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New York Times, Thursday, May 7, 2009

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : Bodies of organisms
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 166 for Ms. Gorski. Thursday freshness: 95%
Jim Horne notes:

You could fill this grid by putting a circle in each corner. The four rebus squares must be interpreted differently Across or Down. As shown here, the top entry is for the Across answer and bottom is for the Down. Notice that this makes a nicely symmetric set.

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HOOP
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S
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T
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E
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R
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A
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W
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N
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RING
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J
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G
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P
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C
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RING
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HOOP
© 2009, The New York Times5/7/9 ( No. 21,730 )
Across
1
B-ball player : HOOPSTER
6
Like the Grand Canyon or Fourth of July fireworks : AWEINSPIRING
15
"Casablanca" co-star : LORRE
16
Phobic sort : NEUROPATH
17
Prayer leaders : IMAMS
18
Rush job? : TALKRADIO
19
Broadway Joe : NAMATH
21
"American Pie" actress Tara : REID
22
"Burma Looks Ahead" author : UNU
23
Head of steam? : ESS
24
Give ___ (care) : ADARN
26
Picasso's muse Dora ___ : MAAR
27
De ___ (by right) : JURE
29
Jocund : GAY
31
Cigar distributor, perhaps : PROUDPAPA
36
Fictional hero on a quest to Mount Doom : FRODO
40
Gets past a last difficulty ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : ROUNDSTHECORNER
42
Creepy : EERIE
43
Unisex : HISORHERS
44
"Show pity, ___ die": "The Taming of the Shrew" : ORI
46
Heading in a Keats volume : ODES
47
"Notch" on Orion's belt : STAR
50
Diaper, in Devon : NAPPY
53
Mandela's org. : ANC
56
Agcy. with agents : IRS
57
Stuff the piggy bank : SAVE
58
Take, as an exam : SITFOR
61
Means of some W.W. I raids : ZEPPELINS
64
Complete, quickly : THORO
65
Ousters : EVICTIONS
66
Crunching sound : CRUMP
67
Welcome January 1, say : RINGINTHENEW
68
1950s fad item : HULAHOOP
Down
1
New York City tour provider : CIRCLELINE
2
Bodies of organisms : SOMAS
3
Suspended air travel? : TRAMS
4
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
5
Kick back : REST
6
Hill denizen : ANT
7
___ smile (grin) : WEARA
8
Calculus pioneer : EULER
9
Teeing off : IRKING
10
Sud's opposite : NORD
11
Where you may get steamed : SPA
12
"The Taming of the Shrew" setting : PADUA
13
1986 Turner autobiography : ITINA
14
Showtime, at NASA : ZEROHOUR
20
Strings pulled in heaven? : HARPS
25
The end : DEATH
26
Some aromatic resins : MYRRHS
27
Sonny : JUNIOR
28
Milk dispenser : UDDER
30
Prior to, poetically : AFORE
31
Paid intro? : PRE
32
Beluga delicacy : ROE
33
Joint possession word : OUR
34
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
35
Classical storyteller : AESOP
37
Series opener : ONE
38
Part of many Dutch surnames : DER
39
Hosp. areas : ORS
41
Buffalo Bill ___ Wild West Show : CODYS
45
Bad way to be caught : INALIE
47
Teeny dress measurement : SIZEZERO
48
___ Fountain : TREVI
49
Clinton's first defense secretary : ASPIN
51
Par ___ : AVION
52
Pasta variety : PENNE
53
Run ___ of : AFOUL
54
Bellini opera : NORMA
55
Mysterious art visible from the sky : CROPCIRCLE
57
Green of "The Italian Job," 2003 : SETH
59
Scratcher's target : ITCH
60
Dolly Parton's "Travelin' ___" : THRU
62
%: Abbr. : PCT
63
Milwaukee-to-Houston dir. : SSW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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