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New York Times, Friday, December 18, 2009

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : Forces afloat
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {GZ} This is puzzle # 136 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 96%
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C
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Q
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C
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© 2009, The New York Times12/18/9 ( No. 21,955 )
Across
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"Huh?" : SAYWHAT
8
Rule without exceptions : IRONLAW
15
Sent a line, say : WROTETO
16
"The Imaginary Invalid" playwright : MOLIERE
17
Request for entertainment : AMUSEME
18
Words of acclamation : ALLHAIL
19
1984 historical novel, with "The" : HAJ
20
Home to Torrey Pines Golf Course : LAJOLLA
22
Bellini's "___ furor delle tempeste" : NEL
23
Think piece? : IDEA
25
Mini replacements : NANOS
26
Tiny opening? : ITTY
27
Shortsighted solution? : LASIK
29
Período de 31 días : MES
30
Fed. bill : TNOTE
31
Peninsula south of the Gulf of Trieste : ISTRIA
33
Breaks : RECESSES
35
The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr. : WNBA
37
It may come from a loud speaker : RANT
38
Place for a collared person : SQUADCAR
42
Means of obtaining data about planets : FLYBYS
46
Picks out : CULLS
47
Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr. : AEF
49
Hit to short right, say : BLOOP
50
Calculated thing : RISK
51
Shellac : CREAM
53
Outfielder Chávez : ENDY
54
One in a long line of workers? : ANT
55
Certain pitch : COALTAR
57
"The ___ of Malta," Christopher Marlowe play : JEW
58
Comic character in whiteface : PIERROT
60
Marker maker : CRAYOLA
62
Neither here nor there? : ENROUTE
63
Offer to host : ASKOVER
64
Now gender-neutral : DESEXED
65
Gritty TV series set in Baltimore : THEWIRE
Down
1
"Kwanzaa" comes from it : SWAHILI
2
Forces afloat : ARMADAS
3
"C'mon, that can't be true!" : YOUJEST
4
Birth data: Abbr. : WTS
5
Height enhancer : HEEL
6
Hindu soul : ATMAN
7
Digital detritus : TOEJAM
8
Second song on "Beatles '65" : IMALOSER
9
Drum set? : ROLLS
10
Indian water holder : OLLA
11
Biomedical research inits. : NIH
12
Rough housing : LEANTOS
13
Opera quickie : ARIETTE
14
"Actually, it's true" : WELLYES
21
Standout : ONER
24
High passageway between buildings : AIRWALK
26
Fashionable : INSTYLE
28
Stripes : KINDS
30
Like some dumbbells: Abbr. : TENLB
32
First string? : ABC
34
Half-___ (coffee order) : CAF
36
Superior, as an investment : AAARATED
38
Like some elbows and fenders : SCRAPED
39
Tonic water ingredient : QUININE
40
Wool coats : ULSTERS
41
Line holder : REEL
43
First hard rock band to score a #1 country hit : BONJOVI
44
Producer of high and outside pitches? : YODELER
45
Virus kin : SPYWARE
48
Deep-pocketed type : FATCAT
51
"My Fair Lady" actor Robert : COOTE
52
Place for a crane : MARSH
55
Gist : CRUX
56
Make a pile in a casino? : RAKE
59
Eggs sometimes served on toast : ROE
61
"Man, that hurts!" : YOW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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