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New York Times, Monday, February 11, 2013

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : Utterly hopeless
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Cee. Monday freshness: 47%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/11/13 ( No. 23,106 )
Across
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Use a wire brush on : SCRUB
6
Event Cinderella attended : BALL
10
Turkish military leader : AGHA
14
Sports venue : ARENA
15
Certain woodwind : OBOE
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Serious-looking : GRIM
17
A little lit : TIPSY
18
Personal enforcer in "The Godfather" : LUCABRASI
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Employ : USE
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Even's opposite : ODD
23
Housetops : ROOFS
24
Onetime name at New York's Rockefeller Center : RCABUILDING
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Initials at the start of a memo : FYI
30
Home to the N.F.L.'s Saints, informally : NOLA
31
The Eagles' "___ Eyes" : LYIN
32
No ___, ands or buts : IFS
33
Meadow : LEA
35
Swindle : SCAM
38
Aunt, in Acapulco : TIA
39
Skill with a paintbrush, say : ARTISTICABILITY
44
Actress Arthur : BEA
45
Country south of Ecuador : PERU
46
___ alai : JAI
47
Antlered animal : ELK
48
Archipelago part : ISLE
50
Trims the lawn : MOWS
54
Coat and ___ : TIE
55
Actress who married Justin Timberlake in 2012 : JESSICABIEL
58
Descendant : SCION
60
24-hr. source of money : ATM
61
Luau neckwear : LEI
62
Split the taxi fare ... and what the words do in 18-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across : SHAREACAB
65
Mix : BLEND
67
Foot-long sandwich : HERO
68
Ring up : CALL
69
Like a coincidence that makes you go "Hmm ..." : EERIE
70
Adam and Eve's garden : EDEN
71
___ of life (part of 70-Across) : TREE
72
Traditional Valentine's Day gift : ROSES
Down
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Planet with rings : SATURN
2
Shortening brand : CRISCO
3
Nullify, as a law : REPEAL
4
Young ___ (kids) : UNS
5
Louisiana body of water : BAYOU
6
How to "go where no man has gone before" : BOLDLY
7
___ Dhabi : ABU
8
___ cit. (footnote abbr.) : LOC
9
Get the hang of : LEARN
10
Farming-related: Prefix : AGRO
11
Writing on the wall : GRAFFITI
12
Tantrum : HISSYFIT
13
French friend : AMI
19
Marsh : BOG
22
Open wider, as a pupil : DILATE
25
48-Across east of Java : BALI
26
Talk over : DISCUSS
27
Ancient native of 45-Across : INCA
29
"___, old chap!" : ISAY
34
Paranormal power, for short : ESP
36
Utterly hopeless : ABJECT
37
Actress Farrow : MIA
39
Aid and ___ : ABET
40
Got a kick out of : RELISHED
41
Friendly send-off : TAKECARE
42
Colored eye part : IRIS
43
Arm or leg : LIMB
49
Legally obligated : LIABLE
51
Edmonton hockey team : OILERS
52
Hot dog, informally : WEENIE
53
Projector inserts : SLIDES
55
QB Namath or Montana : JOE
56
Make into law : ENACT
57
Deep yellow : AMBER
59
Fe, chemically : IRON
62
"That's all ___ wrote!" : SHE
63
Ford or Lincoln : CAR
64
Taproom order : ALE
66
Sign between Cancer and Virgo : LEO

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

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