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New York Times, Friday, August 28, 2009

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QW} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 83%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/28/9 ( No. 21,843 )
Across
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Rallying cry supported by some monks : FREETIBET
10
When Antony says "I am dying, Egypt, dying" : ACTIV
15
Company with a maple leaf logo : AIRCANADA
16
Part of a college cheer : BOOLA
17
2004 horror film about a passed-on curse : THEGRUDGE
18
Major processing center : BRAIN
19
Memorable 1968 movie villain : HAL
20
Geophysics topic : TIDE
21
Chaffed : JOSHED
22
Book of Mormon book : ENOS
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Chilled : TOOKITEASY
26
A year abroad : ANNEE
28
Jazz-loving TV sleuth of the 1950s-'60s : GUNN
29
Second indicator? : TICK
30
He sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day of 1497 : DAGAMA
32
Airport waiter? : TAXI
34
Wish unmade : RUE
35
Cans : TINS
37
Hawthorne novel stigma : REDA
39
Recruiting org. : SSS
42
Recruiting org. : ROTC
44
Literally, "already seen" : DEJAVU
48
Words teachers like to hear : AHAS
50
Princess Fiona's voicer in "Shrek" : DIAZ
52
Pops : SODAS
53
A bug may cause it : FATALERROR
56
All of them may be off : BETS
57
Leaves out : ELIDES
58
That's a wrap : FOIL
60
Hunting req. : LIC
61
Lethal compound : SARIN
62
Congenial : SIMPATICO
64
High-tech subscription aid : ELIST
65
Construction with many locks : ERIECANAL
66
Brand for hobbyists : XACTO
67
Where "all the people that come and go stop and say hello" : PENNYLANE
Down
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Dolt : FATHEAD
2
One-named Grammy winner of 2007 : RIHANNA
3
By and by : ERELONG
4
Beat recorder: Abbr. : ECG
5
Napoleon's cousin : TART
6
Kayak propeller : INUIT
7
Rebuke to Bowser : BADDOG
8
Barely best : EDGEOUT
9
Inventor's inits. : TAE
10
Superior title? : ABBOT
11
One with staying power? : CORSET
12
Right in every detail : TOAHAIR
13
Two-time president of Romania : ILIESCU
14
Facial feature with a point : VANDYKE
21
Under a whammy : JINXED
23
Bottom : SEAT
25
Wood blemish : KNAR
27
Kaffiyeh-clad commander : EMIR
31
Some poles : ANODES
33
10/15, e.g. : IDES
36
The cooler : STIR
38
Do ___ on : AJOB
39
Transmission blocker? : SAFESEX
40
Title syllables in a hit 1964 song : SHALALA
41
Swiftly done? : SATIRIC
43
Shoulder inflammation? : CARFIRE
45
Legendary soprano ___ Patti : ADELINA
46
Swiss Guards' setting : VATICAN
47
Destroyer in 2000 headlines : USSCOLE
49
Happily humiliating type : SADIST
51
Get close, maybe : ZOOMIN
54
Funeral march direction : LENTO
55
Soften, often : RIPEN
59
Like some clouds : LACY
62
Third qtr. ender : SEP
63
"Qué ___?" (José's "How's it going?") : TAL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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