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New York Times, Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Guy's means of support
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421.5333861%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Payne. Wednesday freshness: 15%
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M
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© 2010, The New York Times1/20/10 ( No. 21,988 )
Across
1
Stingy : MEAN
5
Phrenologists read them : BUMPS
10
Not shut all the way : AJAR
14
What to call a crown : SIRE
15
Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" : ISAAK
16
Common mixer : SODA
17
Roofless home : NEST
18
It creates a small vacuum : SUCTIONCUP
20
Personal account : BIO
21
"Now I see!" : AHA
22
Art buyers' worries : FAKES
23
Parts of double-blind trials : CONTROLGROUPS
28
Baby sitter's bane : IMP
29
Where flocks feed : LEAS
30
Word unlikely to end a sentence : THE
33
Sauce prepared in a mortar : PESTO
36
Daughter of Laban, in the Bible : LEAH
37
1856 Stowe novel : DRED
38
Aspirant's motto ... or, phonetically, what 18-, 23-, 47- and 57-Across each consist of : ONWARDANDUPWARD
41
Clancy hero : RYAN
42
Gives succor to : AIDS
43
Clear, as a loan : REPAY
44
Salt : TAR
45
Contralto James : ETTA
46
Elusive swimmer : EEL
47
What national banks oversee : MONEYSUPPLIES
53
Not too ___ : SWIFT
55
Tapped-out message, often : SOS
56
Reach the end : DIE
57
Chinese menu option : WONTONSOUP
61
Show-off's shout : TADA
62
"The Gong Show" regular Johnson : ARTE
63
It can be worth up to 20 points : SPARE
64
"Pardon me" : AHEM
65
Unappreciated worker : PEON
66
Seize, to Caesar : CARPE
67
Like the "Saw" movies : GORY
Down
1
Rachel Maddow's network : MSNBC
2
Children's song refrain : EIEIO
3
Flame blame, sometimes : ARSON
4
Post-tax amount : NET
5
King's neighbor : BISHOP
6
Fully expected : USUAL
7
OS X runner : MAC
8
Too rehearsed : PAT
9
Perform a wedeln, e.g. : SKI
10
No problem at all : ASNAP
11
Guy's means of support : JOCKSTRAP
12
Literally, "by two" : ADUE
13
They often include samples : RAPS
19
"The Sum ___" (Russell Crowe movie) : OFUS
21
Hard wear? : ARMOR
24
Nashville-based athlete : TITAN
25
Actresses Farrell and Jackson : GLENDAS
26
Goes from cover to cover : READS
27
Kailua Bay's setting : OAHU
31
Vengeful goddess : HERA
32
Swirl : EDDY
33
Left to the captain? : PORT
34
Popular singer born in County Donegal : ENYA
35
Overrun : SWARMINTO
36
Body that's not the clergy : LAITY
37
Harp (on) : DWELL
39
Fruit growing at an oasis : DATE
40
Gets ready : PREPS
45
Opposite of exo- : ENTO
46
Heroic poem : EPOPEE
48
Frequently : OFTEN
49
Take over : USURP
50
Western potato : IDAHO
51
Large duck : EIDER
52
Run-down : SEAMY
53
Cash-free transaction : SWAP
54
Modeled : WORE
58
Grp. that meets in the Situation Room : NSC
59
Upscale hotel offering : SPA
60
Boathouse item : OAR
61
Cry before "You're it!" : TAG

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

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