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New York Times, Thursday, January 15, 2009

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Fake
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261.5930243%
Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FQVX} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Blindauer. Thursday freshness: 82%
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© 2009, The New York Times1/15/9 ( No. 21,618 )
Across
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Irish interjection : BEGORRA
8
Part of some resort names: Abbr. : SPR
11
One way to get something down : PAT
14
The Black Stallion, e.g. : ARABIAN
15
Paul Anka hit that made it to #19 : ESOBESO
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With 18-Across, "J'ai Deux Amours" singer : JOSEPHI
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See 17-Across : NEBAKER
19
Whitish : ASHY
20
Extended vacationers may take them : SUBLETS
21
Goes back : EBBS
25
Pulitzer-winning biographer Leon : EDEL
26
With 29-Across, tangerine : MANDARI
29
See 26-Across : NORANGE
33
Nickname preceder : AKA
34
"One Song Glory" musical : RENT
36
Rice pad : DORM
37
U.S.N. clerk: Abbr. : YEO
38
Burglary ... or a hint to 17/18-, 26/29-, 47/51- and 62/63-Across : BREAKIN
42
Viral inflammation, informally : HEP
43
Sailor's saint : ELMO
45
Paradoxical fellow : ZENO
46
12-time baseball All-Star : OTT
47
With 51-Across, wet-day wish : RAINRAI
51
See 47-Across : NGOAWAY
53
Crush : RUIN
54
Literary pen name : SAKI
55
Chinese chicken flavorers : SESAMES
58
Gracile : SLIM
62
With 63-Across, temporary setback : STUMBLI
63
See 62-Across : NGBLOCK
66
Baby shower attendees, often : GALPALS
67
Can't-miss proposition : SUREBET
68
"Shame on you!" : TSK
69
Lush : SOT
70
Gets together : AMASSES
Down
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Mexican peninsula : BAJA
2
One taking a bow? : EROS
3
Nasty wound : GASH
4
Minded : OBEYED
5
It may be written in stone : RIP
6
Rallying cry? : RAH
7
What causes Fred to be fired? : ANI
8
Longtime breath freshener : SENSEN
9
Fake : PSEUDO
10
Person holding things up? : ROBBER
11
Chow alternative : PEKE
12
Play ___ (do some tennis) : ASET
13
Rocky peaks : TORS
16
"The ___ of Reading Gaol" (Wilde poem) : BALLAD
22
Zinger : BARB
23
Word before Rabbit or Fox : BRER
24
Trig ratio : SINE
26
Early film executive : MAYER
27
"The Jungle Book" wolf : AKELA
28
She renamed herself Mara, in Scripture : NAOMI
30
Slangy negative : NOHOW
31
Scacchi of "Presumed Innocent" : GRETA
32
Drain : EMPTY
35
Looney Tunes nickname : TAZ
39
Grasps : KENS
40
Actress Swenson of "Benson" : INGA
41
Hiding place : NOOK
44
Cloverleaf component : ONRAMP
48
Relatives of cha-cha-chas : RUMBAS
49
Danny of "Ruby" : AIELLO
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Be emphatic : INSIST
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Where shopping carts are pushed : AISLES
55
Mil. rank : SSGT
56
Some guesses, for short : ETAS
57
Be ill-humored : SULK
59
High balls? : LOBS
60
Summer cooler : ICEE
61
Trading places: Abbr. : MKTS
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Code crackers' org. : NSA
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Bazooka, e.g. : GUM
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Word with sports or training : BRA

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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