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New York Times, Monday, February 4, 2013

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Down : Islamic holy war
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 73 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 69%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/4/13 ( No. 23,099 )
Across
1
Response to an affront : SLAP
5
Advanced math class, for short : CALC
9
Happen again : RECUR
14
Peru's capital : LIMA
15
Prime draft status : ONEA
16
One of only two presidents with two Ivy League degrees : OBAMA
17
Flows back : EBBS
18
Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
19
Gem weight unit : CARAT
20
Overhead security devices : EYESINTHESKY
23
2, 3 or 4, usually, in miniature golf : PAR
24
A Stooge : MOE
25
Republican politico ___ Paul : RON
26
Scott Pelley's network : CBS
29
Winter follower: Abbr. : SPR
30
Brontë heroine who was a governess : JANEEYRE
32
Number of Stooges : THREE
35
___ Valley, Calif. : SIMI
36
Cheese at a cocktail party : BRIE
37
Lack of contact with reality : HEADINTHECLOUDS
40
Tolstoy's "___ Karenina" : ANNA
41
Algerian port : ORAN
42
Commencement : ONSET
43
Tobago's island neighbor : TRINIDAD
45
Salary : PAY
46
Topic in a confessional : SIN
47
New York baseballer : MET
48
"Krazy ___" : KAT
49
Hit with a ray gun : ZAP
52
Sign of haughtiness : NOSEINTHEAIR
55
Babbling stream : BROOK
58
Overabundance : GLUT
59
Broad : WIDE
60
Crucial artery : AORTA
61
That ___ say : ISTO
62
Metals from lodes : ORES
63
Like the north sides of some trees : MOSSY
64
Battle of Normandy city : CAEN
65
Sneaker brand : KEDS
Down
1
Hamlet's word before "perchance to dream" : SLEEP
2
Tripoli's country : LIBYA
3
Fossilized tree resin : AMBER
4
Get any grade above an F : PASS
5
Sarah ___, "The Terminator" heroine : CONNOR
6
Make ___ of (jot down) : ANOTE
7
Sister of Rachel, in the Bible : LEAH
8
Film set workers : CAMERAMEN
9
See 48-Down : ROCKNE
10
Self-described "World's Online Marketplace" : EBAY
11
It's parked in a garage : CAR
12
Actress Thurman : UMA
13
Singer who doesn't want a hit? : RAT
21
Louvre Pyramid architect : IMPEI
22
___ boom : SONIC
26
Miley of "Hannah Montana" : CYRUS
27
Groom's partner : BRIDE
28
"What thou ___, write in a book": Revelation : SEEST
29
Family 11-Down : SEDAN
30
Islamic holy war : JIHAD
31
Black piano key material : EBONY
32
"___ all she wrote!" : THATS
33
Painter Matisse : HENRI
34
Took to the station house : RANIN
35
The "S" in SALT : STRATEGIC
38
Junctures : NODES
39
Reluctant (to) : LOATH
44
"No harm, no foul" : IMOKAY
45
General played by George C. Scott : PATTON
48
With 9-Down, Notre Dame coaching legend : KNUTE
49
Congo, once : ZAIRE
50
Helped : AIDED
51
Iron, as clothes : PRESS
52
Have-___ (poor people) : NOTS
53
"Casablanca" character Lund : ILSA
54
Furry "Star Wars" creature : EWOK
55
"Kapow!" : BAM
56
Little friend of Winnie-the-Pooh : ROO
57
Surgery sites, for short : ORS

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

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