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New York Times, Friday, September 3, 2010

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : More than a turf battle
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQVY} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Farmer. Friday freshness: 66%
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© 2010, The New York Times9/3/10 ( No. 22,214 )
Across
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Question the morning after : IDIDWHAT
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What can be a turnoff? : SPIGOT
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"That makes two of us" : SAMEHERE
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"So chic!" : OOLALA
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Under control : ONALEASH
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Aids to privacy : BLINDS
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Sire : BEGETTER
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Ricky ___, frontman for bluegrass's Kentucky Thunder : SKAGGS
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Fassbinder film "___: Fear Eats the Soul" : ALI
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"Hip Hop Is Dead" rapper : NAS
24
What any of the Four Horsemen symbolizes : WOE
25
Jeremiad : RANT
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It drops on the way home : SINKERBALL
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Avow : SWEARTO
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They may have your number : IDCARDS
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Auto marque of the 1980s-'90s : GEO
35
Total: Abbr. : AMT
36
"See if I care!" : SOSUEME
40
Fault finders? : UMPIRES
44
Far-off discoveries in astronomy : EXOPLANETS
46
"Perpetual Peace" thinker : KANT
47
Prefix with air or field : MID
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Co-producer of "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" : ONO
49
"... but no more like my father / Than ___ Hercules": Hamlet : ITO
50
Russets, often : IDAHOS
54
Secured the rights to : OPTIONED
58
Paris's partner on "The Simple Life" : NICOLE
59
Fragrant white wine : RIESLING
60
Voice of Moe and Apu on "The Simpsons" : AZARIA
61
Legendary Spanish bullfighter : MANOLETE
62
See 53-Down : LENNON
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Ropes in : ENSNARES
Down
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High and low indicators : ISOBARS
2
Part of England in the time of Alfred the Great : DANELAW
3
"___ that!" : IMAGINE
4
Cut : DELE
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Pique : WHET
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Fervor : HEAT
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Hall with a posse : ARSENIO
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Capital that was the scene of 2009 mass demonstrations : TEHRAN
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Breaks down : SOBS
10
Annual journalism award, informally : POLK
11
Mother of Romulus and Remus : ILIA
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More than a turf battle : GANGWAR
13
Cigarette brand that once used the slogan "Not a cough in a carload" : OLDGOLD
14
Part of some strippers' attire : TASSELS
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Kind of boot : SKI
26
Touch base : TAGUP
27
Tiny opening in a leaf : STOMA
28
Some cheeses : EDAMS
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Its uniform includes a red serge tunic and a Stetson: Abbr. : RCMP
30
Dyeing art : BATIK
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Spinner : REEL
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Formative : SEMINAL
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Get rusty : OXIDIZE
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Pop-top spot : SODACAN
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1970s Bowie collaborator : ENO
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Idealist : UTOPIAN
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Volcano in a national park : RAINIER
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Understanding : ENTENTE
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Fuddy-duddies : STODGES
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It's big in Bordeaux : ENORME
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Crescent moon feature : HORN
52
Scramble : OLIO
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With 62-Across, subject of "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" : SEAN
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Till compartment : TENS
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"The race ___!" : ISON
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Bit of pottery : OLLA

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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