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New York Times, Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Bean type
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Susan Gelfand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Gelfand. Tuesday freshness: 53%
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© 2011, The New York Times9/6/11 ( No. 22,582 )
Across
1
It gets patted on the bottom : TALC
5
Tableland : MESA
9
Lead-in to boy or girl : ATTA
13
Surveyor's calculation : AREA
14
Raring to go : EAGER
15
Gershwin and Glass : IRAS
16
Ticket usable on more than one trip : TRAVELCARD
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Basketball hoops : RIMS
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Gerund's finish : ING
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When repeated, cry to a vampire : DIE
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___ accompli : FAIT
22
They make a king laugh : JESTERS
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Available if needed : ONCALL
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One who's supposed to be available if needed : ALLY
29
End-of-list abbr. : ETC
31
Diamond cover : TARP
32
Life, in short : BIO
33
Neck cover : SCARF
35
Smells bad : REEKS
38
Mel who batted left and threw right : OTT
39
Become oblivious to one's surroundings : ZONEOUT
41
Completely untrained : RAW
42
Home of Arizona State University : TEMPE
44
Stir up, as a fire : STOKE
45
Suffix with brigand : INE
46
"___ well" : ALLS
48
Alternative to .com or .org : EDU
49
Bean type : SOYA
50
Like maps, iguanas and rock walls : SCALED
52
Bad-mouth : SLANDER
54
Counterparts of dits : DAHS
55
Cut with a sweeping motion : LOP
57
Greek H : ETA
58
Theater sign : EXIT
59
Fast marching pace ... or a hint to 16- and 39-Across and 10- and 24-Down : DOUBLETIME
64
Dairy Queen purchase : CONE
65
Shortstop Smith who won 13 consecutive Gold Glove Awards : OZZIE
66
Cajole : COAX
67
Lollapalooza : ONER
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"Butt out," briefly : MYOB
69
Novelist Victor : HUGO
Down
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Bit of body art, for short : TAT
2
Train schedule abbr. : ARR
3
Meadow : LEA
4
Dentist's target : CAVITY
5
Apple on a table : MAC
6
"My word!" : EGAD
7
Prefix with comic : SERIO
8
Raring to go : ARDENT
9
Expedia calculation : AIRFARE
10
Interval in which something is tested : TRIALPERIOD
11
Indian tongue : TAMIL
12
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
14
Artist born in 30-Down : ELGRECO
17
WSW's opposite : ENE
22
Frilly neckwear : JABOT
23
Type of type : ELITE
24
Las Vegas staple : SLOTMACHINE
25
Nixon aide Maurice : STANS
27
___ blanche : CARTE
30
Minotaur's home : CRETE
33
Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George : SZELL
34
General ___, former maker of Jell-O and Sanka : FOODS
36
Rapper West : KANYE
37
Promise : SWEAR
40
Luau instrument : UKULELE
43
Wall cover : PLASTER
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Rarely : SELDOM
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Grab : SNATCH
50
Anglo-___ : SAXON
51
Lollapalooza : DOOZY
53
Noshed : ATE
54
Art ___ : DECO
56
"The Godfather" author : PUZO
60
Drool catcher : BIB
61
Debtor's letters : IOU
62
O or Cosmo : MAG
63
Prefix with skeleton : EXO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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