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New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Onetime colonial power in the Philippines
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 124 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 48%
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© 2010, The New York Times10/19/10 ( No. 22,260 )
Across
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Mynah bird, e.g. : MIMIC
6
Has to : MUST
10
Send by FedEx or UPS : SHIP
14
Mrs. Perón : EVITA
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Worker welfare grp. : OSHA
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Noted tower site : PISA
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Seventh day, in the Bible? : MAKERBREAK
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Westernmost Aleutian : ATTU
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"I'll have another" : ONEMORE
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"Tired blood" tonic : GERITOL
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Cheesy sandwich : MELT
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Having all one's marbles : SANE
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Truth stretcher : FIBBER
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Go hog wild : RIOT
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P, in Greece : RHO
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One way to think or read : ALOUD
36
Homo vis-à-vis humans : GENUS
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Homo sapiens : MAN
38
"The Wizard of Oz" coward : LION
39
What a roof is usually built on : SLANT
40
Dagger : DIRK
41
Bit of Web video gear : CAM
42
Small earrings : STUDS
43
A sheriff may round one up : POSSE
44
Horatian creation : ODE
45
Hunter's garb, for short : CAMO
46
Like a mud puddle : SLOSHY
47
Cheer (for) : ROOT
49
Vintners' valley : NAPA
51
Cash-back deals : REBATES
54
Condiment at Nathan's : MUSTARD
59
Touch on : ABUT
60
$10 bill enclosed in a Valentine card? : LOVERMONEY
62
"Jeepers!" : GOSH
63
Pioneering D.J. Freed : ALAN
64
Home, sweet home : ABODE
65
Picnic intruders : ANTS
66
Join with a blowtorch : WELD
67
Religious council : SYNOD
Down
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Note from the boss : MEMO
2
"Terrible" czar : IVAN
3
What a D.J. speaks into : MIKE
4
Tabloids twosome : ITEM
5
Ricocheted, as a cue ball : CAROMED
6
Tasty mushroom : MOREL
7
Be hooked on : USE
8
Thick carpet : SHAG
9
Brings on a date : TAKESOUT
10
Onetime colonial power in the Philippines : SPAIN
11
One-third of a strikeout? : HITTERMISS
12
"That's all there ___ it!" : ISTO
13
Left-handed Beatle : PAUL
18
Term of address used by Uncle Remus : BRER
22
Slum vermin : RATS
24
Trample underfoot : TREADON
26
Edie of "The Sopranos" : FALCO
27
Homeric epic : ILIAD
28
Statue of a post-W.W. II baby? : BOOMERBUST
29
Sloppy joe holder : BUN
31
Bed-and-breakfasts : INNS
33
Unduly severe : HARSH
34
Like a good singer : ONKEY
36
Wearing a long face : GLUM
39
Result of a governor's signing : STATELAW
40
"Inka Dinka ___" : DOO
42
Loch Lomond local : SCOT
43
Blood bank supplies : PLASMAS
46
Cowboy boot feature : SPUR
48
Solemn vows : OATHS
50
Make changes in : AMEND
51
Sitar music : RAGA
52
Black, to bards : EBON
53
Dover ___ : SOLE
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Man-shaped mug : TOBY
56
In a bit, in poems : ANON
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Give a makeover : REDO
58
Did some batiking : DYED
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Kilmer of film : VAL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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