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New York Times, Monday, August 23, 2010

Author:
Oliver Hill
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : General ___ chicken
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Oliver Hill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Hill. Monday freshness: 65%
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© 2010, The New York Times8/23/10 ( No. 22,203 )
Across
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Some ski lifts : TBARS
6
"___ pronounce you man and wife" : INOW
10
Basic idea : GIST
14
Funnywoman Silverman : SARAH
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Actress Ward : SELA
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Regarding : ASTO
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By any means necessary : ONEWAYORANOTHER
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Reggae relative : SKA
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Seized property, informally : REPO
22
Company that introduced Quik in 1948 : NESTLE
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___ facto : IPSO
24
Mom's partner : DAD
25
___ Lingus : AER
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Work that offers no chance for advancement : DEADENDJOB
30
Approximately : ORSO
31
"Twelfth Night" duke : ORSINO
32
Atlantic or Pacific : OCEAN
34
Lake on the California/Nevada border : TAHOE
35
Four Monopoly assets: Abbr. : RRS
36
Argentine tots : NENES
40
Hotshot : MRBIG
42
Burr and Copland : AARONS
43
Letters after chis : PSIS
46
Line showing the relationship between an interest rate and maturity date : YIELDCURVE
48
Carpet : RUG
49
Uncertainties : IFS
50
"And while ___ the subject ..." : IMON
51
Pacific weather phenomenon : ELNINO
53
___ Bator : ULAN
54
Place for giraffes and hippos : ZOO
57
Instruction to someone who's on fire : STOPDROPANDROLL
60
"Gone With the Wind" plantation : TARA
61
22-Across flavor, for short : CHOC
62
Was sick : AILED
63
Like a line, in brief : ONED
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Ages and ages : EONS
65
Catches : SNAGS
Down
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General ___ chicken : TSOS
2
Certificate of deposit offerer : BANK
3
Region : AREA
4
Uncooked : RAW
5
It puts a point on a pencil : SHARPENER
6
Crustacean with seven pairs of legs : ISOPOD
7
Emperor who "fiddled" : NERO
8
Suffix with pay : OLA
9
Starstruck sort, maybe : WANNABE
10
Gangsters' guns : GATS
11
1987 flop starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman : ISHTAR
12
Inscribed pillars : STELES
13
Bullfighter : TORERO
18
Like some questions : YESNO
19
Brit. word reference : OED
23
Everyday expressions : IDIOMS
24
Hospital V.I.P.'s : DOCS
26
Speck : DOT
27
Paleozoic, e.g. : ERA
28
Cigarette residue : ASH
29
Author ___ Luis Borges : JORGE
30
Narrow margin in a baseball game : ONERUN
33
Snakes that can put you in a tight spot? : ANACONDAS
35
Muckraker Jacob : RIIS
37
Neither here ___ there : NOR
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Letter holder: Abbr. : ENV
39
NNW's reverse : SSE
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Coercively : BYFORCE
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Madison Avenue pro : ADMAN
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Part of a magician's mumbo-jumbo : PRESTO
44
Islamic sovereign : SULTAN
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Pay no mind to : IGNORE
47
Purple flowers : LILACS
49
Not Dem. or Rep. : IND
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Apple debut of 2010 : IPAD
53
Atop : UPON
54
Author Émile : ZOLA
55
Cassini who designed for Jackie : OLEG
56
Discontinued G.M. car : OLDS
58
"Well, what have we here?!" : OHO
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___ Tin Tin : RIN

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

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