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New York Times, Thursday, February 9, 2012

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Down : "The Land of Painted Caves" novelist
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Kevin G. Der

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Der. Thursday freshness: 91%
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I
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S
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T
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O
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Y
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E
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R
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P
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A
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B
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T
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U
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A
C
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A
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S
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C
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L
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I
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A
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N
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E
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R
R
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A
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Y
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C
D
S
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L
O
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S
E
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G
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A
M
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S
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L
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F
R
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Z
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J
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S
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M
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D
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A
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S
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N
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D
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E
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P
O
T
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U
N
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K
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E
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D
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E
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R
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E
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A
S
Y
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P
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L
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I
S
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P
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P
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R
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A
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A
L
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H
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O
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E
N
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C
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T
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S
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T
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K
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H
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S
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S
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© 2012, The New York Times2/9/12 ( No. 22,738 )
Across
1
What ":" means on some exams : ISTO
5
River in W.W. I fighting : YSER
9
Brewing giant : PABST
14
Kind of street : THRU
15
Top : ACME
16
Gray ones can cause arguments : AREAS
17
*Look for : SEARCHOUT
19
Caffè ___ : LATTE
20
"If only" : IWISH
21
*Entice with : USEASBAIT
23
With 26-Across, none : NOT
24
Stumble : ERR
26
See 23-Across : ANY
27
Some investments, for short : CDS
28
*Drop one, say : LOSEAGAME
31
Broker's goal : SALE
32
"Cold Mountain" novelist Charles : FRAZIER
33
Most common first name among U.S. presidents (six) : JAMES
34
*July, for Major League Baseball : MIDSEASON
37
Where lines may cross : DEPOT
40
Voluntarily, perhaps : UNASKED
43
Those Spaniards : ESOS
44
*Doesn't worry : RESTSEASY
46
TV's onetime ___ Club : PTL
47
Electric ___ : EEL
48
NetZero, e.g., for short : ISP
49
Zip : PEP
51
*It may bear a coat of arms : ROYALSEAL
54
Relatives of raspberries : HOOTS
56
Succeed : ENSUE
57
*View from Land's End : CELTICSEA
59
Order countermanded by "Down, boy!" : SICEM
60
Long haul : TREK
61
Legion : HOST
62
Travels over what's hidden in the answers to the seven starred clues : SAILS
63
Average : SOSO
64
Bygone fliers : SSTS
Down
1
"___ his kiss" (repeated 1964 lyric) : ITSIN
2
Suckler of Romulus and Remus : SHEWOLF
3
Sellout : TRAITOR
4
What we share : OURS
5
Derisive call : YAH
6
See 13-Down : SCOURGES
7
Exotic avian pets : EMUS
8
Join forces anew : RETEAM
9
Tight : PALSY
10
Man from Oman : ARAB
11
Sony recorder : BETACAM
12
Twiddled one's thumbs : SATIDLE
13
6-Down in sub-Saharan Africa : TSETSES
18
Salty orange square : CHEEZIT
22
Suffix with hex- : ANE
25
Stir at a speakeasy : RAID
29
Island birthplace of Epicurus : SAMOS
30
Spartan king who fought Pyrrhus : AREUS
31
After-dinner drink, maybe : SANKA
33
Holy Roman emperor during the War of the Spanish Succession : JOSEPHI
35
They include Cuba and Jamaica : ANTILLES
36
Smart answers : SASS
37
Lower : DEPRESS
38
It's south of Helsinki : ESTONIA
39
Government study, briefly? : POLYSCI
41
Spanish husbands : ESPOSOS
42
Ophthalmologist's procedure : DYETEST
44
Musical notes : RES
45
Puts in, in a way : ELECTS
47
Fe, Ag, Au, etc. : ELEMS
50
Jrs. take them : PSATS
52
"The Land of Painted Caves" novelist : AUEL
53
Designed for flight : AERO
55
Singer Phil : OCHS
58
End of a match, for short : TKO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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