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New York Times, Thursday, February 17, 2011

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Down : Halloween costume, maybe
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Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Nothnagel. Thursday freshness: 76%
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© 2011, The New York Times2/17/11 ( No. 22,381 )
Across
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"Huh ...?!" : WHA
4
Fleet : ARMADA
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Muscle car feature : TTOP
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What this would be to Caesar? : HIC
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Jaded response to a movie suggestion : SEENIT
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Comb container : HIVE
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Wanted poster abbr. : AKA
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*Photogenic athlete from Cincinnati? : HANDSOMERED
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Ceremonial presentation : MEDAL
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*Cozy rooms for playing? : GAMEDENS
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Tax collector, e.g. : EXACTOR
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Drifts (off) : NODS
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"You must be joking ..." : COMENOW
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Food made from fermented beans : MISO
31
"___ hope?" : ANY
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Drafted, with "up" : DREW
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Company concerned with automobile history : CARFAX
38
Spring : LEAP
40
Opposite of 33-Down : PEACE
42
Bob, e.g. : SLED
43
Indian city now known as Chennai : MADRAS
45
Mount : RISE
47
NPR's Shapiro : ARI
48
Days before : EVES
50
Yaps : TALKSON
52
Actress Blanchett : CATE
54
What dirt may come out in : THEWASH
56
*Social gathering for auction participants? : BUYERBEE
58
Drags : PUFFS
61
*Diatribes from captured criminals? : ARRESTRANTS
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Stadium cheer : OLE
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Bank holding : LIEN
66
Get into a habit? : ENROBE
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Andy's dinosaur in "Toy Story" : REX
68
Shade of green : MOSS
69
"I'm impressed" : NOTBAD
70
See 28-Down : DAY
Down
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Pow! : WHAM
2
Shout before a snap : HIKE
3
*Commercial for a private school? : ACADEMYAD
4
Henry Clay's historic Kentucky estate : ASHLAND
5
"The End of the Affair" actor, 1999 : REA
6
Playing pieces : MEN
7
"Start ... now!" : ANDGO
8
Neutralize, as a bomb : DISARM
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Mr. ___, radioactive enemy of Captain Marvel : ATOM
10
"Hello, I Love You" band, 1968 : THEDOORS
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Shopworn : TIRED
12
Kitchen window sites? : OVENS
13
Walkers, in brief : PEDS
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Organization that sponsors an annual Mind Games competition : MENSA
21
Let go : AXE
24
Halloween costume, maybe : CORPSE
25
Cutesy, in London : TWEE
27
Like Type B personalities : CALM
28
With 70-Across, vitamin bottle phrase : ONEA
30
Winter fishing tool : ICESAW
33
What's broken out of the answers to the starred clues? : WAR
35
*Expose oneself to a former U.S. president? : FLASHFORD
36
Prefix with -naut : AERO
37
Marked, as a questionnaire box : XDIN
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Much of Nickelodeon's target audience : PRETEENS
41
Reference : CITE
44
States : AVERS
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Passed : ELAPSED
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Caterer's supply : STERNO
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The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A. : KSU
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___ cabinet : CURIO
53
1948 Best Actor nominee for "Johnny Belinda" : AYRES
55
Gift from the Wizard of Oz that's really a clock : HEART
56
Lip ___ : BALM
57
Classic Army bomber plane : BTEN
59
Pet peeve? : FLEA
60
Hot : SEXY
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San Francisco's ___ Hill : NOB
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Not yet determined: Abbr. : TBA

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

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