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New York Times, Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Author:
Oliver Hill
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : Rising star
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1610/2/20074/3/20112
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
3532300
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.628836%
Oliver Hill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Hill. Tuesday freshness: 80%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/11/9 ( No. 21,826 )
Across
1
Baking soda meas. : TSP
4
Brother of Nintendo's Mario : LUIGI
9
Good thing : ASSET
14
Oklahoma Indian : OTO
15
Beaming : AGRIN
16
Prefix with -path : SOCIO
17
Islamabad's land: Abbr. : PAK
18
Nursery purchase : PLANT
19
In unison : ASONE
20
Pre-costume ball activity : DRESSINGUP
23
Salt Lake City team : UTES
24
Ellipsoidal : OVATE
25
Uses rubber on : ERASES
27
"___ life!" : GETA
28
Like Buddy Holly's glasses : HORNRIMMED
32
Like Stephen King novels : SCARY
34
Burning passions : ZEALS
35
Bottom-of-letter abbr. : ENC
38
Patient care grp. : HMO
39
Angry cry to a vampire : DIE
41
Zippo : NIL
42
Strong suit : FORTE
44
Supermodel Evangelista : LINDA
46
Prepares part of breakfast, say : FRIESANEGG
49
Tee off : MIFF
53
Long-eared hound : BASSET
54
Rising star : COMER
55
Figure in red : DEBT
57
Cole Porter musical that's a play within a play : KISSMEKATE
60
Break-in deterrent : ALARM
62
Pick up bit by bit : GLEAN
63
Tonic go-with : GIN
64
$2 on the gray mare, e.g. : WAGER
65
Bandleader's command : HITIT
66
Upper-left key : ESC
67
Winter accident cause : SLEET
68
Starts a turn on "Wheel of Fortune" : SPINS
69
Library admonition : SHH
Down
1
Head honcho : TOPDOG
2
"... ___ a fever" : STARVE
3
Jab with a finger : POKEAT
4
Memory glitch : LAPSE
5
Wrinkly citrus : UGLI
6
"Axis of evil" land : IRAN
7
Pungent, like some Asian cuisine : GINGERY
8
One after another : INTURN
9
Simile words : ASA
10
"Well, sorr-r-r-y!" : SOSUEME
11
Tartan wearer : SCOTSMAN
12
"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
13
Tot's "piggies" : TOES
21
Metro map points: Abbr. : STAS
22
Scorecard figure : PAR
26
Evaluated, with "up" : SIZED
28
Western omelet need : HAM
29
Conquistador's prize : ORO
30
"Y"-sporting collegian : ELI
31
Upgrade from a dial-up connection : DSL
33
Knight's realm? : CHESS
35
Letter before gee : EFF
36
Hide-hair link : NOR
37
Game to 31 : CRIBBAGE
39
Like, slangily : DIG
40
Gerund end : ING
43
Source of an oil used in aromatherapy : TEATREE
44
Blurt out, say : LETSLIP
45
Bad way to run : AMOK
47
Set a price at : ASK
48
Paddock sounds : NEIGHS
50
Camera card contents : IMAGES
51
Fixation : FETISH
52
Word that can precede the starts of 20-, 28-, 46- and 57-Across : FRENCH
54
Number after a period : CENTS
55
Crow cousins : DAWS
56
Flier to Ben-Gurion : ELAL
58
Alien-seeking program: Abbr. : SETI
59
Common street name : MAIN
61
Villain player in "Rocky III" : MRT

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

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