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New York Times, Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Across : They're on your side
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 47 for Ms. Gamache. Tuesday freshness: 47%
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© 2009, The New York Times9/29/9 ( No. 21,875 )
Across
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Moth-repellent closet material : CEDAR
6
Osprey's claw : TALON
11
E.R. hookups : IVS
14
Get around : ELUDE
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First month in México : ENERO
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"Just kidding!" : NOT
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*Dangerously unpredictable sort : LOOSECANNON
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Old "Up, up and away" carrier : TWA
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Even-tempered : PLACID
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Last choice on a questionnaire : OTHER
23
Nasty habit : VICE
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Silverstein of children's literature : SHEL
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Christmas carols : NOELS
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Take a breath : INHALE
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Commercial prefix meaning "low price" : ECONO
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Add fuel to, as a fire : STOKE
33
Harvest : REAP
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"___ first you don't succeed ..." : IFAT
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Sleuth, slangily : TEC
39
*Junk : DEEPSIX
42
Monk's title : FRA
43
___-Seltzer : ALKA
45
Irish Rose's beau : ABIE
46
Coming-clean declaration : ILIED
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Clued in : AWARE
50
___ Boys' Choir : VIENNA
51
Cousin of a foil : SABER
53
Bottom of a 40-Down : LOBE
56
Three-stripers: Abbr. : SGTS
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Entrance to a bay : INLET
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They're on your side : ALLIES
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Bygone muscle car : GTO
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*Inviolable, as rules : HARDANDFAST
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Abbr. on an input jack : MIC
67
Harold who directed "Groundhog Day" : RAMIS
68
May and June, but not July : NAMES
69
"___ and ye shall receive" : ASK
70
"But of course!" : OHYES
71
Clueless ... or where the answers to this puzzle's starred clues were all first used : ATSEA
Down
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Animation frame : CEL
2
"Evil Woman" band, for short : ELO
3
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, e.g. : DUO
4
Marketers' "language" : ADSPEAK
5
Fishing line holder : REEL
6
Show the ropes : TEACH
7
Photographer Leibovitz : ANNIE
8
War aid program passed by Congress in 1941 : LENDLEASE
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Conquistador's quest : ORO
10
"That is completely the wrong way!" : NONONO
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*Likely to happen : INTHEOFFING
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One of five different ones in "sequoia" : VOWEL
13
Roster at the Oscars : STARS
18
Private eye's project : CASE
22
Collette of "The Sixth Sense" : TONI
23
Scene from a summit : VISTA
24
Big chipmaker : INTEL
25
*Jammed : CHOCKABLOCK
29
Set the pace : LED
31
Cost-of-living stat. : CPI
33
Insurgent group : REBELARMY
34
Prefix with center or cycle : EPI
36
Ain't right? : ARENT
37
Triumphant cries : TADAS
40
It may be cocked or cupped : EAR
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Noon, on a sundial : XII
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Bide-___ : AWEE
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Healthful claim on labels : LESSFAT
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Joint: Prefix : ARTHRO
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Blood line : VEIN
51
Summation symbol : SIGMA
52
Nay sayers : ANTIS
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Any Beatles tune, now : OLDIE
55
Bill of fashion : BLASS
59
___ Krabappel of "The Simpsons" : EDNA
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"That feels so-o-o good!" : AAH
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Morning hrs. : AMS
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Visit with : SEE
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Luggage inspection org. : TSA

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

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