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New York Times, Thursday, December 17, 2009

Author:
Francis Heaney and Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Down : James of "Star Trek"
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114/17/19968/16/20203
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111.548261%
Francis Heaney
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677/21/20059/4/201922
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261.5930243%
Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Heaney. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Blindauer. Thursday freshness: 24%
Jim Horne notes:

Animals march to NOAH'S ARK in pairs.

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© 2009, The New York Times12/17/9 ( No. 21,954 )
Across
1
Gulf competitor : ESSO
5
"What Do You Do With ___ in English?" ("Avenue Q" song) : ABA
8
Preserved, in a way : DRIED
13
Vat waste : LEES
14
Hipster : CAT
15
A Previn : SOONYI
16
Canaanite deity : BAAL
17
Tractor make, briefly : CAT
18
More sumptuously furnished : POSHER
19
No holds barred : ALLOUT
21
Craft that's the subject of this puzzle : NOAHSARK
23
Subject of "Hofmann's Potion" : LSD
25
Finish behind : TRAIL
26
___ Americano : CAFFE
30
Customarily : OFTEN
32
Physical sound : AHH
35
United hub : OHARE
36
___ Haskins, 1960s-'70s N.B.A. player : CLEM
37
"___, sing America": Langston Hughes : ITOO
38
Spicy sauce : MOLE
39
PX, e.g. : STORE
40
Line to Penn Sta. : LIRR
41
Marilyn's mark : MOLE
42
Kind of board : COOP
43
It may get food away from a canine : FLOSS
44
Had eggs, e.g. : ATE
45
Mercury and Gemini astronaut, informally : GORDO
46
Forename meaning "born again" : RENEE
47
Old-fashioned "Sweet!" : NEATO
49
Group of pin-heads?: Abbr. : PBA
51
How the passengers went in 21-Across : TWOBYTWO
54
Brute : ANIMAL
59
Paris's Rue de ___ : RIVOLI
60
Frank : DOG
62
National frozen dessert chain : TCBY
63
Penguin from Antarctica : ADELIE
64
Follow relentlessly : DOG
65
Viking foe? : LION
66
Excellence : MERIT
67
Withdrawn : SHY
68
Louis VIII nickname, with "the" : LION
Down
1
Hundred Days campaign planning site : ELBA
2
It makes an impression : SEAL
3
Navy commando : SEAL
4
___ City Hall, Nobel ceremony locale : OSLO
5
Sales off. folders : ACCTS
6
Sound made while being fleeced? : BAA
7
Envelope abbr. : ATTN
8
James of "Star Trek" : DOOHAN
9
Allen and ___, old comedy duo : ROSSI
10
It fills a chest : INHALATION
11
Loupe user, say : EYER
12
Dagger : DIRK
15
"Puh-leeze!" : SPAREME
20
Title role for a 1997 Oscar nominee : ULEE
22
Sweet frozen treat : OTTERPOP
24
"Billy Bathgate" novelist, 1989 : DOCTOROW
26
"New York, New York" has one : COMMA
27
"What ___!" ("So funny!") : AHOOT
28
Toppled : FALLENOVER
29
Available : FREE
31
Reason for 21-Across : FLOOD
33
Basketball shooting game : HORSE
34
Gymnast's equipment : HORSE
37
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
39
Certain terrier : SCOTTIE
43
Memorable 1996 hurricane : FRAN
45
Works stocked by a bookstore with a rainbow flag : GAYLIT
48
Locale in a Carlo Levi best seller : EBOLI
50
Loose : BAGGY
51
Vehicle that makes pit stops? : TRAM
52
Like some loads : WIDE
53
2:1, e.g. : ODDS
55
"___ be all right" : ITLL
56
Early 12th-century year : MCII
57
"Peek-___!" : ABOO
58
"For Better or for Worse" cartoonist Johnston : LYNN
61
"That's gotta hurt!" : OOH

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

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