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New York Times, Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Down : "Keep it in" notations
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} Scrabble average: 2.16 This is puzzle # 117 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 88%
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B
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O
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O
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R
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S
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H
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U
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M
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N
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J
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A
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M
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B
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I
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N
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D
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Z
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Y
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D
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N
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X
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G
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R
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T
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U
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T
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F
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W
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D
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H
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A
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A
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O
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R
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M
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C
U
R
D
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P
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N
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O
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O
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B
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N
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C
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J
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G
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S
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P
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S
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Y
© 2007, The New York Times4/24/7 ( No. 20,986 )
Across
1
Rude sorts : BOORS
6
Play a kazoo : HUM
9
Fix, as a photocopier : UNJAM
14
Naval convoy menace : UBOAT
15
Prefix with metric : ISO
16
Supercool : NEATO
17
Pitcher of baseball's Gas House Gang : DIZZYDEAN
19
Speedpass-accepting gas company : EXXON
20
Old codger : GEEZER
21
Exactly : TOAT
23
Man of Steel's symbol : ESS
24
Says : UTTERS
27
Pass along, as an e-mail: Abbr. : FWD
30
Golf's 1984 U.S. Open winner : FUZZYZOELLER
33
Dines : HASAMEAL
36
Top-shelf : AONE
37
Signs to heed : OMENS
38
Sleep phase, for short : REM
40
Cottage cheese, essentially : CURDS
41
Ibuprofen target : PAIN
42
Lunchtimes, typically : NOONDAYS
44
Patriarch on an MTV reality show : OZZYOSBOURNE
48
Born, on the society page : NEE
49
Skier's lodging : CHALET
50
Draft org. : SSS
53
Like an eagle's vision : KEEN
54
"Same goes for me" : IDOTOO
57
With "cum" and 32-Down, a diploma phrase : MAGNA
60
The Fresh Prince's partner DJ : JAZZYJEFF
63
How the confident solve : INPEN
64
Eggs, in labs : OVA
65
Really bother : EATAT
66
Really bothers, with "at" : GNAWS
67
Equinox mo. : SEP
68
Girlie man : SISSY
Down
1
Move a bit : BUDGE
2
Theater awards since 1956 : OBIES
3
Moves like molasses : OOZES
4
Bronx cheer : RAZZ
5
Eyelid woe : STYE
6
Hotfoot it : HIE
7
___ Today : USA
8
Exotic dancer Lola : MONTEZ
9
Fidgety feeling : UNEASE
10
Barber's call : NEXT
11
The Jaguars, on scoreboards : JAX
12
___ Z (the gamut) : ATO
13
Start of the work wk., for many : MON
18
Syrian/Lebanese religious group : DRUZE
22
___ y plata : ORO
25
Russian autocrat: Var. : TZAR
26
Popular reliever of aches : TYLENOL
27
Fauna's partner : FLORA
28
"Peter Pan" heroine : WENDY
29
Get decked out : DRESS
30
Keister : FANNY
31
Vocal stumbles : UMS
32
See 57-Across : LAUDE
33
Motorcyclist's invitation : HOPON
34
Knock the socks off : AMAZE
35
Take forcibly : SEIZE
39
Pouty look : MOUE
40
Anderson Cooper's channel : CNN
43
Baseball's David, nicknamed "Big Papi" : ORTIZ
45
Vast amounts : OCEANS
46
That ship : SHE
47
Dixieland instruments : BANJOS
50
"Keep it in" notations : STETS
51
Love seats, e.g. : SOFAS
52
Kindhearted sort : SOFTY
53
Had down pat : KNEW
55
Tattooist's supply : DYES
56
Town near Santa Barbara : OJAI
57
Russian fighter : MIG
58
Cape ___, Mass. : ANN
59
4.0 is a great one : GPA
61
Forum greeting : AVE
62
Microwave : ZAP

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

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