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New York Times, Friday, July 5, 2013

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Across : Situated near the middle line of the body
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 88 for Ms. Gamache. Friday freshness: 93%
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© 2013, The New York Times7/5/13 ( No. 23,250 )
Across
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Utah's ___ Range : WASATCH
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Snatches : KIDNAPS
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Where to check for prints? : ARTSALE
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Kind of pie : SHOOFLY
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What a blog provides : SOAPBOX
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Cornish knight of the Round Table : TRISTAN
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Bud of Nancy : AMI
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"Ghost" character Brown : ODAMAE
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The working girl in "Working Girl" : TESS
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Euro dispenser : BANCO
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Freshwater predator : GAR
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Semester, e.g. : TERM
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"That ___ stupid!" : ISSO
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Richard Gere title role : DRT
29
Addresses shrilly : YAPSAT
31
1980s TV outfit : THEATEAM
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"Am ___ blame?" : ITO
35
Date shown on the tablet of the Statue of Liberty : JULYIVMDCCLXXVI
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Blood-typing system : ABO
40
Converses : HASACHAT
41
Situated near the middle line of the body : MESIAL
43
Formed a junction : MET
44
Gypsy people : ROMA
48
$2 to $2,000, in Monopoly : RENT
49
Actor Hamm of "Mad Men" : JON
50
"The accuser of our brethren," per Revelation : SATAN
51
Digital imaging brand : AGFA
52
___ oil : SUNTAN
54
Port vessel : TUG
55
University of Cincinnati athlete : BEARCAT
57
Former Colts arena : RCADOME
59
Bend backward : RECURVE
60
J, F or K : INITIAL
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Turner backers : IKETTES
62
Scale often used in a laboratory : CELSIUS
Down
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Condiment that can make your eyes water : WASABI
2
Coffee and fresh-baked cookies have them : AROMAS
3
Adds color to : STAINS
4
"Antony and Cleopatra" prop : ASP
5
Banned : TABOO
6
Lug : CLOD
7
"I Ching" figures : HEXAGRAMS
8
Orange dwarf : KSTAR
9
German possessive pronoun : IHRE
10
"___ ever!" : DOI
11
Jet wing warning : NOSTEP
12
When to wear a cocktail dress, traditionally : AFTERSIX
13
Sports bar feature : PLASMATV
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Aid and abet: Abbr. : SYNS
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Oscar winner once named Sexiest Man Alive by People : MATTDAMON
24
20th-century French leader : COTY
26
Record label for the Miracles and Stevie Wonder : TAMLA
28
Massachusetts governor ___ Patrick : DEVAL
29
Entry in a celebrated international sports competition since 1851 : YACHT
30
French pronoun : TOI
32
Drum kit part : HIHAT
33
Odd : ECCENTRIC
35
Preserves, perhaps : JAM
36
Epithet for a computer whiz : UBERGEEK
37
Eat crow : LOSEFACE
38
Bonus, in ads : XTRA
42
Mired : INARUT
45
Holy Roman emperor known as "the Red" : OTTOII
46
Fighters for Kenyan independence : MAUMAU
47
Little dears : ANGELS
49
Early invaders of Britain : JUTES
50
Slow racer : SNAIL
51
Shelter dug into a hillside : ABRI
52
Pitching stat : SAVE
53
Middle school marks? : ACNE
56
Monitor, for short : CRT
58
Shakes : DTS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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