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New York Times, Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Author:
Ed Sessa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Billets-doux ... or 18-, 24-, 37- and 50-Across all together?
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Edward Sessa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Sessa. Wednesday freshness: 56%
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© 2010, The New York Times2/10/10 ( No. 22,009 )
Across
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Tassled topper : FEZ
4
Alley pickups : SPARES
10
Martial arts school : DOJO
14
Fire truck item : AXE
15
Nowheresville : PODUNK
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One for the money? : UNUM
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Up to, for short : TIL
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Next up : FIRSTINLINE
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Alan who played TV's Hawkeye : ALDA
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Host's request : SIT
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Not yet hard : MOLTEN
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What a compassionless person has : HEARTOFSTONE
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Ibsen's "Peer ___" : GYNT
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C, say : AVERAGE
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Theatrical faint : SWOON
35
Somme one : UNE
36
Bummed out : SAD
37
Balance point : CENTEROFGRAVITY
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Be indisposed : AIL
43
Plastic ___ Band : ONO
44
Hits with a beam, as to remove a tattoo : LASES
45
Sauna feature : DRYHEAT
48
The good son : ABEL
50
[Read no further] : ENDOFMESSAGE
55
Spotted cat : OCELOT
58
Place that might feature a sauna : SPA
59
"ER" actor La Salle : ERIQ
60
Billets-doux ... or 18-, 24-, 37- and 50-Across all together? : LOVELETTERS
63
Animal whose name has a silent initial : GNU
64
Mass conclusion : AMEN
65
Bolstered, with "up" : SHORED
66
Six-Day War weapon : UZI
67
Lock name : YALE
68
Some blood bank technicians : TYPERS
69
Some ooze : SAP
Down
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Palestinian group : FATAH
2
Napoleon's punishment : EXILE
3
Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald : ZELDA
4
Coppertone rating: Abbr. : SPF
5
Murder method in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye" : POISON
6
Aimless : ADRIFT
7
Oxidizes : RUSTS
8
Head doctor, for short? : ENT
9
Scan : SKIMOVER
10
Not as bright : DULLER
11
Taking care of business : ONIT
12
It's "bustin' out all over," in song : JUNE
13
1976 Gregory Peck film, with "The" : OMEN
19
Zero : NONE
21
Specialized vocabulary : ARGOT
25
Daly of "Judging Amy" : TYNE
26
Little bite : TANG
29
Seller's caveat : ASIS
30
Concert promoter's figure : GATE
31
Ice cream brand : EDYS
32
Whole lot : SCAD
33
Small dam : WEIR
34
No more than : ONLY
35
Subj. of a certain conspiracy theory : UFO
38
Motor Trend job : ROADTEST
39
Aware of : ONTO
40
Saloon selections : ALES
41
French formal dance : VALSE
46
Curtis of cosmetics : HELENE
47
Organic compound : ENOL
48
French physicist André : AMPERE
49
___ of bad news : BEARER
51
Lens setting : FSTOP
52
Jason's shipbuilder, in myth : ARGUS
53
Chichi shopping area in Tokyo : GINZA
54
Fit out : EQUIP
55
Brand of facial moisturizer : OLAY
56
Result of a big hit, maybe : COMA
57
Robbie's daredevil dad : EVEL
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Lord's Prayer adjective : THY
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Grp. behind some '60s strikes : SDS

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

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