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New York Times, Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Down : "99 Luftballons" singer, 1984
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {GJQ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Farmer. Tuesday freshness: 89%
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© 2013, The New York Times1/1/13 ( No. 23,065 )
Across
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Dacha or villa : ABODE
6
Rock used to make sparks : FLINT
11
Equine : horse :: vulpine : ___ : FOX
14
Unsophisticated sorts : RUBES
15
Storm tracker : RADAR
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Dined : ATE
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End-of-semester doings : EXAMS
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With 61-Across, goal of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe : ABOLITION
20
Big book : TOME
21
Disclosure to a loan applicant: Abbr. : APR
22
U.S. capital and environs : DCAREA
23
With 51-Across, presidential order signed on January 1, 1863 : EMANCIPATION
26
Hit it off with : TAKETO
27
Old Russian leaders : TSARS
31
Art movement for Picasso : CUBISM
34
Scrooge player Alastair : SIM
36
Stockyard call : MOO
37
With 39-Across, signer of the 23-/51-Across : ABRAHAM
39
See 37-Across : LINCOLN
42
Jetsam locale : SEA
43
Rapper with the #1 album "Hip Hop Is Dead" : NAS
45
Almost : NEARLY
46
___-Detoo of "Star Wars" : ARTOO
49
Signs of spring : ROBINS
51
See 23-Across : PROCLAMATION
56
Acquired with little or no effort : CAMEBY
59
TV's Sue ___ Langdon : ANE
60
Romance : LOVE
61
See 18-Across : OFSLAVERY
63
"Holy Toledo!" : ZOWIE
64
"It's f-f-freezing!" : BRR
65
Salsa singer Cruz : CELIA
66
Lectern : STAND
67
Jazz style : BOP
68
Rickover known as the Father of the Nuclear Navy : HYMAN
69
Imbeciles : ASSES
Down
1
Mountain ridge : ARETE
2
Big-bosomed : BUXOM
3
Time's Person of the Year for 2008 and 2012 : OBAMA
4
Loss of faculties : DEMENTIA
5
Beginning of summer? : ESS
6
Fruity iced beverage : FRAPPE
7
Runners of experiments : LABRATS
8
Nuptial vow : IDO
9
Old-time actress Nita : NALDI
10
Knit fabric in lingerie and swimwear : TRICOT
11
Like a fly ball off the foul pole : FAIR
12
Tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark : OTOE
13
Lucy Lawless title role : XENA
19
Bronzes : TANS
21
Quarterback Troy : AIKMAN
24
Legal tender : CASH
25
Labor : TOIL
28
Omnia vincit ___ : AMOR
29
Move on casters : ROLL
30
LG Electronics competitor : SONY
31
House in Havana : CASA
32
Above, in Berlin : UBER
33
Misbehaver : BRAT
35
Role for diminutive Verne Troyer in "Austin Powers" films : MINIME
38
Artist Chagall : MARC
40
"99 Luftballons" singer, 1984 : NENA
41
Made a random selection, in a way : CASTLOTS
44
Sunny rooms : SOLARIA
47
German auto make : OPEL
48
Jerry of stage and screen : ORBACH
50
Canopy tree : BANYAN
52
Comment from a kvetcher : OYVEY
53
Early Great Plains residents : IOWAS
54
Sheeplike : OVINE
55
Imperatives : NEEDS
56
All-time career batting average leader : COBB
57
Early Michael Jackson hairstyle : AFRO
58
Car sticker fig. : MSRP
62
Tree in many street names : ELM
63
When doubled, a Gabor : ZSA

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

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