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New York Times, Friday, September 10, 2010

Author:
Peter Wentz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Code for Latin America's busiest airport
TotalDebutLatest
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Peter Wentz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 2.14 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Wentz. Friday freshness: 97%
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© 2010, The New York Times9/10/10 ( No. 22,221 )
Across
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Hot dogs : SHOWOFFS
9
It's all ivory and no ebony : CMAJOR
15
NyQuil ingredient? : CAPITALQ
16
Change the boundaries of : REZONE
17
"Speak of the devil!" : OHITSYOU
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Opposite of abridge : EXTEND
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Racked (up) : RAN
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Some westerns : EPICS
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Class with graphs, for short : ECON
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Danger for a king : CHECK
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Its max. score is 240 : PSAT
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Leonardo's "The Aviator" co-star : CATE
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Sported : HADON
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Crotchety cries : EHS
30
___ acid (microscopic staining compound) : OSMIC
31
Hayseed's greeting : HOWDYEDO
34
Luther opponent Johann : ECK
35
Derek who played Claudius in "I, Claudius" : JACOBI
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Walks in the park : AMBLES
40
Havana greeting : ALO
41
1995 platinum rap hit that starts "To all the ladies in the place with style and grace" : BIGPOPPA
45
Polish capital : ZLOTY
47
Formal girl : DEB
48
Salma of the screen : HAYEK
52
Big name in retail jewelry : ZALE
53
Structures near cell walls : BARS
54
Trash-talks : SLAMS
55
Golden Globe winner Sommer : ELKE
56
"Leaving Brooklyn: ___!" (Williamsburg Bridge sign) : OYVEY
58
One with notions : KIT
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What's going on : DOINGS
61
Fiji rival : AQUAFINA
64
Briefs, e.g. : UNDIES
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Literally, "sweet song" : DULCIMER
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Bygone currency : PESETA
67
Visual aids? : EYEEXAMS
Down
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Really let have it : SCORCH
2
Response to sarcasm : HAHAHA
3
Theorized : OPINED
4
Swift gift : WIT
5
Decisive periods, briefly : OTS
6
Tammy ___ of 1970s-'80s TV : FAYE
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Was a turkey : FLOPPED
8
Like a wet Nerf ball : SQUISHY
9
Roadrunner feature : CREST
10
Code for Latin America's busiest airport : MEX
11
San Diego State team : AZTECS
12
Much-maligned mascot : JOECAMEL
13
Warned : ONNOTICE
14
Hillbillies' cousins : REDNECKS
21
What a sleuth tries to close : CASE
24
Alaskan salmon : COHO
25
Tuberous : KNOBBY
30
Punches : OOMPHS
32
Boom Blox console : WII
33
Fist bump : DAP
35
With added spice : JAZZEDUP
36
Without any help : ALLALONE
37
Nerd-rejecting high-school group : COOLKIDS
39
Ancient fertility god : BAAL
42
Victorian's greeting : GDAY
43
Be everywhere in : PERVADE
44
Burial rite : OBSEQUY
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Very small, as a bikini in a 1960 hit : TEENIE
49
Washington city or county : YAKIMA
50
2009 Grammy winner for "Relapse" : EMINEM
51
Orange dwarfs : KSTARS
53
Nova lead-in : BOSSA
57
Time to visit a lot of trees : YULE
60
Confound : GET
62
Buddy : ACE
63
Pickle : FIX

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

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