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New York Times, Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Down : Arsonist, slangily
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
51.59618943%
Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 92 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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P
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A
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N
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M
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N
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C
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Y
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N
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R
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G
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G
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A
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X
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B
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O
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R
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S
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V
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© 2011, The New York Times3/16/11 ( No. 22,408 )
Across
1
Former TWA rival : PANAM
6
Ltd., here : INC
9
Beatrix Potter bunny : MOPSY
14
Supermarket part : AISLE
15
"Fuhgeddaboudit!" : NAH
16
Hogwarts potions professor : SNAPE
17
Ball : GREATTIME
19
Reversal of policy : UTURN
20
Upper-left key : ESC
21
"I swear!" : HONEST
23
Came down : ALIT
24
Strike : WORKSTOPPAGE
26
What's in carrots but not celery? : HARDC
28
Ring encouragement : OLE
29
33
Frittata need : EGG
36
Bickering : ATIT
37
Subj. of a pilot's announcement : ETA
38
Get together : ALLY
39
Voted, in a way : XED
40
Strike : BOWLERSCOUP
44
Many a trophy : CUP
45
Like Rod Serling's stories : EERIE
46
52
Masseur's target : ACHE
53
Amicus ___ (friend of the court) : CURIAE
54
Suffers from : HAS
57
Kirk subordinate : UHURA
59
With 61-Across, follower of the five italicized clues : FULLCOUNT
61
See 59-Across : PITCH
62
Marco Island locale: Abbr. : FLA
63
Tournament venue : ARENA
64
Pentathletes' weapons : EPEES
65
Still and all : YET
66
Meal with the Four Questions : SEDER
Down
1
Call for : PAGE
2
They may be put on : AIRS
3
Minuscule part of a min. : NSEC
4
Like : ALA
5
Techniques : METHODS
6
Indelibly written : ININK
7
When doubled, gets specific : NAMES
8
Booty holder : CHEST
9
The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. : MSU
10
Like some audiobooks : ONTAPE
11
Journalist Zahn : PAULA
12
Garnish unit : SPRIG
13
"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker : YENTE
18
Arsonist, slangily : TORCH
22
Tugboat's call : TOOT
24
Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT
25
Veneer layer : PLY
26
Show enmity toward : HATE
27
Like die-hard fans : AVID
29
Far from harsh : LAX
30
Nave seat : PEW
31
N.L. East city : ATL
32
"Norma ___" : RAE
33
Morlocks' victims in an H. G. Wells story : ELOI
34
Bond former : GLUE
35
Swindle : GYP
38
Zoning unit, maybe : ACRE
40
Spare change seeker : BUM
41
Cartel acronym : OPEC
42
Kidney-related : RENAL
43
New York tribe members : SENECAS
44
Arm-twist : COERCE
46
Hosiery shade : TAUPE
47
Modern screening device : VCHIP
48
Water park feature : CHUTE
49
Julia of "Designing Women" : DUFFY
50
"That was awesome of me!" : IRULE
51
Israeli seaport : EILAT
54
Tinted : HUED
55
Writer Rice : ANNE
56
Headliner : STAR
58
Sounds of satisfaction : AHS
60
Extracted stuff : ORE

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

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