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New York Times, Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Author:
Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
69-Across : Extinct carnivore, familiarly
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Barry Franklin
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Sara Kaplan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Franklin. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Kaplan. Tuesday freshness: 74%
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A
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N
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O
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G
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P
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C
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J
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© 2012, The New York Times9/4/12 ( No. 22,946 )
Across
1
Latin word on a cornerstone : ANNO
5
___-Saxon : ANGLO
10
Drafts may be served on it : TAP
13
Serves a draft, e.g. : POURS
15
Undomesticated : FERAL
16
Org. for fillers and drillers : ADA
17
62-Across to a mathematician : PERFECTCUBE
19
Kith's companion : KIN
20
Like some inclement weather : SLEETY
21
Money V.I.P. : CFO
22
What nonparallel lines do eventually : MEET
23
62-Across to an astronomer : MOONSOFURANUS
26
Elbow : JAB
28
Federal biomedical agcy. : NIH
29
Family member: Abbr. : REL
30
Olive genus : OLEA
32
___-black : COAL
35
Usefulness : VALUE
39
62-Across to a Yankees fan : WORLDSERIESWINS
42
Long-limbed : LEGGY
43
Video game manufacturer : SEGA
44
"___ ain't broke ..." : IFIT
45
Province on Hudson Bay: Abbr. : ONT
47
Princely inits. : HRH
49
Summer, in about one-sixth of Canada : ETE
50
62-Across to a student of Semitic languages : HEBREWLETTERS
56
Elis' school : YALE
57
"___ the land of the free ..." : OER
58
Drum kit components : HIHATS
61
Sense of self : EGO
62
Age at which Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse died : TWENTYSEVEN
64
Prefix with con : NEO
65
Sexy woman in a Beatles song : SADIE
66
Inscribed pillar : STELA
67
The law has a long one : ARM
68
Bandleader Kay : KYSER
69
Extinct carnivore, familiarly : TREX
Down
1
iPad users' purchases : APPS
2
"Joy to the World," for one : NOEL
3
German city noted for trials : NUREMBERG
4
Monteverdi opera hero : ORFEO
5
Helm location in a sloop : AFT
6
Candy wafer manufacturer : NECCO
7
Stern and brusque : GRUFF
8
British party : LABOUR
9
Cry to a torero : OLE
10
Already occupied, as a seat : TAKEN
11
Closing bid? : ADIEU
12
Part of an outfit : PANTS
14
Determined to accomplish : SETON
18
Jaded ones : CYNICS
22
Nyasaland, now : MALAWI
24
Parts of an outfit : SHOES
25
Guns, as an engine : REVS
26
Prominent Nixon feature : JOWL
27
Skin-care product ingredient : ALOE
31
Politico whose name is an anagram of GAOLER : ALGORE
33
"___ you O.K.?" : ARE
34
Miner's hat feature : LIGHT
36
Candy item that comes in five basic flavors : LIFESAVER
37
Metric ___ : UNIT
38
Sunrise direction in Spain : ESTE
40
Bit of force : DYNE
41
Ribald : EARTHY
46
Like most roads : TWOWAY
48
Carol ___, five-time world figure-skating champion : HEISS
50
Striped scavenger : HYENA
51
Beaverlike : EAGER
52
Come to fruition : BLOOM
53
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
54
Banks or Els : ERNIE
55
Love for Scarlett : RHETT
59
TV component : TELE
60
Pretzels and chips, in adspeak : SNAX
62
"For shame!" : TSK
63
Thrice, in prescriptions : TER

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

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