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New York Times, Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Down : Bestow
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331.5731274%
Matt Ginsberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJWX} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Ginsberg. Tuesday freshness: 91%
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© 2009, The New York Times10/6/9 ( No. 21,882 )
Across
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Christine's lover in "The Phantom of the Opera" : ERIK
5
Onetime science magazine : OMNI
9
Philosopher with a "razor" : OCCAM
14
"___ Lama Ding Dong," 1961 hit for the Edsels : RAMA
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Paper purchase : REAM
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Best-selling author Bret Easton ___ : ELLIS
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"The Lord ___ shepherd ..." : ISMY
18
Only common word in the English language with the consecutive letters MPG : CAMPGROUND
20
Wild animal track : SPOOR
22
Command to a person holding a deck of cards : DEAL
23
___ lily : SEGO
24
What colors may do in hot water : BLEED
26
Moves back, as a hairline : RECEDES
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... ADQ ... : HEADQUARTERS
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Carney of "The Honeymooners" : ART
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Catch some Z's : DOZE
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"This tastes horrible!" : YECCH
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Really ticked : IRED
39
Circus stick : STILT
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"Comin' ___ the Rye" : THRO
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Actress Winona : RYDER
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Captain for 40 days and nights : NOAH
47
"___ approved" (motel sign) : AAA
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... KSG ... : THANKSGIVING
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"I don't want to hear about it!" : SPAREME
55
Perform really badly : STINK
56
Golfer Isao : AOKI
57
Escape clauses, e.g. : OUTS
60
Pair of lenses : SPECS
62
... ZKR ... : BLITZKRIEG
65
Cheese sold in red paraffin : EDAM
66
Cowboy star Lash, who taught Harrison Ford how to use a bullwhip : LARUE
67
Boat in "Jaws" : ORCA
68
Trick : RUSE
69
Rub out : ERASE
70
Butterfly catchers' needs : NETS
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German admiral Maximilian von ___ : SPEE
Down
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Goddess of discord : ERIS
2
... SPB ... : RASPBERRY
3
Burned ceremonially : IMMOLATED
4
Walloped but good : KAYOED
5
"The Lord of the Rings" baddie : ORC
6
Lake ___, created by Hoover Dam : MEAD
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ID : NAME
8
Bestow : IMPART
9
Not 'neath : OER
10
Narrowly spaced, as the eyes : CLOSESET
11
Aware, with "in" : CLUED
12
All-Star Danny who played for the 1980s Celtics : AINGE
13
PC platform released in 1982 : MSDOS
19
Mirth : GLEE
21
Necessary: Abbr. : REQD
25
Pairs : DUOS
27
What Evita asked Argentina not to do for her : CRY
28
Fur : HAIR
29
First anti-AIDS drug : AZT
30
Freshen, as a stamp pad : REINK
34
Fettered : CHAINEDUP
35
... NKC ... : CRANKCASE
36
Romance/suspense novelist Tami : HOAG
38
Rubble, e.g. : DETRITUS
40
The "L" in L.A. : LOS
41
Marks with graffiti : TAGS
44
Baseball summary inits. : RHE
46
The middle part of 44-Down : HITS
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Crazedly : AMOK
50
One of about 100 billion in the human brain : NEURON
51
Snakes : VIPERS
52
Expensive fur : SABLE
53
Arctic or antarctic : POLAR
54
"Seven Samurai" director Kurosawa : AKIRA
58
Tucker out : TIRE
59
Zen Buddhism, e.g. : SECT
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Right-hand man for a man with no right hand : SMEE
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Capital of Zambia? : ZEE
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Tankful : GAS

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

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