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New York Times, Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Author:
Andrew Marc Greene
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Historian Will or Ariel
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
28/26/20077/24/20121
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.781155%
Andrew M. Greene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Greene. Tuesday freshness: 88%
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F
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© 2012, The New York Times7/24/12 ( No. 22,904 )
Across
1
Web site help section, for short : FAQ
4
Doorframe part : JAMB
8
William Tell, for one : ARCHER
14
Mich. rival in the Big Ten : OSU
15
"Peek-___!" : ABOO
16
Historian Will or Ariel : DURANT
17
Ipanema's city, for short : RIO
18
A.T.M. printout : BANKBALANCE
20
"La Danse" painter Henri : MATISSE
22
Some loaves : RYES
23
Golden ___ (senior) : AGER
24
___ Park (F.D.R.'s home) : HYDE
26
Get well : HEAL
30
Scroll in the ark : TORAH
32
Joe Six-Pack's overhang : BEERBELLY
35
Persian Gulf state : QATAR
37
War heroes from Tuskegee, e.g. : AIRMEN
38
Actress Thurman : UMA
41
Yellow "Sesame Street" character : BIGBIRD
43
Driver's license datum : SEX
44
Hang on to : RETAIN
46
"___ a vacation!" : INEED
48
Portable sources of music : BOOMBOXES
50
Big wheel : NABOB
54
Do the crawl, say : SWIM
55
"Now it makes sense!" : ISEE
57
Marat's counterpart in a Peter Weiss title : SADE
58
Word before rack or mitt : OVEN
61
Galvanic cell component : CATHODE
63
It appeared before Moses on Mount Horeb : BURNINGBUSH
67
Fell for a come-on, say : BIT
68
Caught sight of : ESPIED
69
One-half base x height, for a triangle : AREA
70
Peach State capital: Abbr. : ATL
71
Ones without permanent addresses : NOMADS
72
Lab job : TEST
73
Bit of scheduling luck at a tournament : BYE
Down
1
Adjust the margins of, for example : FORMAT
2
Hard Italian cheese : ASIAGO
3
One reciting others' lines : QUOTER
4
Verbal zingers : JABS
5
Make red-faced : ABASH
6
Container in an armored car : MONEYBAG
7
___ choy (Chinese cabbage) : BOK
8
Forever and ___ : ADAY
9
Announce a decision : RULE
10
Uninvited partygoer : CRASHER
11
___ Solo of "Star Wars" : HAN
12
Britannica, for one: Abbr. : ENC
13
Road map abbr. : RTE
19
"Desperate Housewives" role : BREE
21
One side in a 1980s war : IRAQ
25
Headgear for Laurel and Hardy : DERBIES
27
O'Neill title trees : ELMS
28
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
29
Wildcat with tufted ears : LYNX
31
Diplomat Philip : HABIB
33
"Still mooing," as burgers go : RARE
34
Ex-senator known as "Amtrak Joe" : BIDEN
36
Ex-Yankee Martinez : TINO
38
Cities, informally : URBS
39
Feline's "feed me" : MEOW
40
Yours, in Ypres : ATOI
42
Lacking confidence : INSECURE
45
Strong-smelling cleaning ingredient : AMMONIA
47
Imprecise recipe amount : DASH
49
Ped ___ : XING
51
Thick-trunked African tree : BAOBAB
52
Item fit for "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" : ODDITY
53
Classic VW : BEETLE
56
Makes more bearable : EASES
59
Went head to head : VIED
60
Means justifier, for some : ENDS
62
"Not ___!" : THAT
63
Stiller of film : BEN
64
G.I. entertainers : USO
65
Letters after 33 or 45 : RPM
66
Echolocation-using mammal : BAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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