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New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 2012

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Breakfast fare
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
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21.6129085%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJX} This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 46%
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© 2012, The New York Times11/10/12 ( No. 23,013 )
Across
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Facebook purchase of 2012 : INSTAGRAM
10
Site of the world's largest single reservoir of natural gas : QATAR
15
Subject of a civil-rights investigation : HATECRIME
16
Border : VERGE
17
It might be essential : AMINOACID
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Old Olds : CIERA
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Datebook abbr. : DEC
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Resourcefulness : WITS
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Like the x- or y-axis : ONED
22
Emblem of life : ANKH
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Mad : NUTS
26
Little darling : CUTEY
27
Pit item : BATON
29
Pay : SALARY
31
"A Perfect Peace" novelist : AMOSOZ
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It may be retracted : DOME
34
Protein powder purveyor : GNC
37
Where Wagner was born : LEIPZIG
39
Growing concern? : TOPSOIL
41
E.T.O. craft : LST
42
First name in the Harlem Renaissance : ZORA
44
Place for rods : RETINA
45
Current event? : ELNINO
47
Skewered edible : SATAY
48
Make a call to see someone nowadays? : SKYPE
51
It may be put on after a shower : TALC
53
TV title role for Toni Collette : TARA
54
Name on the Enterprise : TROI
55
Swarm : TEEM
57
Mid first-century year : LII
58
Avoids a service interruption : REUPS
60
Climbing hazard : LOOSEROCK
62
"Creation" director Jon : AMIEL
63
Without warning : ALLATONCE
64
Copper : PENNY
65
Pint-size collectible? : BEERSTEIN
Down
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"Awesome party!" : IHADABALL
2
Sing : NAMENAMES
3
Soldier on : STICKTOIT
4
Knockout number, in more ways than one : TEN
5
Have ___ : ACOW
6
Wood feature : GRAIN
7
Gaping grin : RICTUS
8
1997 Spielberg epic : AMISTAD
9
___ mal (tort reform topic, briefly) : MED
10
"Friday Night Beauty" airer : QVC
11
Literary sextet : AEIOUY
12
Council city of 1545-63 : TRENT
13
Line up : AGREE
14
Primed : READY
23
Reason for a quiet zone: Abbr. : HOSP
25
Schedule : SLOT
26
Breakfast fare : CREPES
28
Spray source : NOZZLE
30
Enrique Iglesias song subject : AMOR
32
Kolob Arch locale : ZION
34
Refuse aid : GOITALONE
35
L'Air du Temps perfume label : NINARICCI
36
Singer with the double-platinum album "Measure of a Man" : CLAYAIKEN
38
Determination : GRIT
40
Assists, say : STAT
43
France, for one : ANATOLE
45
Shot of adrenaline? : EPIPEN
46
Encouraging words : OLEOLE
48
Leave in a bad place, say : STRAP
49
Part of some sundae shoppe names : KREME
50
Dealer's query : YOUIN
52
Annual cinéma prize : CESAR
56
"Meet the ___" (major-league fight song) : METS
59
Feline : SLY
60
Chocolate ___ : LAB
61
Twaddle : ROT

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

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