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New York Times, Saturday, January 24, 2009

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Down : Dressed to the nines
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31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 33%
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© 2009, The New York Times1/24/9 ( No. 21,627 )
Across
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Brand for preparation on a stovetop : JIFFYPOP
9
Like some misguided remarks : RACIST
15
Tourist booth handouts : AREAMAPS
16
Hebrew title for God : ADONAI
17
Appliance numbers : VOLTAGES
18
"The Crimes of Love" author : DESADE
19
Buy in : ANTE
20
Call for : ENTAIL
22
Old atlas inits. : SSR
23
Where pins are made : MAT
24
Use leverage on : PRY
25
Bakery container : LOAFPAN
27
Not stiff at all : AGILE
29
Fifth-year exams at Hogwarts : OWLS
31
Jambalaya need : RICE
32
Land where the air is thin : NEPAL
33
Press : URGE
34
Black as night : INKY
35
Lines for liners : SEAROUTES
38
Moccasin sound : HISS
41
Brings in : NETS
42
Workout reminders : ACHES
46
Funny papers pooch : ODIE
47
Longtime North Dakota senator Gerald and others : NYES
48
Certain charity event : ROAST
49
Hanger-on : WANNABE
51
C.S.I. tasks : IDS
53
Give-to-go filler : ITA
54
"I knew it!" : AHA
55
Loose overcoat : ULSTER
57
Pitcher Saberhagen : BRET
58
Civic club : ROTARY
60
Just too cute : ADORABLE
62
"Aaargh!" : DARNIT
63
Sushi bar order : TUNAROLL
64
Weightlifting move : SNATCH
65
Indy, for one : SPEEDWAY
Down
1
Early hominid : JAVAMAN
2
Early period : IRONAGE
3
Kind of pen : FELTTIP
4
Them's the breaks : FATE
5
Peruvian Sumac : YMA
6
Cell alternative : PAGER
7
"Look, bonehead!" : OPENYOUREYES
8
Discreet call : PSST
9
Ham's rig : RADIOSET
10
Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
11
Amex listings: Abbr. : COS
12
Twirling : INASPIN
13
Born loser : SADSACK
14
"Laura" star, 1944 : TIERNEY
21
Dressed to the nines : ALLGUSSIEDUP
24
Sports star with an accent in his name : PELE
26
'67 Summer of Love locale : FRISCO
28
___ Volcanic National Park : LASSEN
30
Set down : WROTE
36
Nominee for Best Supporting Actress in "Mildred Pierce," 1945 : ANNBLYTH
37
Hammer holders : EARS
38
"___ End" : HOWARDS
39
Sarah Palin, by birth : IDAHOAN
40
Sands part-owner, once : SINATRA
43
Girlish accessory : HAIRBOW
44
She was a pip to Pip in "Great Expectations" : ESTELLA
45
Like elm trees : STATELY
50
Golden : AURIC
52
Go on and on : DRONE
56
Needlework, for short? : TATS
57
Minstrel : BARD
59
Colony member : ANT
61
English singer Corinne Bailey ___ : RAE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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