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New York Times, Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : "Good Times" actress Esther
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQV} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Collins. Tuesday freshness: 57%
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© 2012, The New York Times11/27/12 ( No. 23,030 )
Across
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___ Sea (inland body with high salinity) : ARAL
5
With 67-Across, song by 56-Across : FOXY
9
Sword part : HAFT
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Radius, e.g. : BONE
14
Comic strip dog with a long tongue : ODIE
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Spine-tingling : EERIE
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Lash : FLOG
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Ike's partner in 1960s-'70s music : TINA
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Bicycle shorts material : LYCRA
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With 32-Across, song by 56-Across : ALLALONGTHE
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Half a school year: Abbr. : SEM
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Chaos : BEDLAM
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Splinter group : SECT
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Rat-___ : ATAT
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Conveyance in an Ellington song : ATRAIN
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See 19-Across : WATCHTOWER
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Pres. Carter's alma mater : USNA
38
Having throbbing temples, maybe : IRATE
39
Fourth notes : FAS
40
Expensive : STEEP
41
Actress Taylor of "Six Feet Under" : LILI
42
Song by 56-Across : PURPLEHAZE
44
City SSW of Seattle : TACOMA
46
Peacekeeping grp. : NATO
47
Afternoon refreshers : NAPS
49
Long rant : TIRADE
53
London-based record label : EMI
56
Musician born 11/27/42 : JIMIHENDRIX
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"Deliverance" instrument : BANJO
61
Panache : ELAN
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Lickety-split, in a memo : ASAP
63
Passion : ARDOR
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Pete and Julie's "Mod Squad" partner : LINC
65
Job for an actor : ROLE
66
Where to buy GM and GE : NYSE
67
See 5-Across : LADY
68
Compound with a double-bonded carbon atom : ENOL
Down
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Former sitcom on the Beeb : ABFAB
2
"Good Times" actress Esther : ROLLE
3
"You can't teach ___ dog ..." : ANOLD
4
Lawsuit : LEGALACTION
5
Bygone company with yellow-roofed kiosks : FOTOMAT
6
Thor's father : ODIN
7
RR ___ : XING
8
"A Full Moon in March" poet : YEATS
9
With 60-Down, song by 56-Across : HEY
10
Three-point lines in basketball, e.g. : ARCS
11
Song by 56-Across : FIRE
12
Word after mule or school : TEAM
15
Choose : ELECT
20
Tool that turns : LATHE
21
Catch, in a way : HEAR
25
Sleepover game, maybe : TRUTHORDARE
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Sukiyaki ingredient : TOFU
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Where sailors go : ASEA
30
1966 hurricane : INEZ
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A ponytail hangs over it : NAPE
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What picked flowers may do : WILT
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Prima donna's delivery : ARIA
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After-bath powder : TALC
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Card game for two : WAR
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"Pardon the Interruption" airer : ESPN
40
Arrive, as darkness : SETIN
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Big ___ (baseball's David Ortiz) : PAPI
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Period of inactivity : LATENCY
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Biology or English : MAJOR
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What bloodhounds and dead fish do : SMELL
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Bad ignition? : ARSON
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Connect with an operator : DIALO
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Kick out : EXPEL
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Abba of Israel : EBAN
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"The Wind Cries ___" (song by 56-Across) : MARY
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Neither Dems. nor Reps. : INDS
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Hip parts : ILIA
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13 cards, maybe : HAND
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See 9-Down : JOE

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

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