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New York Times, Friday, June 7, 2013

Author:
Ed Sessa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Prefix with kinetic
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Edward Sessa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Sessa. Friday freshness: 62%
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© 2013, The New York Times6/7/13 ( No. 23,222 )
Across
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Dupe : CATSPAW
8
Like many PDFs : EMAILED
15
Red-hot : ONATEAR
16
Letter : MISSIVE
17
Salvage a bad situation : MAKETHEBESTOFIT
19
Hungarian city known for "Bull's Blood" wine : EGER
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One catching the game : SNARER
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Two-time Best Rock Album Grammy winner : ENO
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Acted like a sponge : DRANK
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Neighbor of Hercules : LYRA
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Critical hosp. setting : ICU
26
Founding member of the Star Alliance, for short : UAL
27
Automaker Adam : OPEL
30
Mole removal option : LASER
32
Goth relative : EMO
33
"___ Bein' Bad" (Sawyer Brown country hit) : BETTYS
36
25-Across sights : IVS
37
Flipped out : OVERTHEEDGE
40
Swinging halter, for short : TKO
41
Almost fall : TEETER
42
Last item bagged, often: Abbr. : RCT
45
Milling byproducts : BRANS
47
"___ Plays Monterey" (posthumous 1986 album) : JIMI
48
Chairman ___ (hoops nickname) : YAO
49
1958-61 polit. alliance : UAR
50
Roger Staubach's sch. : USNA
53
Home of Sinbad the sailor : BASRA
55
"Idol ___" (Mozart aria) : MIO
56
Cold war weapon? : ICICLE
59
Sorority letters : RHOS
60
Too pooped to pop : PLUMTUCKEREDOUT
63
Mathematical physicist Roger : PENROSE
64
Assorted : DIVERSE
65
Have meals delivered : ORDERIN
66
Like some tea : SCENTED
Down
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Mature : COMEDUE
2
Antes up for peanuts? : ANAGRAM
3
Open house invitation : TAKEALOOKAROUND
4
Rear admiral's rear : STERN
5
Iguana, maybe : PET
6
Music to a masseur's ears : AAHS
7
Troglodytes troglodytes : WREN
8
Grinding material : EMERY
9
Jack Benny persona : MISER
10
Like some giants and dwarfs : ASTRAL
11
Prefix with kinetic : ISO
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Why "there's no time for fussing and fighting," per a Beatles hit : LIFEISVERYSHORT
13
Shows that one has : EVINCES
14
GPS button : DETOUR
18
Go for broke : BALLTHEJACK
23
Kind of beef : KOBE
28
Fresh : PERT
29
Couch attachment? : ETTE
31
2008 TARP recipient : AIG
34
Humanoid cryptid : YETI
35
Feel : SEEM
38
Part of many a German name : VON
39
Smidgen : DRIB
40
It shows small parts of the picture : TRAILER
43
Whoop it up : CAROUSE
44
Like many newlyweds and bagels : TOASTED
45
"Leatherstocking Tales" hero : BUMPPO
46
One may give a ring : SUITOR
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"My bad, Mario!" : SCUSI
52
Spiff (up), in dialect : NICEN
54
See 62-Down : ARDEN
57
Some indicator lamps, briefly : LEDS
58
"The Little Mermaid" prince : ERIC
61
Post-hurricane handout, for short : MRE
62
With 54-Down, Best Supporting Actress nominee for 1945's "Mildred Pierce" : EVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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