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New York Times, Monday, October 26, 2009

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Down : Reindeer teamed with Prancer
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Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Nothnagel. Monday freshness: 100%
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R
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O
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L
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F
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A
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S
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N
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C
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K
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M
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T
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E
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M
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C
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© 2009, The New York Times10/26/9 ( No. 21,902 )
Across
1
John of colonial Jamestown : ROLFE
6
The first "A" in N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. : ASSN
10
Bag : SACK
14
"Tosca," for one : OPERA
15
"Get out of here, fly!" : SHOO
16
Surrounding glow : AURA
17
Completely uses up, as a credit card, with "out" : MAXES
18
Dana Scully's sci-fi partner : FOXMULDER
20
Prowling feline : ALLEYCAT
22
Nissan sedan : ALTIMA
23
Letter-shaped, threaded fastener : UBOLT
24
Washed-up person : HASBEEN
25
Course in which to conjugate "amo, amas, amat ..." : LATINI
27
"We ___ please" : AIMTO
28
Dull pain : ACHE
29
Autumn : FALL
31
When repeated, bygone newsboy's cry : EXTRA
35
Con's opposite : PRO
36
Mystery quality ... or what 18- and 55-Across and 3- and 32-Down have? : XFACTOR
38
Snakelike fish : EEL
39
H. Ross ___, candidate of 1992 and 1996 : PEROT
41
Party giver : HOST
42
U.S. military vet : EXGI
43
Ancient Greek city with a mythical lion : NEMEA
45
Learn secondhand : HEAROF
47
Having insurance : COVERED
50
Large, at Starbucks : VENTI
51
Twigs for baskets : OSIERS
52
"If I may ..." : PERMITME
55
Owner of the farm where Woodstock took place : MAXYASGUR
57
Contest submission : ENTRY
58
Writer James : AGEE
59
Vases : URNS
60
Have the wheel of a car : STEER
61
Transmit : SEND
62
Jab between the ribs, say : POKE
63
Mob : HORDE
Down
1
Capital of Italia : ROMA
2
Milky white gem : OPAL
3
"Superman" villain : LEXLUTHOR
4
Something for nothing : FREEBIE
5
Start of a billboard catchphrase meaning "close to the highway" : EASYON
6
Equally plump : ASFAT
7
Photographed : SHOT
8
"Red" or "White" baseball team : SOX
9
Courteous rejection to a woman : NOMAAM
10
House style with a long pitched roof in back : SALTBOX
11
Actor Murphy of old westerns : AUDIE
12
Middle of an Oreo : CREME
13
Designer Donna : KARAN
19
Coat named for an Irish province : ULSTER
21
Steep drop-off : CLIFF
24
Sword handles : HILTS
25
Northern Scandinavian : LAPP
26
Field unit : ACRE
27
It acquired Reynolds Metals in 2000 : ALCOA
30
Sighed with satisfaction : AAHED
32
Cowboy who sang the title song from "High Noon" : TEXRITTER
33
___ Park (Queens neighborhood) : REGO
34
A, in Arabic : ALIF
36
Nissan S.U.V. : XTERRA
37
None of the above, on a survey : OTHER
40
Like two jacks in a deck of cards : ONEEYED
42
Take away from, as profits : EATINTO
44
Goof : MESSUP
46
Tangle up (in) : ENMESH
47
Unconscious states : COMAS
48
Missouri river or Indian : OSAGE
49
Reindeer teamed with Prancer : VIXEN
50
Esther 8:9 is the longest one in the Bible : VERSE
52
Play a practical joke on, slangily : PUNK
53
Talking horse of '60s TV : MRED
54
Brontë's Jane : EYRE
56
Miracle-___ (plant food) : GRO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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