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New York Times, Thursday, January 26, 2012

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Getting help of a sort
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 97 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Thursday freshness: 37%
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© 2012, The New York Times1/26/12 ( No. 22,724 )
Across
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Africa's Lake ___, body of water in four countries : CHAD
5
Changes, in a way : ADAPTS
11
Fingers : IDS
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Many a staffer : AIDE
15
Moore who wrote "A Gate at the Stairs" : LORRIE
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Goose egg : NIL
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Private quarters in a stable? : STALLFORONE
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New Deal inits. : TVA
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Court site, with "The" : HAGUE
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Dole : METE
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"Could we get started, please ..." : AHEM
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Dallas tourists, perhaps? : TEXASSTRANGERS
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URL ender : EDU
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Noisy : AROAR
28
"Looky here!" : OHO
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What may give you the business? : CNBC
34
Old line in Russia : TSARS
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Name for a bachelorette party performer? : JACKTHESTRIPPER
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Announcement that comes from an envelope : OSCAR
42
Place for a bloom : VASE
43
Meas. of ground gained or lost : YDS
44
Horseshoe-shaped lab item : UTUBE
46
What may come from a sock? : BAM
49
Vacation spot for some who stop working? : STRIKERSISLAND
55
Utter : PURE
56
"I'm ___" (Bo Diddley song) : AMAN
57
Classic theater : ODEON
59
Result of bringing someone home, for short : RBI
60
Not saluting for quite some time? : STILLATEASE
62
Velvet finish? : EEN
63
Attaches, in a way : PINSON
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Pac-12 team : UTES
65
Bit of work : ERG
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Very early : ATDAWN
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Mail : POST
Down
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Certain incentive : CASH
2
Try to punch : HITAT
3
Saw : ADAGE
4
Top-of-the-line : DELUXE
5
1980s sitcom filmed with a puppet : ALF
6
Renders hopeless : DOOMS
7
Stop over in Paris? : ARRET
8
Extends : PROTRACTS
9
Musical liability : TINEAR
10
Date : SEE
11
Getting help of a sort : INTHERAPY
12
One going under : DIVER
13
Really bad-mouths : SLAMS
18
Alchemy material : LEAD
22
Clearly stunned : AGASP
24
Word before or after "as" : SUCH
25
"Don't look at me!" : NOTI
28
Facial feature for Felipe : OJO
29
Harbors : HAS
30
Going on : OCCURRING
32
"Forget it!" : NEVERMIND
33
Big inits. in camping : BSA
35
Embarrassed : RED
36
Alums-to-be: Abbr. : SRS
38
Actress Holmes : KATIE
39
W.W. II Pacific battle site : TRUK
40
Civil War fighters : REBS
45
"Take a hike!" : BEATIT
47
Plenty : ALOT
48
Reconciled : MADEUP
49
Tear : SPREE
50
Yam, e.g. : TUBER
51
It's often made with peppers and onions : SALSA
52
Like trucks going up or down a steep hill : INLOW
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"Swell!" : NEATO
54
Doctor's orders : DOSES
58
Fit (in) : NEST
60
Kind of treatment : SPA
61
Cape ___ : ANN

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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