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New York Times, Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Author:
Pete Muller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Down : Bygone Wall Street device
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Pete Muller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVWXZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Muller. Wednesday freshness: 94%
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© 2012, The New York Times10/10/12 ( No. 22,982 )
Across
1
1970 #1 hit with the lyric "Easy as ..." : ABC
4
Last option, often : OTHER
9
Equally poor : ASBAD
14
Miracle-___ : GRO
15
Soap genre : DRAMA
16
Macbeth or Macduff : THANE
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Surgically replaceable body parts : HIPJOINTS
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With 49-Across, jumble : HODGE
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Sop up : ABSORB
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Many a corporate plane : PROPJET
23
On videotape, say : SEEN
24
Supposed skill of some hotline operators : ESP
27
The sun, in Spain : ELSOL
28
Some INTs result in them : TDS
29
When mammoths roamed : ICEAGE
31
Sedona automaker : KIA
33
On-the-spot appraisal : SNAPJUDGMENT
36
"___ directed" : USEAS
39
Sun-kissed : TAN
40
Tea-growing Indian state : ASSAM
41
Classic mountain bikes : STUMPJUMPERS
44
H.R.H. part : HER
45
Alternative to texts : EMAILS
46
Manhattan's crosstown arteries: Abbr. : STS
49
See 19-Across : PODGE
52
Cards, on scoreboards : STL
53
Green "pet" : CHIA
54
Bar musicians may put them out : TIPJARS
56
Total nonsense : IDIOCY
58
"___ the loneliest number" : ONEIS
59
Serving with syrup : FLAPJACKS
62
Lee and Laurel : STANS
63
As such : PERSE
64
Merry Prankster Kesey : KEN
65
The hotheaded Corleone : SONNY
66
Protected from rainouts, say : DOMED
67
Sellout sign : SRO
Down
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Terror-struck : AGHAST
2
Greased the palm of : BRIBED
3
Thickets : COPSES
4
Foot problem : ODOR
5
Manhattan film festival locale : TRIBECA
6
___ Solo (Ford role) : HAN
7
Defib operator : EMT
8
Sing like Tom Waits : RASP
9
Playwright Fugard : ATHOL
10
Hits the "Add to Cart" button and then continues, say : SHOPS
11
Elicitors of groans : BADJOKES
12
Actress Jolie : ANGELINA
13
Bug repellent : DEET
18
Stewart in the "Wordplay" documentary : JON
22
Action hero's underwater breathing aid : REED
25
Body part that may be deviated : SEPTUM
26
Nightwear ... or a hidden feature of 17-, 21-, 33-, 41-, 54- and 59-Across? : PAJAMAS
29
Clouseau, e.g.: Abbr. : INSP
30
Defensive excavation : GUNPIT
32
PIN requester : ATM
33
"Casablanca" pianist : SAM
34
Needle-nosed swimmers : GARS
35
Ed.'s workload : MSS
36
Work the aisles, informally : USH
37
Put on, as pants : STEPINTO
38
Like some Turks and Georgians : EUROPEAN
42
Give the raspberry : JEER
43
Basic orbital path : ELLIPSE
46
Tases, say : SHOCKS
47
Bygone Wall Street device : TICKER
48
Refuses : SAYSNO
50
Spirit of Islamic myth : DJINN
51
Like a blowhard : GASSY
53
"The Bourne Supremacy" org. : CIA
54
Eject from the game : TOSS
55
Dirty Harry's org. : SFPD
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Handled the music at a rave : DJED
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DiCaprio, to pals : LEO
61
Escort's offering : ARM

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

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