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New York Times, Monday, March 9, 2009

Author:
Betty Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Down : Spreader of seeds
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Betty Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Keller. Monday freshness: 57%
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© 2009, The New York Times3/9/9 ( No. 21,671 )
Across
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What skunks do : SMELL
6
Oared racing shell : SCULL
11
Harley-Davidson, slangily : HOG
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Domed domicile : IGLOO
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Book after Daniel : HOSEA
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One-spot : ACE
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"Keep going!" : TRYTRYAGAIN
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Workers just for the day : TEMPS
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Edgar who painted dancers : DEGAS
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"Sound off - one, two ...," e.g. : CADENCE
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Square cracker : SALTINE
28
___ about (roughly) : ONOR
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Neighbor of an Azerbaijani : ARMENIAN
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Cheap seat cover material : VINYL
33
Pizazz : ELAN
34
Cough medicine amt. : TSP
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Superlative suffix : EST
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Do impressions of : IMITATE
41
Garden tool : HOE
42
"I agree" : YES
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Donated : GAVE
44
Erupts : SPEWS
46
Coffee liqueur brand : TIAMARIA
50
Nabisco cookie : OREO
51
Bibliophile : BOOKMAN
53
Playful puppies : NIPPERS
55
Mumbai money : RUPEE
56
Baby food (whose name is an anagram of 55-Across) : PUREE
57
Hostel : INN
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"Keep going!" : NEVERSAYDIE
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Prefix with tourism : ECO
65
Decorative upholstery fabric : TOILE
66
Acquire information : LEARN
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Small number : FEW
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Peevish states : SNITS
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Letters before tees : ESSES
Down
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Use a stool : SIT
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Store head: Abbr. : MGR
3
Bridge writer Culbertson : ELY
4
Scratch-off game, e.g. : LOTTERY
5
Best Actress for "Two Women" : LOREN
6
Woodworking tool : SHAPER
7
Gear teeth : COGS
8
Where Springsteen was born, in song : USA
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Floral necklace : LEI
10
Noncellular phones : LANDLINES
11
"Keep going!" : HANGINTHERE
12
Atlantic or Pacific : OCEAN
13
Fliers in V's : GEESE
18
Village People hit whose title completes the line "It's fun to stay at the ..." : YMCA
22
Seventh Greek letter : ETA
23
Small flock : COVEY
24
Licorice-tasting seed : ANISE
25
"Keep going!" : DONTSTOPNOW
26
Actress Ward : SELA
27
Course related to physiology: Abbr. : ANAT
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It might go from 0 to 60 minutes : METER
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Easily torn bands of tissue : LIGAMENTS
35
Spreader of seeds : SOWER
36
Mexican money : PESOS
39
Papa's mate : MAMA
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"Terrible" czar : IVAN
45
Popular chain of chicken restaurants : POPEYES
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Dick was his running mate in '52 and '56 : IKE
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Hardens : INURES
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Broadcasts : AIRS
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Succinct : BRIEF
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1/16 of a pound : OUNCE
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"Positive thinker" Norman Vincent ___ : PEALE
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Animal hide : PELT
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Seeming eternity : EON
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7, to Caesar : VII
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"___ Rheingold" : DAS
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Wrath : IRE
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Coast Guard officer: Abbr. : ENS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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