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New York Times, Thursday, December 22, 2011

Author:
Kristian House
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Inkling
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
222/17/20095/25/20212
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1163425
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6510663%
Kristian House

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. House. Thursday freshness: 23%
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© 2011, The New York Times12/22/11 ( No. 22,689 )
Across
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___-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2010 : DODD
5
Playlet : SKIT
9
Small spade, maybe : DEUCE
14
Mideast bigwig: Var. : AMIR
15
1951 historical role for Peter Ustinov : NERO
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"Nope!" : IXNAY
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Beaut of a butte? : MESA
18
Minnesota's St. ___ College : OLAF
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Autumn shade : OCHRE
20
Uncool Eskimo? : ARCTICSQUARE
23
Original Beatles bassist Sutcliffe : STU
24
Sound on Old MacDonald's farm : MOO
25
Title cartoon boy : CALVIN
29
"The Big Chill" director : KASDAN
31
Part of a baseball : SEAM
33
Khan married to Rita Hayworth : ALY
34
Percussion instrument owned by a New York newspaper? : TIMESTRIANGLE
37
7/5/75 winner over Connors : ASHE
39
Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." : POE
40
Depose : OUST
41
Close-knit group at a popular island destination? : BERMUDACIRCLE
46
Topic of Objectivism : EGO
47
Company car, maybe : PERK
48
Aphrodite's love : ADONIS
51
Lite : LOWCAL
53
Champagne chum : AMI
54
Mo. of the hunter's moon : OCT
55
Werewolf, e.g. ... or the one responsible for 20-, 34- and 41-Across? : SHAPESHIFTER
59
"Shine On, Harvest Moon," e.g. : OLDIE
62
Fair : EXPO
63
Opera that premiered on Christmas Eve of 1871 : AIDA
64
Red-haired ogress of film : FIONA
65
Brim : TEEM
66
Nothingness : VOID
67
Pink ___ : FLOYD
68
It can make the face red : ACNE
69
Early Beatles tune subtitled "Go to Him" : ANNA
Down
1
Reversible fabric : DAMASK
2
Code of silence : OMERTA
3
Olympic event dating back to ancient Greece : DISCUSTHROW
4
"Phooey!" : DRAT
5
Carnival treat : SNOCONE
6
Chief of medicine on "Scrubs" : KELSO
7
"The Hurt Locker" locale : IRAQ
8
Food that wiggles : TOFU
9
Kid's art project : DIORAMA
10
Shine : EXCEL
11
The Wildcats of the America East Conf. : UNH
12
Roller coaster part : CAR
13
Cyclone part : EYE
21
Worship leader : IMAM
22
Popular source of antioxidants : ACAI
26
Inkling : VAGUENOTION
27
Drugs and crime, e.g. : ILLS
28
Security Council vote : NYET
30
Per ___ : DIEM
31
Soup base : STOCK
32
"... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
35
Go at it : SPAR
36
Court plea, for short : NOLO
37
Biblical brother : ABEL
38
State symbol of Utah : SEGO
42
In the near future : UPAHEAD
43
Writer François ___ Rochefoucauld : DELA
44
Make forcefully, as a point : RAMHOME
45
Year of the Battle of Pollentia : CDII
49
Immobilized by a storm, maybe : ICEDIN
50
Italian road : STRADA
52
Hit TV series starring Gary Sinise : CSINY
53
Part of a mountain forest : ASPEN
56
Sponsor of ads famous for nudity : PETA
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Not jud. or leg. : EXEC
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Kind of bean : FAVA
59
Slightly askew : OFF
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Wee : LIL
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Scooby-___ : DOO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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