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New York Times, Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Down : Sch. system with campuses in Albany and 63 other places
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Scrabble average: 1.85 This is puzzle # 146 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 46%
Jim Horne notes:

Mr. Quigley announced he was going to become a father via 17 Across.

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© 2011, The New York Times4/26/11 ( No. 22,449 )
Across
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Word on a 2008 Obama poster : HOPE
5
Subject for a media ombudsman : BIAS
9
Wrist or knee : JOINT
14
Jump in a rink : AXEL
15
Second word in many limericks : ONCE
16
Milk provider : UDDER
17
"___ pregnant!" : WERE
18
Hybrid citrus fruit : UGLI
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Humdinger : DOOZY
20
Consent reluctantly : KNUCKLEUNDER
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Main character on "How I Met Your Mother" : TED
24
Fish that twists : EEL
25
___ room : REC
28
1971 rock album with the hit "Won't Get Fooled Again" : WHOSNEXT
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To be specific : NAMELY
35
Acorn source : OAK
36
Is active without making progress or falling behind : TREADSWATER
38
Born's partner : BRED
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Opposite of SSW : NNE
41
Programming language that's also the name of an island : JAVA
42
Main food-supplying region of a country : BREADBASKET
47
Stimpy's TV pal : REN
48
Golf club similar to a niblick : LOFTER
49
"Could go either way" : YESANDNO
51
___ lamb : EWE
52
Liquid in the 8-Down : EAU
54
Harvard Sq. on Boston's T, e.g. : STA
55
Wizardry : SPELLWEAVING
61
Easter figure : JESUS
64
"Three Coins in the Fountain" lyricist Sammy : CAHN
65
Region : AREA
66
Like a 51-Across : OVINE
67
Google executive Schmidt : ERIC
68
Leave at the altar : JILT
69
No-brainer class, an example of which is named by combining the ends of 20-, 36-, 42- and 55-Across : EASYA
70
Knock down : RAZE
71
Site of the Ibsen Museum : OSLO
Down
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Atlanta cager : HAWK
2
The yoke's on them : OXEN
3
Land with chinchillas : PERU
4
Puts in office : ELECTS
5
Rock that may be hard to roll : BOULDER
6
Playwright William : INGE
7
Rights org. : ACLU
8
See 52-Across : SEINE
9
Dr. Watson player in 2009's "Sherlock Holmes" : JUDELAW
10
Dumpster emanation : ODOR
11
Altar declaration : IDO
12
Pince-___ : NEZ
13
"Give it a shot" : TRY
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Canterbury's county : KENT
22
TV rooms : DENS
25
Slow down : RETARD
26
On a scale of 1 to 10, what one amp in "This Is Spinal Tap" goes to : ELEVEN
27
Storied duelist with a large nose : CYRANO
28
Teeter : WOBBLE
29
Tilling tool : HARROW
30
Political activist James known for undercover videos : OKEEFE
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Title TV character in a brown, skirted, leather outfit : XENA
32
Aster relative : TANSY
34
Army V.I.P. : MAJ
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Hockey feint : DEKE
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Dis's opposite : DAT
43
Kind of diving : DEEPSEA
44
Hill near a loch : BRAE
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Perfume : ESSENCE
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"Gotta run!" : TATA
50
Indian making a blanket : NAVAJO
53
Bad feeling in one's gut? : ULCER
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Sch. system with campuses in Albany and 63 other places : SUNY
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Actress ___ Flynn Boyle : LARA
57
Zoom : WHIZ
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Eye part : IRIS
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"The Old Curiosity Shop" heroine : NELL
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Cancún kitty : GATO
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Vice President Biden : JOE
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Little ___, who did the Loco-Motion : EVA
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Family nickname : SIS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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