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New York Times, Thursday, September 25, 2008

Author:
Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Draws
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Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Fleming. Thursday freshness: 50%
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© 2008, The New York Times9/25/8 ( No. 21,506 )
Across
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Fifth stroke, often : PUTT
5
Tatter : RIP
8
Shoeboy's offering : POLISH
14
Tony player on "NYPD Blue" : ESAI
15
Home of the Clearwater Mtns. : IDA
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Not necessarily rejecting : OPENTO
17
Draws : RECEIPTS
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Edberg who won two Wimbledons : STEFAN
20
1972 musical with the song "Summer Nights" : GREASE
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Actress Graff : ILENE
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Ancient Romans' attire : TOGAE
26
Draws : GETSCARDS
28
Graduate : ALUMNUS
30
"Isn't ___ bit like you and me?" (Beatles lyric) : HEA
31
Retired barrier breaker, for short : SST
32
Law or medicine, e.g. : CAREER
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Sole support : HEEL
34
Weight : ONUS
35
Awakens : STIRS
37
Sermonizer in France : ABBE
41
Tiant in the Red Sox Hall of Fame : LUIS
42
Angiogram sight : ARTERY
44
Pollen holder : SAC
47
Porter, e.g. : ALE
48
Pest eradicator : SWATTER
49
Draws : PULLSAGUN
52
Having steam come out the ears, say : IRATE
53
W.W. II blockade enforcer : UBOAT
54
Old Athenian ally against Persia : SPARTA
56
What fools do, per an adage : RUSHIN
58
Draws : SKETCHES
62
___ Green, Scottish town famous for runaway weddings : GRETNA
63
Head lines, in brief? : EEG
64
What may ensure the show goes on? : TIVO
65
Annapolis graduate : ENSIGN
66
Gridiron stat. : TDS
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Hightailed it : SPED
Down
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By means of : PER
2
"What's the ___?" : USE
3
Middle X, say : TAC
4
Draws : TIEGAMES
5
Rather smelly : RIPE
6
Attaché attachments : IDTAGS
7
Hardly in : PASSE
8
Like some poles: Abbr. : POS
9
Kind of scanner : OPTICAL
10
Female companion in "Doctor Who" : LEELA
11
Draws : INFERS
12
Politicians take them : STANDS
13
Square : HONEST
18
Papas of "Zorba the Greek" : IRENE
21
One on it may be out of it : ETHER
23
Sonora snack : TACO
24
"The Good Earth" mother : OLAN
25
Wise one : GURU
27
Board with a couple of seats : SEESAW
29
Villainess in "The Little Mermaid" : URSULA
33
1961 Elvis hit "___ Latest Flame" : HIS
36
Supermodel Cheryl : TIEGS
37
Draws : ATTRACTS
38
Key letter : BETA
39
Harte of fiction : BRET
40
Brontë heroine : EYRE
41
Kind of impression : LASTING
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John ___, Doris Day's co-star in "The Pajama Game" : RAITT
44
Poinsettia's family : SPURGE
45
The Tigers of the Southeastern Conference : AUBURN
46
Draws : CLOSES
48
Took a twisty path : SNAKED
50
Emmy winner Christine : LAHTI
51
It's news in sports : UPSET
55
Rules, for short : REGS
57
A Bobbsey twin : NAN
59
Turning point? : HIP
60
When day is done, briefly : EVE
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This may be sold by the yard : SOD

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

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