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New York Times, Monday, April 19, 2010

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Down : Piña ___
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Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Sowell. Monday freshness: 61%
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© 2010, The New York Times4/19/10 ( No. 22,077 )
Across
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Noisy bird : MACAW
6
"___ the night before ..." : TWAS
10
Exhilaration : GLEE
14
Ninth planet no more : PLUTO
15
Days of King Arthur's Round Table, e.g. : YORE
16
Any brother in "Animal Crackers" : MARX
17
Broadway lyricist/composer who wrote "I Can Get It for You Wholesale" : HAROLDROME
19
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
20
Opposite of melted : FROZE
21
Make ___ for (advocate) : ACASE
22
California wine county : SONOMA
26
Whoop : YELL
28
Buddhist sect : ZEN
29
Gas log fuel : PROPANE
31
Certify (to) : ATTEST
33
Virginia-born Pulitzer Prize novelist of 1942 : ELLENGLASGOW
36
Actress Cannon : DYAN
37
Three ___ match : ONA
38
"Anybody home? ... home? ... home? ..." : ECHO
42
"God Bless America" composer : IRVINGBERLIN
47
Drink that might come with a mint leaf : ICETEA
50
Japanese site of the 1972 Winter Olympics : SAPPORO
51
Lon ___ of Cambodia : NOL
52
Greek portico : STOA
55
"You said it, ___!" : SISTER
56
Elite roster : ALIST
58
Cook, as steaks in an oven : BROIL
60
Indy 500, e.g. : RACE
61
"The Call of the Wild" author : JACKLONDON
66
Chief Norse god : ODIN
67
The "A" in U.S.A.: Abbr. : AMER
68
Seeing Eye dog, e.g. : GUIDE
69
Light bulb unit : WATT
70
Nothing, in Juárez : NADA
71
Pegasus, e.g. : STEED
Down
1
Speedometer reading: Abbr. : MPH
2
___ carte : ALA
3
Dog prone to biting : CUR
4
From ___ Z : ATO
5
One who changes form during a full moon : WOLFMAN
6
Beginner : TYRO
7
Mentally unclear : WOOZY
8
French military force : ARMEE
9
Go out with : SEE
10
Auto financing inits. : GMAC
11
Childbirth training method : LAMAZE
12
Undoes pencil marks : ERASES
13
Scope : EXTENT
18
Sturm und ___ : DRANG
21
Kind of sax : ALTO
22
Hurried : SPED
23
Paris suburb : ORLY
24
Theme song of bandleader Vincent Lopez : NOLA
25
Gift-giver's urging : OPENIT
27
Fall behind : LAG
30
"The Time Machine" people : ELOI
32
Dweebs : TWERPS
34
The Beach Boys' "Barbara ___" : ANN
35
Is low around the waist, as pants : SAGS
39
Blood circulation problem : CLOT
40
Put on the payroll : HIRE
41
___ off (light switch options) : ONOR
43
Remainder : REST
44
Industrial container : VAT
45
Pesto seasoning : BASIL
46
Ends of some novels : EPILOGS
47
Lined up : INAROW
48
Piña ___ : COLADA
49
Bring out : ELICIT
53
First president born in Hawaii : OBAMA
54
Followed a curved path : ARCED
57
E-mail folder : SENT
59
Gumbo pod : OKRA
61
First mo. : JAN
62
Hickory ___ : NUT
63
What immortals never do : DIE
64
Shelley's "___ to the West Wind" : ODE
65
___ Flanders of "The Simpsons" : NED

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

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