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New York Times, Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Author:
Will Nediger
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Down : Spanish eye
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Will Nediger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Z} Spans: 1 Scrabble average: 1.90 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Nediger. Wednesday freshness: 85%
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Q
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U
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A
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D
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S
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J
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W
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R
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K
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M
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D
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R
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A
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H
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X
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C
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C
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L
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R
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B
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E
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M
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C
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D
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B
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L
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Y
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P
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G
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O
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G
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B
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V
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G
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O
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G
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W
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N
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V
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L
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C
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K
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© 2013, The New York Times1/30/13 ( No. 23,094 )
Across
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Muscles strengthened by squats : QUADS
6
Shul attendees : JEWS
10
Easy-to-spread cheese : BRIE
14
Zac of "High School Musical" : EFRON
15
"Don't worry about me" : IMOK
16
Course list : MENU
17
Coming on to a patient, perhaps? : DOCTORNONO
19
Way off : AFAR
20
Piltdown man, for one : HOAX
21
Deny membership to skater Starbuck? : BANJOJO
23
Agree to : ACCEPT
26
Kedrova of "Zorba the Greek" : LILA
27
Genre that includes freestyling : RAP
28
Up time : BOOM
29
Cyberspace 'zine : EMAG
31
Less-than sign's keymate : COMMA
33
First name in scat : ELLA
34
"Make my ___!" : DAY
35
Shiverer's sound : BRR
36
Dictator's directive at a dance club? : LETMYPEOPLEGOGO
42
Seek pocket change, say : BEG
43
Itinerary word : VIA
44
Close to closed : AJAR
45
"Taras Bulba" author : GOGOL
48
Marijuana, informally : WEED
49
Seeker of illicit 48-Across : NARC
50
Hollywood's Gardner : AVA
51
Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR
53
New York site of Mark Twain's grave : ELMIRA
55
Bad-mouth designer Chanel? : DISCOCO
57
"Mon ___!" : DIEU
58
Radio City's architectural style : DECO
59
"Strive for medium quality on this one"? : MAKEITSOSO
64
Cheese that doesn't spoil : EDAM
65
Painter Nolde : EMIL
66
Muslim woman's veil : HIJAB
67
Idiot : DOPE
68
Onion rings, e.g. : SIDE
69
Potentially dangerous strain : ECOLI
Down
1
Proof letters : QED
2
Area 51 craft, supposedly : UFO
3
Part of a curve : ARC
4
Dance to Tito Puente, say : DOTHEMAMBO
5
Buttinsky : SNOOP
6
Give bad luck : JINX
7
Rock subgenre : EMO
8
Hit the jackpot : WONBIG
9
Toast word : SKOAL
10
Key using all the black keys: Abbr. : BMAJ
11
Go straight : REFORM
12
Facing big trouble : INAJAM
13
Moon of Jupiter : EUROPA
18
Suitable for most audiences : RATEDPG
22
Decorative inlay material : NACRE
23
First fratricide victim : ABEL
24
Nat or Natalie : COLE
25
Gelding-to-be, maybe : COLT
26
Break between flights : LAYOVER
30
Fannie ___ : MAE
32
Sunday hymn accompaniment : ORGANMUSIC
35
2002 sequel starring Wesley Snipes : BLADEII
37
Mello ___ (soft drink) : YELLO
38
Budget chart shape : PIE
39
City near Santa Barbara : OJAI
40
Teri of "Tootsie" : GARR
41
Ocean predator : ORCA
45
Traipsed (about) : GADDED
46
City of northern Spain : OVIEDO
47
Often-removed car part : GASCAP
48
Amnesiac's question : WHOAMI
52
Topmost points : ACMES
54
Hades' river of forgetfulness : LETHE
56
Command to Fido : COME
57
Editorial strike-out : DELE
60
Give a ribbing : KID
61
Spanish eye : OJO
62
___ ammoniac : SAL
63
Geisha's accessory : OBI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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