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New York Times, Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Down : Lacking
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
929/1/20037/8/20166
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
358532741
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Silk. Wednesday freshness: 66%
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N
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O
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L
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A
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N
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P
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O
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G
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S
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N
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W
O
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K
D
A
Y
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V
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© 2009, The New York Times4/29/9 ( No. 21,722 )
Across
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*Start of a 38-Across : NINE
5
"The Good Earth" heroine : OLAN
9
So last year : PASSE
14
___ about : ONOR
15
*Small part of a spork : TINE
16
Recyclable item : EMPTY
17
Prayer wheel user : LAMA
18
*Musical quality : TONE
19
Strike down : SMITE
20
Cockpit announcements, briefly : ETAS
21
Millstone : ONUS
22
*Made tracks : TORE
23
Strength : SINEW
25
Cord unit : LOG
27
Good name for an investment adviser? : IRA
29
Permanently attached, in zoology : SESSILE
32
Early MP3-sharing Web site : NAPSTER
35
*Teed off : SORE
37
Up-to-date : LATEST
38
Hint to the word ladder in the answers to the starred clues : STANDARDWORKDAY
43
"... and that's final!" : PERIOD
44
*Put into piles : SORT
45
Canal site, maybe : ISTHMUS
47
Showing irritation : PEEVISH
52
Last in a series : NTH
53
Toxic pollutant, for short : PCB
55
Sweet, in Italy : DOLCE
56
*Locale in a western : FORT
59
Many Christmas ornaments : ORBS
62
Holly : ILEX
63
Crossword maker or editor, at times : CLUER
64
*It may precede a stroke : FORE
65
Rat Pack nickname : DINO
66
Dirección sailed by Columbus : OESTE
67
*Ax : FIRE
68
Change components, often : ONES
69
Dag Hammarskjöld, for one : SWEDE
70
Some cameras, for short : SLRS
71
*End of a 38-Across : FIVE
Down
1
At minimum : NOLESS
2
How baseball games rarely end : INATIE
3
Kind of land : NOMANS
4
Undoes : ERASES
5
Camp Swampy dog : OTTO
6
Symbol of courage : LION
7
Undo : ANNUL
8
"Kinsey" star, 2004 : NEESON
9
Orkin victim : PEST
10
Survivalist's stockpile : AMMO
11
Full of energy : SPIRITED
12
"The Way of Perfection" writer : STTERESA
13
Word after red or dead : EYE
24
Solomon's asset : WISDOM
26
In profusion : GALORE
28
Pseudo-cultured : ARTY
30
Stockpile : LOADUP
31
Muff one : ERR
33
Like some men's hair : PARTED
34
Nasdaq buy: Abbr. : STK
36
Wynn and Harris : EDS
38
Quick drive : SPIN
39
Tried out at an Air Force base : TESTFLEW
40
Theater for niche audiences : ARTHOUSE
41
Medical research org. : NIH
42
Doo-___ : WOP
46
Shows scorn : SCOFFS
48
Lacking : VOIDOF
49
"Fighting" athletes : ILLINI
50
Part of an act, perhaps : SCENEV
51
Simple sugar : HEXOSE
54
Range setting : BROIL
57
On Soc. Sec., say : RETD
58
Trap, in a way : TREE
60
Winter exclamation : BRRR
61
Goes with : SEES
63
Orgs. with "Inc." in their names : COS

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

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