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New York Times, Monday, April 23, 2012

Author:
Michael David
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Ruler on a beach?
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {WXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. David. Monday freshness: 99%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/23/12 ( No. 22,812 )
Across
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Late, as a library book : PASTDUE
8
Sound of an excited heart : PITAPAT
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"-" marks : HYPHENS
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Furious : INARAGE
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Surplus's opposite : DEFICIT
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Bring up, as a subject : MENTION
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Forget-me-___ : NOT
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Ruler on a golf course? : PARKING
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Yank : JERK
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Floppy feature of a basset hound : EAR
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"My country, ___ of thee" : TIS
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Morales of "NYPD Blue" : ESAI
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In favor of : FOR
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Mushroom cloud creator, briefly : NTEST
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Scrape, as a knee : SKIN
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Songwriter Berlin : IRVING
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"___ pasa?" : QUE
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Little bell sound : TING
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Electron tube : DIODE
40
Be furious : FUME
41
Rock music genre : EMO
42
Heart-shaped item on a chain, say : LOCKET
43
Genie's home : LAMP
44
Last movement of a sonata : RONDO
46
Tire filler : AIR
47
Stick ___ in the water : ATOE
48
Atlantic food fish : COD
50
Foreign policy grp. : NSC
52
Hawaii's state bird : NENE
53
Ruler in a vegetable garden? : PEAKING
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Comic strip cry : ACK
58
Folded Mexican dish : BURRITO
59
Element used to make semiconductors : SILICON
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Not recognizable by : ALIENTO
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Raw material for a steel mill : IRONORE
65
Figure with 14-Down sides : DECAGON
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Rainbow mnemonic : ROYGBIV
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Advanced deg. : PHD
2
Sailor's affirmative : AYE
3
Beach lotion letters : SPF
4
Ruler after a diet? : THINKING
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Art ___ (1920s-'30s movement) : DECO
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Join : UNITE
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Superlative suffix : EST
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Fine cotton : PIMA
9
Like krypton : INERT
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Ruler on a beach? : TANKING
11
Easel user : ARTIST
12
Ache : PAIN
13
Bug-eyed : AGOG
14
Number of sides in a 65-Across : TEN
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Ruler in a Utah city? : PROVOKING
21
Court clown : JESTER
22
Igloo builder : ESKIMO
23
Spoil, as a parade : RAINON
25
Zimbabwe's continent : AFRICA
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Passengers : RIDERS
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Consider the same : EQUATE
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Order to come : SUMMON
33
Cone-shaped shelter : TEEPEE
35
Bachelor's last words : IDO
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Badminton court divider : NET
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Ruler with custard desserts? : FLANKING
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Ruler in a W.C.? : LOOKING
45
Where many fed. employees live : DCAREA
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"Me too" : DITTO
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Egypt's capital : CAIRO
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Whine : PULE
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Guitarist Clapton : ERIC
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Midday : NOON
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Fill to excess : CLOY
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Rotten : BAD
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Madam's mate : SIR
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Corn on the ___ : COB
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"... ___ quit!" : ORI
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Las Vegas's home: Abbr. : NEV

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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