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New York Times, Thursday, August 7, 2008

Author:
Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Backup cause
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1205/2/200610/26/202414
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
713254116108
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
6331.5658749%
Peter A. Collins
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
877/7/20066/14/201815
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
4147242621
CircleScrabDebutFresh
51.4849785%
Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQXZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Collins. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Krozel. Thursday freshness: 51%
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© 2008, The New York Times8/7/8 ( No. 21,457 )
Across
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Quatrain form : ABAA
5
Latin lover's word? : AMAT
9
BlackBerry output: Abbr. : MSGS
13
Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across : LEIGH
15
Inflict upon : DOTO
16
Squabbling : ATIT
17
"Not so loud!" : TONEITDOWN
19
Costa ___, Calif. : MESA
20
About to collapse, say : RUNNINGONEMPTY
22
DHL delivery: Abbr. : CTN
23
Subject for Freud : EROS
24
Amu ___, Asian river : DARYA
27
Singles players : DJS
30
When brunch may be scheduled : ATTEN
33
Poetic preposition : ERE
34
Plea from the plate : THROWITHOME
37
Some yeses : NODS
39
Like some columns : IONIC
40
Take off : SOAR
41
Canine coat : TOOTHENAMEL
44
Apt name for a fiftyish Roman woman? : LIV
45
Show host : EMCEE
46
It makes pets pests : ESS
47
Usher's domain : AISLE
49
Eliot Ness, notably, for short : TMAN
51
Bull Halsey in W.W. II, e.g.: Abbr. : ADM
52
Some W.W. I code talkers : CHOCTAWINDIANS
59
Leaf feature : LOBE
60
Aesthetically pleasing ratio of antiquity : GOLDENMEAN
62
German-built auto : OPEL
63
Verdi's "Di Provenza il mar," e.g. : ARIA
64
Another co-star of the film hidden in this puzzle : GABLE
65
Beatles song that begins "Is there anybody going to listen to my story" : GIRL
66
Hard wood : TEAK
67
Point out : NOTE
Down
1
Not the main rte. : ALT
2
"To ___ not to ..." : BEOR
3
Japanese aborigine : AINU
4
Spook's employer, with "the" : AGENCY
5
Wing: Abbr. : ADDN
6
Eponymous instrument maker Robert : MOOG
7
Retired Audi supermini : ATWO
8
British weight : TONNE
9
Giant tusk holders : MAMMOTHS
10
Items unlikely to be stored on the top shelf : STEPSTOOLS
11
Essence : GIST
12
Command to Fido : STAY
14
Suggest : HINTAT
18
Anniversary gift for the year after pottery : TIN
21
Was at the Colosseum? : ERAT
24
Al ___ : DENTE
25
Get ___ for the night : AROOM
26
Object of a hunt in a 1984 best seller : REDOCTOBER
27
Queen's subject? : DRONE
28
___ Brothers (pop trio) : JONAS
29
Dips : SWIMS
31
What a server may serve : EMAIL
32
Brass : NERVE
35
Get shaking : HIE
36
Hotel freebie : ICE
38
Subject of modern research : STEMCELL
42
Coppers : HEAT
43
Bill of ___ (shipping document) : LADING
48
1965 Yardbirds hit : IMAMAN
50
Pester : NAGAT
51
It's made in a squeeze : ADE
52
Backup cause : CLOG
53
Literally, "peaceful" person : HOPI
54
Eroded : WORE
55
Hip bones : ILIA
56
Locale of Sitting Bull Coll. : NDAK
57
Mountain where Moses died, in the Bible : NEBO
58
Curer : SALT
61
Alumna identifier : NEE

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

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