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New York Times, Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Author:
Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Congo tributary
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
355/13/20084/19/20193
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9154565
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
131.6221859%
Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Madison. Tuesday freshness: 54%
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© 2010, The New York Times8/24/10 ( No. 22,204 )
Across
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Dealer in hot goods : FENCE
6
Siestas : NAPS
10
"No need to wake me!" : IMUP
14
Huge, poetically : ENORM
15
Tons : ALOT
16
Destination of many 1960s-'70s airplane hijackings : CUBA
17
"Ooh-la-la!" : ZOWIE
18
"___ funny!" : VERY
19
Genghis ___ : KHAN
20
Title for a South American mensch? : MRNICEGUYANA
23
"Hair" extra : HIPPIE
26
Bro's sibling : SIS
27
"Gone With the Wind" studio : MGM
28
Flight board abbr. : ARR
29
Perfectly : TOAT
32
Tiredness : ANEMIA
34
Result of heating a certain fruit too long? : SMOKINGBANANA
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Tempo : PACE
38
Bunny's move : HOP
39
"Gotcha" : IDIG
42
Informal headwear that can't be shared? : ONEMANBANDANA
47
House speaker Nancy : PELOSI
49
Biblical figure whose name means "hairy" in Hebrew : ESAU
50
Easily smashable tennis shot : LOB
51
German "Oh!" : ACH
52
ID on I.R.S. forms : SSN
54
Sinks : BASINS
56
Secretive singer Baez? : JOANOFARCANA
60
Plot division : ACRE
61
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
62
Transparent : CLEAR
66
What a Katze catches : MAUS
67
No longer wild : TAME
68
Skirt : EVADE
69
Rifles and such : ARMS
70
Meat-and-potatoes dish : STEW
71
Program for getting clean, briefly : DETOX
Down
1
Aladdin's hat : FEZ
2
Musician Brian : ENO
3
When repeated, a phrase of reproof : NOW
4
Make wavy : CRIMP
5
Some academic retirees : EMERITI
6
Peaceful race in "Avatar" : NAVI
7
Waugh who wrote "Island in the Sun" : ALEC
8
A facial may open them : PORES
9
Hellish : STYGIAN
10
Gross : ICKY
11
Self-proclaimed "astronaut of boxing" : MUHAMMADALI
12
Congo tributary : UBANGI
13
Southernmost country in Central America : PANAMA
21
Really bright, as colors : NEON
22
John McCain's alma mater: Abbr. : USNA
23
Door fastener : HASP
24
"My Friend ___" of 1950s TV : IRMA
25
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" group : PROCOLHARUM
30
Ottoman V.I.P. : AGHA
31
Cut above the flank : TBONE
33
Sir Geraint's faithful wife : ENID
35
Casino game with a caller : KENO
36
Police dept. alerts : APBS
40
Get ___ the ground floor : INON
41
Runs off at the mouth : GABS
43
Old U.S. gas brand : ESSO
44
Final movie of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, with "The" : MISFITS
45
Rhyme scheme for Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" : AABA
46
Carefully worded : NUANCED
47
Word before bottom or party : PAJAMA
48
Prius, e.g. : ECOCAR
53
Harass : NAGAT
55
Wound soother : SALVE
57
"The Untouchables" character : NESS
58
"I, Claudius" setting : ROME
59
Sport with shells : CREW
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"___, Pray, Love" (2006 Elizabeth Gilbert best seller) : EAT
64
Hubbub : ADO
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Tyrannosaurus ___ : REX

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

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