45-Across : FORALLMANKIND
59
Even more certain: Lat. : AFORTIORI
61
Diacritical squiggle : TILDE
62
Sight in the Arctic Ocean : BERG
63
When morning ends : NOON
64
"Silas Marner" author : ELIOT
65
Whirling water : EDDY
66
Anglo-Saxon laborer : ESNE
67
Opportunities, metaphorically : DOORS
Down
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Mosque leaders : IMAMS
2
Less common : RARER
3
Like some patches : IRONON
4
Cabbage dish : SLAW
5
Whom Hamlet calls "A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards / Hast ta'en with equal thanks" : HORATIO
6
Sass, with "to" : TALKBACK
7
McFlurry flavor : OREO
8
Large wine bottle : MAGNUM
9
They may come in sheets : STAMPS
10
___ 67 (onetime Montreal event) : EXPO
11
Forsakes : ABANDONS
12
Reel's partner : ROD
13
Stores for G.I.'s : PXS
19
Reluctant : LOATH
21
Respites : LULLS
26
Handling the matter : ONIT
27
Matures : AGES
29
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
30
Have the throne : REIGN
31
Archaeologist's find : RELIC
34
Fuzzy fruit : KIWI
35
Cupcake finisher : ICER
36
1970s James Garner TV title role : ROCKFORD
38
Pleasure-associated neurotransmitter : DOPAMINE
39
Inscribed pillar : STELA
42
Natty : SMART
44
Not pure : TAINTED
46
Julia's "Seinfeld" role : ELAINE
47
Inuit homes : IGLOOS
48
Estevez of the Brat Pack : EMILIO
53
Choice words : ANDOR
54
"Waiting for Lefty" playwright : ODETS
56
Bacchanalian revelry : ORGY
57
"Dianetics" author ___ Hubbard : LRON
58
D.E.A. seizure, maybe : KILO
59
The Rail Splitter : ABE
60
G-man : FED

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

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