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New York Times, Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Author:
Corey Rubin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Down : What "Rh" may stand for
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Corey Rubin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Rubin. Wednesday freshness: 85%
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© 2009, The New York Times6/24/9 ( No. 21,778 )
Across
1
"60 Minutes" correspondent starting in 1991 : STAHL
6
It may be run up : TAB
9
Hunky-dory : AOK
12
More delicate : AIRIER
14
"I don't believe this!" : OHNO
15
Many-armed org.? : NRA
16
Talking like a junkie? : DRUGDICTION
18
Be discordant : JAR
19
Rock's David Lee ___ : ROTH
20
Canapé topper : PATE
21
"The Hot Zone" virus : EBOLA
23
Agnostic's display? : SHOWOFADOUBT
26
Vanessa Williams/Brian McKnight duet : LOVEIS
29
Be nosy : PRY
30
Sunbathing at Ipanema, e.g.? : RIOACTIVITY
34
Plaza locale: Abbr. : TPK
37
Suffix with psych- : OSIS
38
With 22-Down, recliner brand : LAZ
39
___-dieu : PRIE
40
Widower of Maude on "The Simpsons" : NED
41
Rink jewelry? : ROLLERBLING
45
Female whale : COW
46
E-mails from Nigerian princes, e.g. : HOAXES
47
Letter carrier's uniform? : MAILINGDRESS
53
The 40 of a "back 40" : ACRES
54
Targets of a Moe Howard poke : EYES
55
___ operandi (methods) : MODI
59
Cote call : BAA
60
Promote one's business, maybe ... or a hint to 16-, 23-, 30-, 41- and 47-Across : TAKEOUTANAD
63
Barrister's abbr. : ESQ
64
Group with a Grand Lodge in Chicago : ELKS
65
"Fiddler on the Roof" setting : SHTETL
66
Wahine's offering : LEI
67
Indian novelist Raja ___ : RAO
68
Tanning element : UVRAY
Down
1
Baghdad's ___ City : SADR
2
Newbie: Var. : TIRO
3
Stuck, after "in" : ARUT
4
Buccaneers' place : HIGHSEAS
5
Set the tempo : LED
6
Fence supplier : THIEF
7
Mayo is part of it : ANO
8
Parched : BONEDRY
9
Pear variety : ANJOU
10
Name in dental hygiene : ORALB
11
Unit of purity : KARAT
13
Fencing thrust: Var. : RIPOST
14
Uniformed comics dog : OTTO
17
Call from a farm field : CAW
22
See 38-Across : BOY
24
Blazin' Blueberry drink brand : HIC
25
Just right : APT
26
Scientology's ___ Hubbard : LRON
27
Chantilly's department : OISE
28
Tear up, so to speak : VOID
31
Off one's feed : ILL
32
Batman after Michael : VAL
33
Suffix with final : IZE
34
Fare "for kids" : TRIX
35
___ tar (baseball team supply) : PINE
36
Things to tap : KEGS
39
Device with a flat panel : PLASMATV
41
Whoop it up : ROISTER
42
Part of M.Y.O.B. : OWN
43
What "Rh" may stand for : RHESUS
44
A.L. East team, on scoreboards : BOS
45
A.L. Central team, on scoreboards : CLE
47
Normand of old movies : MABEL
48
Make ___ for (support) : ACASE
49
Operation ___ Freedom : IRAQI
50
Gordon ___ ("Wall Street" role) : GEKKO
51
Shoemakers' supplies : DYES
52
Flying Cloud of 1927-36 : REO
56
Lollapalooza : ONER
57
What's spread on a spreadsheet : DATA
58
Way to stand by : IDLY
61
Tuskegee U. locale : ALA
62
Day after so-called "hump day": Abbr. : THU

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

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