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New York Times, Saturday, January 9, 2010

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Down : Bronze Star recipient
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Deodene. Saturday freshness: 62%
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© 2010, The New York Times1/9/10 ( No. 21,977 )
Across
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Fugitive-hunting Fed : USMARSHAL
10
2000 U.S. Open winner : SAFIN
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"E.T." follower : PHONEHOME
16
Free sample, say : PROMO
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Local assessment : COUNTYTAX
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Plume hunter's prey : EGRET
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Antisocial type : LONER
20
Type with finesse : DIPLOMAT
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"How ___ is the candle of the wicked put out!": Job 21:17 : OFT
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Like some thin fibers : OPTICAL
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Not quite none, in Naples : UNO
27
Yacht spot : SLIP
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Reason for a lighter conviction? : ARSON
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Like many smoothies : GLIB
31
View spoiler : EYESORE
33
Chronicle : NARRATE
35
Crutch : AID
36
Social type : TEA
37
Get down : SWALLOW
41
Where some touchdowns are made : HELIPAD
45
Detriment : HARM
46
Popular piercing site : NAVEL
48
Orchestra alternative : LOGE
49
Where organs may be repaired, briefly : ORS
50
It stores fish in a pouch : PELICAN
52
Set of utensils : KIT
53
It has a dark side, in sci-fi : THEFORCE
55
"___ My Family" (Cranberries song) : ODETO
57
Corral : PENIN
58
Its logo is a rubber-band ball : OFFICEMAX
61
Spring : ARISE
62
Counted raised hands, say : TOOKAVOTE
63
See 7-Down : ROCKS
64
Like many avenues : TREELINED
Down
1
In one's face : UPCLOSE
2
Pennsylvania Dutch pie : SHOOFLY
3
Enduring symbol of Canada : MOUNTIE
4
Last of the Stuarts : ANNE
5
In once more : RETRO
6
Lacking : SHY
7
With 63-Across, 1972 Rolling Stones "greatest hits" album : HOT
8
Knight of medieval literature : AMADIS
9
Defining work : LEXICON
10
What a 9-Down might help you do : SPELL
11
Galley of myth : ARGO
12
H2O, e.g. : FORMULA
13
"For real!" : IMEANIT
14
Opposite of destined : NOTTOBE
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Smoke that's not thick : PANATELA
24
"The Canterbury Tales" charlatan : PARDONER
25
26-Across and 26-Across and 26-Across : TRE
28
The last one begins "Praise ye the Lord" : PSALM
30
Percival caught sight of it : GRAIL
32
Permian Basin yield : OIL
34
Sister's study: Abbr. : REL
37
Met the course standard : SHOTPAR
38
Bronze Star recipient : WARHERO
39
One of the metalloids : ARSENIC
40
Literature Nobelist Derek : WALCOTT
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TV's "___ Ramsey" : HEC
42
Collectible card creatures : POKEMON
43
Shake : AGITATE
44
Quit using : DETOXED
47
Try to win : VIEFOR
50
Dixie cakes : PONES
51
Lite as can be : NOCAL
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1972 A.L. Rookie of the Year : FISK
56
Supreme Hindu goddess : DEVI
59
One to go up against : FOE
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Memorable 2008 Gulf hurricane : IKE

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

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