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New York Times, Monday, May 22, 2006

Author:
Edgar R. Fontaine
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Cut corners
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Edgar R. Fontaine

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {BJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Fontaine. Monday freshness: 35%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/22/6 ( No. 20,649 )
Across
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Early 20th-century art movement : DADA
5
Dernier ___ (the latest thing) : CRI
8
Turtle cover : SHELL
13
Designer Christian : DIOR
14
Decay : ROT
15
Gather into a bundle, as wheat : SHEAVE
16
Forest unit : TREE
17
Flying saucer fliers, for short : ETS
18
Awful : HORRID
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Island east of Australia : NEWCALEDONIA
22
Tile art : MOSAIC
25
Grasp : HOLD
26
"Exodus" hero : ARI
27
Title for Prince Andrew : DUKEOFYORK
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Dashboard meas. : RPM
33
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
34
Onionlike plant used in cookery : LEEK
36
Bake, as eggs : SHIRR
38
___ de France : ILE
40
Enlarge : ADDTO
41
Angel topper : HALO
42
Org. with an academy near Colo. Springs : USAF
44
Western Indian : OTO
45
Proselytizer's success : NEWCONVERT
49
Horned animal : ELK
50
Diva's delivery : ARIA
51
Teens' rooms, typically : MESSES
53
Gary Cooper title role : SERGEANTYORK
58
Opus Dei member : PRIEST
59
"___ the land of the free ..." : OER
60
Tiniest bit : IOTA
64
Ancient markets, old-style : AGORAE
65
Letter between ex and zee : WYE
66
Atomic particle : MUON
67
Schlepper : TOTER
68
Actor Beatty : NED
69
Zebras, for lions : PREY
Down
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Banned pesticide : DDT
2
A lungful : AIR
3
A deer, a female deer : DOE
4
Where the action is : ARENA
5
Soldier's hairstyle : CREWCUT
6
Campus mil. program : ROTC
7
Lyric in the song named by the starts and ends of 19-, 27-, 45- and 53-Across : ITSAHELLUVATOWN
8
Poorly made : SHODDY
9
Medal recipient : HERO
10
Make, as an income : EARN
11
Roman 57 : LVII
12
Helen's mother, in Greek myth : LEDA
15
Bookcase unit : SHELF
20
Duck with soft down : EIDER
21
W.C. : LOO
22
Bog : MARSH
23
Parentless child : ORPHAN
24
Cute as a button, for one : SIMILE
28
China's Chiang ___-shek : KAI
29
No longer funny : OLD
30
Makes over : REDOES
31
Stovetop vessel : KETTLE
35
Wackos : KOOKS
37
Use an oar : ROW
39
180° from WNW : ESE
40
Time ___ time : AFTER
43
Like a Brink's truck : ARMORED
46
"Et tu, Brute?" utterer : CAESAR
47
Speak from a soapbox : ORATE
48
Diarist Anaïs : NIN
52
Cut corners : SKIMP
53
Tiff : SPAT
54
It then follows that ... : ERGO
55
Protest gone bad : RIOT
56
Actor Richard of "Chicago" : GERE
57
Style of 1960's French pop music with a repetitive name : YEYE
61
Lord's Prayer start : OUR
62
Foot's end : TOE
63
Whichever : ANY

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

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