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New York Times, Monday, September 3, 2012

Author:
C. W. Stewart
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Down : Bloodsucker
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
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Carolyn W. Stewart

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Stewart. Monday freshness: 71%
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© 2012, The New York Times9/3/12 ( No. 22,945 )
Across
1
Bundle of cotton : BALE
5
Sums : ADDS
9
Salon jobs, for short : PERMS
14
Jewish month after Av : ELUL
15
"___ the time" : NOWS
16
Be of use : AVAIL
17
Printed results of baseball games : BOXSCORES
19
Sharpshooter's weapon : RIFLE
20
"Caught you red-handed!" : OHO
21
Iranian money : RIAL
22
Like many potato chips and peanuts : SALTED
23
Tailgate party places : PARKINGLOTS
26
Suffix with final : IST
27
Sticky stuff : GOO
28
___ kwon do : TAE
31
Camera setting : FSTOP
34
Sets of tasks, as at an office : WORKLOADS
37
Beehive State tribe : UTES
38
Shelter for 37-Across : TEPEE
39
Stumble over the corner of a rug, say : TRIP
40
Old jalopies : JUNKHEAPS
42
One full of baloney : PHONY
43
___ and outs : INS
44
Itemized bill: Abbr. : INV
45
Regret : RUE
46
Big containers in a tavern : BEERBARRELS
52
Loss : DEFEAT
56
Table scraps : ORTS
57
Filmmaker Spike : LEE
58
Sci-fi's Asimov : ISAAC
59
Many ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 34-, 40- and 46-Across : QUITEAFEW
61
Cookie trayful : BATCH
62
And others, briefly : ETAL
63
Dog pests : LICE
64
Japanese restaurant staple : SUSHI
65
Reject, as an accusation : DENY
66
How many TV programs are aired nowadays : INHD
Down
1
Jazz genre : BEBOP
2
Hawaiian hello : ALOHA
3
Pyramid-shaped hotel in Vegas : LUXOR
4
Chicago trains : ELS
5
Bless, in a way : ANOINT
6
Hip-hopper's headgear : DORAG
7
Reside : DWELL
8
Snake sound : SSS
9
Light umbrella : PARASOL
10
Satanic : EVIL
11
Castaway's makeshift vessel : RAFT
12
1/500 of the Indianapolis 500 : MILE
13
Iditarod transport : SLED
18
Burned to a ___ : CRISP
22
Stir up the fire : STOKE
24
Newsstand : KIOSK
25
Fairy tale monsters : OGRES
28
Poi source : TARO
29
Situation after deuce : ADIN
30
Catch sight of : ESPY
31
Japan's tallest peak : FUJI
32
Use a Taser on : STUN
33
Exchange for a twenty, maybe : TENS
34
Snake (through) : WEAVE
35
Like an antonym: Abbr. : OPP
36
None of the above : OTHER
38
Basic belief : TENET
41
Japanese grill : HIBACHI
42
Prize money : PURSE
45
Sounding like a jalopy : RATTLY
47
Way to go : ROUTE
48
Newscaster Williams : BRIAN
49
Pixielike : ELFIN
50
Bloodsucker : LEECH
51
Used needle and thread : SEWED
52
"That's mine!" : DIBS
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"___ Wood would saw wood" (part of an old tongue twister) : ESAU
54
Suet and blubber : FATS
55
"To ___ his own" : EACH
59
Proof-ending letters : QED
60
Boxer called "The Greatest" : ALI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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