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New York Times, Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Down : Face down temptation
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 82 for Ms. Gamache. Wednesday freshness: 88%
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© 2012, The New York Times9/5/12 ( No. 22,947 )
Across
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Visa/MC alternative : AMEX
5
Threesome on a clipper : MASTS
10
Laid off : IDLE
14
Half at the start? : DEMI
15
Tolerate : ALLOW
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Company with a cat in its logo : PUMA
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Been in bed (with) : LAIN
18
Unflashy coat : BEIGEPAINT
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Where to find a keeper : INN
21
What to call a lady : MAAM
22
Many a Cub Scout den leader : DAD
23
Phenomenon evidenced in the 2011 film subtitled "Never Say Never" : BIEBERFEVER
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Outback runner : EMU
29
Eponym of a Venetian basilica : STMARK
30
Aristotle who named his yacht Christina after his daughter : ONASSIS
32
Div. for the Mets : NLEAST
35
___ Reader : UTNE
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"Sorry I paid for that" feeling : BUYERSREMORSE
40
Circle dance : HORA
41
Giving a leg up : AIDING
42
French artist Pierre : BONNARD
45
Watery-eyed : RHEUMY
49
Permits : OKS
50
Actor in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" : BEAUBRIDGES
53
French possessive : SES
54
Amazonas and others : RIOS
55
It covered Pompeii : ASH
56
Toady : BOOTLICKER
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"___ virumque cano" (first words of the "Aeneid") : ARMA
61
"Hair" do : AFRO
62
Sex researcher Hite : SHERE
63
Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
64
Flight level : STEP
65
Like many a Mediterranean roof : TILED
66
Dry as dust : SERE
Down
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Extemporizes : ADLIBS
2
Speak with conviction : MEANIT
3
Artist with the #1 albums "Relapse" (2009) and "Recovery" (2010) : EMINEM
4
Check alternative? : XIN
5
Crime family head : MABARKER
6
Shake like ___ : ALEAF
7
Viciously denigrate : SLIME
8
Dress (up) : TOG
9
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" setting : SWEDEN
10
Kindle Fire competitor : IPAD
11
It makes MADD mad : DUI
12
Three after K : LMN
13
Put away : EAT
19
Prefix with normal : PARA
21
Country music's Travis : MERLE
24
Tree with aerial roots : BANYAN
25
Went for a ticket, in a way : VOTED
26
Figs. that aren't final : ESTS
27
Possible response to "Whose is this?" : MINE
28
Purpose : USE
31
Increased suddenly : SURGED
33
Carne ___ (Mexican dish) : ASADA
34
Indian honorific : SRI
36
It can be read on a 10-Down : BOOK
37
Samovars : URNS
38
Reflected : MIRRORED
39
Milton's "___ Blindness" : ONHIS
40
"Boardwalk Empire" airer : HBO
43
Son of Eve : ABEL
44
Face down temptation : RESIST
46
Lorre's role in "Casablanca" : UGARTE
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Hypnotist whose name inspired a verb : MESMER
48
What a necklace with a pendant has : YSHAPE
51
"Family Matters" neighbor : URKEL
52
Stella Artois, par exemple : BIERE
53
"I've had enough!" : STOP
56
___-relief : BAS
57
___-times : OFT
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Gold in them thar hills? : ORE
59
Trib's home : CHI
60
Neighbor of Ger. : AUS

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

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