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New York Times, Thursday, February 26, 2009

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Down : Carpet meas.
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 130 for Mr. Quigley. Thursday freshness: 62%
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J
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O
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K
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X
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W
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R
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M
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S
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B
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G
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O
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N
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A
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L
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L
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B
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S
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K
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C
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H
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G
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L
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H
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P
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© 2009, The New York Times2/26/9 ( No. 21,660 )
Across
1
Toastmaster's offering : JOKE
5
Worked regularly at : PLIED
10
Home of Ensenada, informally : BAJA
14
"The ___ of Frankenstein" (Peter Cushing film) : EVIL
15
Poet Federico García ___ : LORCA
16
Acct. ___ : EXEC
17
Delft, e.g. : WARE
18
"Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson : ANART
19
"Hard ___!" (captain's order) : ALEE
20
Residence : LIVINGQUARTERS
23
Some music on the Warped Tour : EMO
24
"___ see!" : SOI
25
It has to be asked : BURNINGQUESTION
34
Troubled : ATEAT
35
Like Petruchio's wench in "The Taming of the Shrew" : LUSTY
36
Middle year of Nero's reign : LXI
37
Santa's reindeer, e.g. : TEAM
38
Common origami figures : BOATS
39
Ask for : SEEK
40
___ de coeur : CRI
41
Clean, in a way : ERASE
42
Consumer electronics giant : SANYO
43
Alumni weekend V.I.P. : HOMECOMINGQUEEN
46
1961 Top 10 hit "Hello Mary ___" : LOU
47
Texans' grp. : AFC
48
Many Haydn compositions : STRINGQUARTETS
56
It comes from Mars : TWIX
57
Casts : HURLS
58
Firm honcho : PREZ
60
Centers of activity : LOCI
61
Finnish architect Alvar ___ : AALTO
62
Ambiance : AURA
63
Something in the air : ODOR
64
Words repeated after "O Absalom" in the Bible : MYSON
65
Occurrence in the moon's first quarter : NEAP
Down
1
Wandering ___ : JEW
2
Eyeglass lens shape : OVAL
3
___ Davis, "A Girl Like Me" documentarian : KIRI
4
Matinee showing time, maybe : ELEVENAM
5
Have in mind : PLANON
6
Pants spec : LONG
7
Modern home of the ancient Akkadian empire : IRAQ
8
It's similar to cream : ECRU
9
Records for computer processing : DATASETS
10
"Vamoose!" : BEATIT
11
Part of a wheelset : AXLE
12
Raspberry : JEER
13
Reno's AAA baseball team : ACES
21
"You're looking at your guy!" : IMIT
22
Upbeat : ROSY
25
Bake sale display : BATCH
26
"In ___" (1993 #1 album) : UTERO
27
Adjust, as a satellite dish : REAIM
28
Twilight, old-style : GLOAM
29
Somewhat : QUASI
30
Old hwy. from Detroit to Seattle : USTEN
31
"The L Word" creator/producer Chaiken : ILENE
32
False sunflower : OXEYE
33
Coolpix camera maker : NIKON
38
Closed carriage with the driver outside in front : BROUGHAM
39
Its home is on the range : SAUCEPAN
41
Capital subj. : ECON
42
Carpet meas. : SQFT
44
Alchemist's concoction : ELIXIR
45
She played Mrs. Miniver in "Mrs. Miniver" : GARSON
48
French town of W.W. II : STLO
49
Lacking depth : TWOD
50
Opposite of pobre : RICO
51
Unloading site : QUAY
52
They may be bookmarked : URLS
53
Certain castrato : ALTO
54
Legitimate : TRUE
55
"Buona ___" : SERA
59
Delete in one quick stroke : ZAP

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

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