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New York Times, Monday, October 19, 2009

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Down : Selfish sorts
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXYZ} This is puzzle # 45 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 47%
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© 2009, The New York Times10/19/9 ( No. 21,895 )
Across
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V.I.P.'s vehicle : LIMO
5
Cry one's eyes out : BAWL
9
Sudden impulse : WHIM
13
Tracking dog's clue : ODOR
14
Double-reed instrument : OBOE
15
Glistened : SHONE
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*Backwoods locale : BOONDOCKS
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Parts of parkas : HOODS
19
Averages : NORMS
20
Colorful shawls south of the border : SERAPES
22
___ Rica : COSTA
24
Nintendo competitor : SEGA
25
Spike who directed "Crooklyn" : LEE
26
Fireplace residue : ASH
27
*Particle with no electric charge : NEUTRON
30
Commercials : ADS
31
Obstruction, as in a pipe : BLOCKAGE
33
1950s prez : IKE
35
Boozers : SOTS
36
Outbuildings : SHEDS
38
Sleeping, most likely : ABED
42
Golf peg : TEE
44
Place to buy a dog or dog food : PETSTORE
46
Badminton court divider : NET
49
*Stew made with paprika : GOULASH
51
L.A. campus : USC
52
Ending on a campus e-mail address : EDU
53
Anglo-Saxon writing symbol : RUNE
54
Monteverdi opera hero who descends into Hades : ORFEO
56
Marches in protest outside a workplace : PICKETS
58
Tiny flourish on a letter : SERIF
60
Liability's opposite : ASSET
61
Gush (over) ... or sounds shared by the answer to each starred clue : OOHANDAAH
65
"Crazy" birds : LOONS
66
Hawaiian garlands : LEIS
67
To the ___ of the earth : ENDS
68
B&B's : INNS
69
"Fiddlesticks!" : DRAT
70
Immediately, to a surgeon : STAT
Down
1
High tennis hit : LOB
2
Altar vow : IDO
3
*Apollo 11, 12 or 13, e.g. : MOONSHOT
4
"Ready ___, here ..." : ORNOT
5
Ka-blam! : BOOM
6
"Sesame Street" lessons : ABCS
7
Stir-fry cooker : WOK
8
___ of two evils : LESSER
9
Cowboy's "Stop!" : WHOA
10
*Commotion : HOOPLA
11
Truly : INDEED
12
Bungles, with "up" : MESSES
15
Got smaller : SHRANK
17
Guzzled : DRANK
21
Selfish sorts : EGOISTS
22
Taxis : CABS
23
Nobel Peace Prize city : OSLO
24
Church bell holder : STEEPLE
28
Tactfully remove from a job : EASEOUT
29
"Yuck!" : UGH
32
Winter hours in Minn. : CST
34
Sup : EAT
37
U.S. anti-trafficking grp. : DEA
39
*Teased hairdo : BOUFFANT
40
Gaelic : ERSE
41
Art ___ (1920s-'30s style) : DECO
43
Long-feathered wading birds : EGRETS
45
Lacking its wool coat, as a sheep : SHORN
46
Katmandu native : NEPALI
47
The "Ed" of Con Ed : EDISON
48
*Home of the University of Arizona : TUCSON
50
Still on the market : UNSOLD
55
Roller coaster and bumper cars : RIDES
57
Male companions for Barbies : KENS
58
Branch of Islam predominant in Iran : SHIA
59
Sunrise direction : EAST
62
Above, poetically : OER
63
Tooth decay-fighting org. : ADA
64
F.D.R.'s successor : HST

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

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