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New York Times, Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
71-Across : Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36-, 44-, 54- and 64-Across
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 85 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Tuesday freshness: 23%
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B
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I
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N
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D
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S
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A
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S
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A
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P
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A
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M
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A
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T
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O
H
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O
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M
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X
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C
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P
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P
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B
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Y
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D
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M
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N
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G
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R
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K
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C
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N
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F
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S
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L
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P
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M
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C
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M
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A
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H
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© 2009, The New York Times9/8/9 ( No. 21,854 )
Across
1
Tight spots : BINDS
6
"Pronto!" : ASAP
10
Part of a Latin 101 conjugation : AMAT
14
Family tree member : INLAW
15
"Yikes!" : OHNO
16
Ankle-length, maybe : MAXI
17
Borrower's limit : CREDITLINE
19
Up-front : OPEN
20
Hard to rattle : SERENE
21
Joe Six-Pack's protrusion : POTBELLY
23
Lake former, perhaps : DAM
25
Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger) : SABE
26
Little devil's opposite : ANGEL
30
"___ a Rock" : IAM
33
Chips go-with : SALSA
36
Harmless-to-humans slitherer : GARTERSNAKE
39
It may be floppy or pointy : EAR
40
Hit a serve past : ACED
41
___-Grain (breakfast bar brand) : NUTRI
42
You can't escape it : FATE
43
"That's all ___ wrote" : SHE
44
Typical visitor to Cooperstown : BASEBALLFAN
46
___ Vecchio (Florence landmark) : PONTE
48
Night sch. class : ESL
49
Gut course : EASYA
50
Neeson of "Kinsey" : LIAM
52
Self-importance : EGO
54
One cause of deforestation : ACIDRAIN
58
Star, in Paris : ETOILE
63
Visitors to the manger : MAGI
64
Conflict settled by the Treaty of Paris in 1856 : CRIMEANWAR
66
Queens tennis stadium : ASHE
67
1965 Beatles song or movie : HELP
68
Use more 3-in-One on : REOIL
69
"West Side Story" gang : JETS
70
Works of 9-Down : ODES
71
Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36-, 44-, 54- and 64-Across : DANCE
Down
1
Popular ballpoints : BICS
2
Concerning, on a memo : INRE
3
Pirate or Padre, for short : NLER
4
Miami-___ County : DADE
5
Bernie Madoff job : SWINDLE
6
Co. offering a Buddy List : AOL
7
Send via DHL, say : SHIP
8
Cornerstone word : ANNO
9
Keats and Horace, for two : POETS
10
Pseudopod-forming organism : AMOEBA
11
Canadiens' rivals : MAPLELEAFS
12
Jump on the ice : AXEL
13
Facetious nickname for a giant : TINY
18
Samovar beverage : TEA
22
Military site : BASE
24
Apply incorrectly : MISUSE
26
Visibly shocked : AGASP
27
Cheesy snack : NACHO
28
Go-ahead : GREENLIGHT
29
J.F.K. posting: Abbr. : ETD
31
Starts the kitty : ANTES
32
Venus de Milo material : MARBLE
34
Skewered Asian fare : SATAY
35
Concert venue : ARENA
37
Genetic letters : RNA
38
Sedona and Sorento automaker : KIA
42
Atlantic state in two time zones: Abbr. : FLA
44
Put up with : BEAR
45
Trapeze artist's attire : LEOTARD
47
Straightens (up) : TIDIES
51
Like many a Clint Eastwood character : MACHO
53
"I didn't know that!" : GEE
54
Key with three sharps: Abbr. : AMAJ
55
Item on a docket : CASE
56
Ticked off : IRED
57
Aswan's river : NILE
59
Fit to serve : ONEA
60
Lottery player's cry of elation : IWON
61
Of the flock : LAIC
62
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
65
"M*A*S*H" cops, for short : MPS

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

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