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New York Times, Thursday, October 13, 2011

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Farmer. Thursday freshness: 72%
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© 2011, The New York Times10/13/11 ( No. 22,619 )
Across
1
Darted : RACED
6
Grasp : FATHOM
12
Natl. economic stat : GDP
15
Full tilt : APACE
16
Proceeding without thinking : ONAUTO
17
Place for clover : LEA
18
Film about how to win a MacArthur Fellowship? : DOTHEBRIGHTTHING
21
Aoki of the P.G.A. : ISAO
22
One of the 30 Dow Jones industrials : IBM
23
Ancient Anatolian land : IONIA
24
Like some drugs, briefly : OTC
25
Film about a biblical serpent? : BEASTOFEDEN
29
Winging it? : ALOFT
32
Conspicuously consume : SLURP
33
Barq's rival : DADS
34
Trouble makers : DEMONS
36
Soup vegetable : LEEK
38
Film about Ali/Foreman's Rumble in the Jungle? : BOUTOFAFRICA
43
Slave : TOIL
44
Goes off script : ADLIBS
47
Word in the names of four state capitals : CITY
51
Viking king, 995-1000 : OLAFI
54
Skin: Suffix : DERMA
55
Film in which Moe, Shemp and Curly show their flexibility? : HOWARDSBEND
58
Lobster trap : POT
59
Title town in a 1945 Pulitzer winner : ADANO
60
"The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!" subj. : SCI
61
Mid sixth-century year : DLVI
62
Film about earworms? : SINGININTHEBRAIN
67
Official lang. of Ghana and Grenada : ENG
68
Judicial decision : DECREE
69
Jaipur royal : RANEE
70
Madrid royal : REY
71
Vows : SWEARS
72
Mushroom maker, briefly : ATEST
Down
1
Spot that's never seen : RADIOAD
2
Figure in a Leonardo mural : APOSTLE
3
Passage of grave importance? : CATACOMB
4
Sound effect : ECHO
5
Heavy-metal singer Snider : DEE
6
400 list-maker : FORBES
7
___ magnetism : ANIMAL
8
Graffiti signature : TAG
9
"Say what?" : HUH
10
First N.L.'er to hit 500 home runs : OTT
11
Unifying theme : MOTIF
12
Good witch : GLINDA
13
Didn't approve : DENIED
14
Heathens : PAGANS
19
One that might catch a double dribble? : BIB
20
Did some garden work : HOED
26
Toni Morrison novel : SULA
27
Not kosher : TREF
28
"Anna Bolena" or "Anna Nicole" : OPERA
30
Rock's ___ Fighters : FOO
31
Flanged fastener : TNUT
35
Waited in line, say : STOOD
37
Jason of the N.B.A. : KIDD
39
Art collector's collection : OILS
40
Undesirable roll : FLAB
41
Progressive Field team, on scoreboards : CLE
42
Stew container? : AIRPLANE
45
Appropriate title for this puzzle? : BMOVIES
46
Imitation fabric : SATINET
47
Second drink at a bar : CHASER
48
Element in disinfectants : IODINE
49
Like some country music : TWANGY
50
Jerry who co-founded Yahoo! : YANG
52
Become an increasing source of irritation : FESTER
53
" : INCHES
56
Sports no-nos, informally : ROIDS
57
Quit running : DIE
61
"Darn it!" : DRAT
63
Like ___ : NEW
64
It's very cool : ICE
65
Heat org.? : NRA
66
One piece of a two-piece : BRA

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

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