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New York Times, Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Author:
Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Down : Feet in a meter
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Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Peterson. Wednesday freshness: 82%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/14/8 ( No. 21,372 )
Across
1
Send roses, perhaps : WOO
4
Polo name : MARCO
9
Pooh-pooh : SCOFF
14
"Atonement" author McEwan : IAN
15
Harvest bundle : SHEAF
16
Physics Nobelist Wolfgang : PAULI
17
Singles bar habitué? : FREQUENTFLIRTER
20
Twin in Genesis : ESAU
21
Geog. feature : MTS
22
Intimate wear, informally : UNDIES
23
The Reds, on a scoreboard : CIN
25
H : ETA
27
Lie down on the job? : REST
28
Do some barhopping? : PARTYASYOUGO
33
"Rockaria!" grp. : ELO
34
Bogart role : QUEEG
35
Daft : LOOPY
39
Stooped shoulders, e.g. : POSTURE
41
Quick peek : GLIMPSE
43
Unagi or tekka maki : SUSHI
44
Ryan with 5,714 strikeouts : NOLAN
46
Eerie ability : ESP
47
Dirndls? : ALPINESKIRTS
50
"Not if ___ help it!" : ICAN
53
Santa ___ winds : ANA
54
Internists' grp. : AMA
55
Lye, e.g. : ALKALI
57
Pugilists' org. : WBC
60
In the matter of : ASTO
63
"Wild and crazy guy" on the old "S.N.L."? : MARTINCHARACTER
66
Put up with : BROOK
67
Tear-out from a Playboy magazine : PINUP
68
Rail-splitter's tool : AXE
69
Pick up on : SENSE
70
Flabbergast : AMAZE
71
Football linemen, for short, caught in 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across? : RTS
Down
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The "Judy" of Punch and Judy : WIFE
2
Dinghy movers : OARS
3
This answer intersects it : ONEACROSS
4
East Lansing sch. : MSU
5
Call for attention : AHEM
6
Monopoly expense : RENT
7
Certain marble : CATSEYE
8
Not working : OFF
9
Washer or dryer action : SPIN
10
Hold'em venue : CARDROOM
11
Navel designation : OUTIE
12
Takes off : FLEES
13
"For starters ..." : FIRST
18
Cease : QUIT
19
Island shindig : LUAU
24
Vicks brand : NYQUIL
26
Two-position switch : TOGGLE
28
Fires (up) : PEPS
29
Baseball's Felipe or Moises : ALOU
30
Gold: Prefix : AUR
31
Tended to by the butler, say : SEENIN
32
"A Life for the Tsar" composer : GLINKA
36
Callas or Sills : OPERASTAR
37
Alternative to "Hey!" : PSST
38
Informal assents : YEPS
40
Death personified, in ancient Greece : THANATOS
42
Scale syllables : LAS
45
For the heck of it : ONAWHIM
48
Nuisance : PAIN
49
Non-PC purchase : IMAC
50
Feet in a meter : IAMBS
51
St. ___ of Assisi : CLARE
52
Goodyear's home : AKRON
56
Take a shine to : LIKE
58
Eric of "Munich" : BANA
59
Santa ___, University of California city : CRUZ
61
___ message : TEXT
62
Sources of nickel, e.g. : ORES
64
Tax season V.I.P. : CPA
65
Zoo attraction : APE

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

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