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New York Times, Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Author:
Oliver Hill
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
14-Down : Grassy plain
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1610/2/20074/3/20112
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
3532300
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.628836%
Oliver Hill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Hill. Wednesday freshness: 53%
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O
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D
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D
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S
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H
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U
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T
8
A
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R
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T
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O
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E
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C
A
R
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L
T
O
N
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E
X
E
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G
E
T
E
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T
H
E
L
A
R
K
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M
I
N
E
R
A
L
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A
L
W
A
Y
S
I
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N
P
O
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T
R
Y
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N
S
Y
N
C
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M
E
S
A
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C
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O
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M
O
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D
A
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G
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A
C
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I
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D
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O
V
O
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M
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O
N
A
R
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C
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H
T
O
B
E
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M
E
N
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A
W
E
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E
A
U
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T
O
M
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B
R
O
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N
T
E
S
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J
A
N
E
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T
O
O
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O
T
T
O
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S
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T
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Y
A
K
S
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O
B
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O
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E
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S
W
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A
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L
E
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S
N
O
B
B
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I
S
H
M
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N
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N
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E
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R
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F
O
O
D
I
E
S
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I
M
I
T
A
T
E
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G
R
U
Y
E
R
E
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T
A
N
L
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N
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H
E
S
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S
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E
N
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L
A
D
© 2009, The New York Times1/14/9 ( No. 21,617 )
Across
1
"That's ___ ..." : ODD
4
Moo ___ pork : SHU
7
You don't want it beaten out of you : TAR
10
A minimus is the smallest one : TOE
13
Ritz-___ hotels : CARLTON
15
Expert at interpreting a text : EXEGETE
17
It's "ascending" in a Vaughan Williams piece : THELARK
18
Contents of a lode : MINERAL
19
21
Justin Timberlake's former group : NSYNC
22
Badlands sight : MESA
23
"___ te llamas?" (Spanish 101 question) : COMO
26
Hammarskjöld of the U.N. : DAG
28
Inspiration for Hunter S. Thompson : ACID
31
Egg: Prefix : OVO
32
36
Dudes : MEN
37
Blow away : AWE
38
La mer, e.g. : EAU
39
Uncle of fiction : TOM
40
43
"Winnie the Pooh and Tigger ___" : TOO
44
"Beetle Bailey" dog : OTTO
45
Not budging : SET
46
Talks one's head off : YAKS
47
Instrument you blow into : OBOE
50
Low-lying wetland : SWALE
53
58
Zagat's readers, informally : FOODIES
59
Ape : IMITATE
60
Cheese for French onion soup : GRUYERE
61
It may be hidden under a shirt : TANLINE
62
"___ Mine" (1957 hit by the Platters) : HES
63
Sault ___ Marie : STE
64
Cincinnati-to-New York dir. : ENE
65
Pip at the start of "Great Expectations," e.g. : LAD
Down
1
Prefix with -gon : OCTA
2
Actress Arlene : DAHL
3
Chose, as lots : DREW
4
Holds back : STAYS
5
Equine : HORSY
6
Bad behavior : UNKINDNESS
7
Sub at the office : TEMP
8
"Lost time is never found again," e.g. : AXIOM
9
Actress Zellweger : RENEE
10
Flowerpot material : TERRACOTTA
11
Buckwheat's affirmative : OTAY
12
Electric ___ : EEL
14
Grassy plain : LLANO
16
Subtly suggests : GETSAT
20
Elite Eight org. : NCAA
23
Money-saving restaurant offer : COMBO
24
Flagrant : OVERT
25
Like a stereotypically bad professor : MONOTONOUS
27
Man-eating shark : GREATWHITE
29
Bygone Apple laptop : IBOOK
30
Autos for test-driving : DEMOS
32
Hair lacking care : MAT
33
Be in the red : OWE
34
Fire : CAN
35
Orange or plum : HUE
41
Nonentity : NOBODY
42
Boxer Willard defeated by Jack Dempsey for the world heavyweight title : JESS
46
Isaac Bashevis Singer story "___ the Yeshiva Boy" : YENTL
48
Off-Broadway awards : OBIES
49
Critic Roger : EBERT
51
Capital of Jordan : AMMAN
52
Singer Frankie : LAINE
53
Peeved : SORE
54
"Gotcha" : ISEE
55
Ace : NAIL
56
Highest European volcano : ETNA
57
One of two in a 47-Across : REED
58
Alphabet trio : FGH

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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