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New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 2012

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Across : Add as a bonus
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 112 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 83%
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© 2012, The New York Times9/29/12 ( No. 22,971 )
Across
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Lead : STAR
5
Intestines, e.g. : TRACT
10
Dealers in books and records : CPAS
14
"___ it down!" : TONE
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Jenna Bush ___, former first daughter : HAGER
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Workers' place : HIVE
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Crush, e.g. : ORANGESODA
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"The Gondoliers" nurse : INEZ
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Stiff : POTENT
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Like George Bush's promised nation : GENTLER
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Summer mountain feature : SNOWCAP
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"That's enough!" : QUITIT
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Bill producers : ATMS
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Kind of woman : KEPT
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Explorer Amundsen : ROALD
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Spirograph, e.g. : TOY
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Lovers of all things Barbie, say : GIRLIEGIRLS
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Filter target : JUNKEMAIL
36
Odd one : STRANGEBIRD
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Noted rock site: Abbr. : GIB
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Buck for a tune? : OWENS
43
Cause of a car rental surcharge : DENT
44
He was traded between Chicago teams in 1992 : SOSA
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Add as a bonus : TOSSIN
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Some blight : GHETTOS
49
Thick vegetable soup : POTTAGE
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It's a wrap : SERAPE
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Like some plugs : MALE
54
Needs from : REQUIRESOF
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Tear : RIVE
57
Litter, e.g. : YOUNG
58
Go off-shore, maybe : WADE
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Autobús alternative : TREN
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Like some elephants : ASIAN
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CNBC subj. : NYSE
Down
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Visits : STOPSAT
2
City originally known as the Town of York : TORONTO
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An arm and a leg and then some : ANATOMY
4
Keeps it coming, maybe : RENEWS
5
What leftovers may be for : THETAKING
6
Univ. aides : RAS
7
In a swivet : AGOG
8
Grant : CEDE
9
Anxiolytic, e.g., for short : TRANQ
10
Sichuan cooking ingredient : CHILIOIL
11
It may help you get a grip : PINETAR
12
Earl in the Baseball Hall of Fame : AVERILL
13
"___ me!" : SEZ
18
Health products co. : GNC
22
Distended : TURGID
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Livened (up) : PERKED
26
Cardinal pts.? : TDS
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Object of some hazing : PLEBE
30
It's everything, it's said : TIMING
33
Hits the gas : GUNSIT
34
Taurus, for one : EARTHSIGN
35
Dutch Golden Age painter : JANSTEEN
36
One who's usually gone : SOT
37
Kings and queens, say : TWOPAIR
38
Work out : RESOLVE
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Was given the right to vote : GOTASAY
40
Wood lice and pill bugs : ISOPODS
41
Starting figure on a utility bill : BASEFEE
44
Scattered : STREWN
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___ one (nobody) : NARYA
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Market add-on : EER
50
Storms and others : GEOS
51
What can open laterally? : EQUI
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Star of the motivational video "Be Somebody ... or Be Somebody's Fool" : MRT
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"Por ___ Cabeza" (tango standard) : UNA

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

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