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New York Times, Monday, May 31, 2010

Author:
Oliver Hill
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Down : Appeared to be
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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3532300
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.628836%
Oliver Hill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Hill. Monday freshness: 81%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/31/10 ( No. 22,119 )
Across
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Growing older : AGING
6
Tool for horses' hooves : RASP
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Protective wear for lobster eaters : BIBS
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Region of ancient Asia Minor : IONIA
15
"Hmm ..." : ISEE
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Amo, amas, ___ ... : AMAT
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Blue things that make some people turn red? : DIRTYJOKES
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"Dear ___" : ABBY
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Sound systems : STEREOS
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Actor/rapper ___ Def : MOS
23
Seedy loaf : RYE
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Metal in a mountain : ORE
25
Nine-to-five gigs, often : DESKJOBS
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Frequently, to Donne : OFT
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Ran, as colors : BLED
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"Othello" villain : IAGO
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Title for a prince or princess: Abbr. : HRH
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Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
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As one : ENBLOC
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"___ the ramparts we watched ..." : OER
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Womanizer : DONJUAN
40
"___ Loser" (Beatles song) : IMA
41
Donkey's sound : HEEHAW
43
"Give it ___!" : ATRY
44
20-vol. reference work : OED
45
Jacob's first wife : LEAH
46
Not the original color : DYED
47
Soon-to-be grads: Abbr. : SRS
48
Company with an industrial average : DOWJONES
50
Relentless nine-to-five gig, e.g. : RUT
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"Norma ___" : RAE
54
"My gal" of song : SAL
55
Easiest to beat up : PUNIEST
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Yemeni seaport : ADEN
61
Wrangler product : DENIMJEANS
63
Toy dog, briefly : PEKE
64
Coup d'___ : ETAT
65
"___ to the Moon" (first science fiction film, 1902) : ATRIP
66
Formerly, in old usage : ERST
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Singer McEntire : REBA
68
Sheds feathers, e.g. : MOLTS
Down
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Helps : AIDS
2
___ alone (have no help) : GOIT
3
Concerning, in a memo : INRE
4
Explosive compound, in brief : NITRO
5
More festive : GAYER
6
Spanish rivers : RIOS
7
Request : ASK
8
Appeared to be : SEEMED
9
Cuban coins : PESOS
10
Ewe's cry : BAA
11
Confused situations : IMBROGLIOS
12
Bill Clinton was the first one elected president : BABYBOOMER
13
Eye woes : STYES
18
Ordinary fellow : JOEBLOW
22
Thin : SKINNY
25
Record spinners ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 38-, 48- and 61-Across : DEEJAYS
26
Quick boxing punch : JAB
27
Cry of anticipation : OHOH
28
One who mooches : FREELOADER
29
How long the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament lasts : THREEWEEKS
31
Architect Maya : LIN
34
Some potatoes : IDAHOS
35
It protects the tympanic cavity : EARDRUM
36
Rascals : CADS
39
Colorado tribe : UTE
42
Journey to Mecca : HAJ
46
Undo, on a computer : DELETE
48
Hang loosely : DRAPE
49
Perennial presidential candidate Ralph : NADER
51
Fix, as a printer's feeder : UNJAM
52
Connect with : TIETO
55
Falafel bread : PITA
56
___ of Sandwich : EARL
57
Vexed state : SNIT
58
Baking soda amts. : TSPS
60
Mesh : NET
62
Arrest : NAB

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

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