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New York Times, Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Down : Cram
TotalDebutLatest
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Deodene. Wednesday freshness: 57%
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© 2012, The New York Times1/11/12 ( No. 22,709 )
Across
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Semidomed area : APSE
5
Constellation with the star Rigel : ORION
10
Smidgens : DABS
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Mecca for oenophiles : NAPA
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Like a drag revue : CAMPY
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___-B : ORAL
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Fabric store employees? : SWATCHTEAM
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"Me neither" : NORI
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"Nixon in China" role : MAO
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Sculptor Jean : ARP
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Fed in pursuit of counterfeiters : TMAN
23
Repair for a torn pullover? : PATCHONTHEBACK
27
___ esprit (witty one) : BEL
28
Set of parts awaiting assembly : KIT
29
Bothersome : PESKY
30
Org. that oversees American athletes : USOC
32
Gunk : GOO
34
Bro's sibling : SIS
35
Attend a tennis tournament because one is a fan of? : GOTOTHEMATCHFOR
41
"La Femme Nikita" director Besson : LUC
42
Serengeti herd member : GNU
43
Vostok 1's Gagarin : YURI
44
Slanted columns? : OPEDS
47
Dallas is in it, for short : NFC
49
Kicker : LEG
50
Cookies baked by Satan? : BATCHOUTOFHELL
55
Ocean predator : ORCA
56
Back-to-school night grp. : PTA
57
E.M.T. hookups : IVS
58
Mineral suffixes : ITES
59
Arrest made on a side street? : ALLEYCATCH
64
Online destination : SITE
65
Sierra ___ : LEONE
66
Grumpy : DOUR
67
Muscular jerks : TICS
68
Harmonizes, as digital devices : SYNCS
69
Form of fencing : EPEE
Down
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All of the above, e.g.: Abbr. : ANS
2
Claw holder : PAW
3
2005 Broadway hit based on a 1974 film : SPAMALOT
4
Vex : EATAT
5
Edinburgh exclamation : OCH
6
Turncoat : RAT
7
"To clarify ..." : IMEAN
8
Eye-straining exhibit : OPART
9
Young termite, e.g. : NYMPH
10
Advice to an introvert : DONTBESHY
11
Airborne stimuli : AROMAS
12
President after George : BARACK
13
Toy consisting of 80 feet of wire : SLINKY
18
One making a wake-up call? : COCK
23
Money across the border : PESO
24
Feat for a soprano : HIGHC
25
Plains native : OTOE
26
Monumental : EPIC
27
Flu : BUG
31
Dead-ended investigations : COLDCASES
33
Text messager's "Wow!" : OMG
34
Cram : STUFF
36
Heinie : TUSH
37
___ Domini : ANNO
38
Period : FULLSTOP
39
Oka River city : OREL
40
Semi : RIG
44
Wind section player : OBOIST
45
Trilogy's midsection : PARTII
46
Yadda, yadda, yadda : ETCETC
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Fashionable : CHIC
51
Milky gems : OPALS
52
Five-time All-Star second baseman Chase ___ : UTLEY
53
Avian gripper : TALON
54
Sidestep : EVADE
60
S.A.S.E., for one : ENC
61
"Getting to ___" (best-selling business book) : YES
62
What a walk-on awaits : CUE
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Bygone Eur. realm : HRE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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