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New York Times, Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Author:
Tony Orbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Tony Orbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Orbach. Tuesday freshness: 28%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/18/9 ( No. 21,833 )
Across
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Short : ABRUPT
7
Hideout : LAIR
11
General on a Chinese menu : TSO
14
Plugs : PROMOS
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Right-hand person : AIDE
16
Help in a heist, say : ABET
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Fountain treat : BANANASPLIT
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Bearded beast : GOAT
20
Bearded bloom : IRIS
21
"Just watch me!" : ICANSO
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Type size used in typewriters : ELITE
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Tangy pie filler : LEMONCREAM
30
Goes postal : LOSESIT
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Penlight batteries : AAAS
33
Patty Hearst kidnap grp. : SLA
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He flew too close to the sun, in myth : ICARUS
35
"___ du lieber!" : ACH
36
Abbr. on an envelope : ATTN
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Relative of a certain cobbler : APPLECRUMBLE
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Idiosyncrasies : TICS
43
Batman and Robin, e.g. : DUO
44
Game keeper? : ARCADE
47
Setting for TV's "Newhart" : INN
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Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" : OMAR
50
A little scared : SPOOKED
51
Candy bar with maraschinos : CHERRYMASH
54
Big stingers : WASPS
55
Show deep respect (to) : KOWTOW
56
Make : EARN
58
Vermeer's "Woman With a ___" : LUTE
59
Popular Fanta-like soda : ORANGECRUSH
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Those, in Toledo : ESOS
67
"___Cop" : ROBO
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Robert Ludlum hero searching for his identity : BOURNE
69
Hideout : DEN
70
Carriers of Lyme ticks : DEER
71
Balloons : SWELLS
Down
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Alert, for short : APB
2
Thing with cups and hooks : BRA
3
Harry Potter's best friend : RON
4
Actress Thurman : UMA
5
Pays what's due : PONIESUP
6
Peter I, II or III : TSAR
7
Run out, as a subscription : LAPSE
8
Feel ill : AIL
9
Uganda's ___ Amin : IDI
10
Eye part : RETINA
11
Rib-eye alternatives : TBONESTEAKS
12
Natural seasoning : SEASALT
13
Club chair companion piece : OTTOMAN
16
Biology lab supply : AGAR
18
Buildup at a river's mouth : SILT
22
IV amounts : CCS
23
Yale student : ELI
24
Tone ___ (early rapper) : LOC
25
Scientist who experienced a great fall? : ISAACNEWTON
26
Maryland squad : TERPS
28
Lens type : MACRO
29
Diamond Head locale : OAHU
31
Archipelago unit: Abbr. : ISL
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Lexus competitor : ACURA
36
Big name in metal foil : ALCOA
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Dutch dairy product : EDAM
39
Aid in locating a pirate's treasure : MAP
40
Root beer float with chocolate ice cream : BROWNCOW
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Amused : TICKLED
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Not farmed out : INHOUSE
45
Passbook abbr. : DEP
46
Masthead contents, briefly : EDS
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___ y Plata (Montana's motto) : ORO
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"Dear me!" : MYWORD
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Thick carpet : SHAG
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66 and others: Abbr. : RTES
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Guadalajara guy : SENOR
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Confederate soldiers, for short : REBS
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___ v. Wade : ROE
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Actor Vigoda : ABE
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Lament : RUE
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http://www.yahoo.com, e.g. : URL
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Skit-filled NBC show, for short : SNL
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"For ___ a jolly ..." : HES

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

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