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New York Times, Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Author:
Jim Hilger
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Down : Broadway hit, slangily
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Jim Hilger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Hilger. Wednesday freshness: 98%
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HALF
2
B
3
A
4
K
5
E
6
D
7
B
8
U
9
S
10
O
11
N
12
E
13
HALF
14
T
E
X
A
C
O
15
A
N
A
16
W
I
N
N
17
R
A
I
N
O
N
18
N
O
W
19
E
C
C
E
20
U
T
A
21
E
22
R
G
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E
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R
R
O
L
L
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T
O
L
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U
27
E
N
E
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R
D
A
29
L
O
S
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H
U
L
K
S
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S
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T
O
I
C
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E
S
O
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T
Y
R
E
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T
O
A
N
Y
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T
E
N
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HALF
A
N
D
HALF
38
B
39
R
40
A
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S
H
I
E
S
42
N
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Y
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P
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D
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E
A
R
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H
E
N
R
I
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P
A
R
E
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O
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T
V
A
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O
A
S
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D
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A
R
K
E
S
T
54
T
E
L
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L
E
R
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B
E
D
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N
E
H
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E
L
S
A
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T
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A
O
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O
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H
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S
U
R
E
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R
E
E
D
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E
L
F
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L
A
U
P
E
R
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HALF
D
A
Y
68
D
E
F
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F
I
R
S
T
HALF
© 2011, The New York Times1/12/11 ( No. 22,345 )
Across
1
Poorly developed, as an idea : HALFBAKED
7
Clear of dishes : BUS
10
50% : ONEHALF
14
Milton Berle's longtime sponsor : TEXACO
15
Actress ___ Alicia : ANA
16
___-Dixie Stores : WINN
17
Spoil, as a parade : RAINON
18
"Stat!" : NOW
19
"___ homo" : ECCE
20
Tony winner Hagen : UTA
21
Joule fraction : ERG
23
"Misty" composer Garner : ERROLL
25
The second "T" in TNT : TOLUENE
28
Vitamin label fig. : RDA
29
Rock's ___Lonely Boys : LOS
30
Sunken ships : HULKS
31
Unmoved : STOIC
33
Anka's "___ Beso" : ESO
34
Port on the eastern Mediterranean : TYRE
35
Go ___ length : TOANY
36
Q's point value in Scrabble : TEN
37
Coffee additive : HALFANDHALF
38
Bikini part : BRA
41
Draws back : SHIES
42
Big Apple enforcement org. : NYPD
46
Improviser's asset : EAR
47
Artist Matisse : HENRI
48
Tahitian-style wraparound skirt : PAREO
50
Dam-building org. : TVA
51
Western treaty grp. : OAS
52
Most dismal : DARKEST
54
Worker in a cage : TELLER
56
Pickup truck feature : BED
57
Book before Esth. : NEH
58
Joy Adamson's lioness : ELSA
59
Way of the East : TAO
61
"As if!" : OHSURE
64
Marsh growth : REED
65
Year-end helper : ELF
66
"Time After Time" singer Cyndi : LAUPER
67
Four hours on the job, perhaps : HALFDAY
68
Cool, in slang : DEF
69
Opening 30 minutes of football : FIRSTHALF
Down
1
Deceptive remark : HALFTRUTH
2
Barely defeat : BEATOUT
3
With respect to a graph line, e.g. : AXIALLY
4
Toto's state: Abbr. : KAN
5
Prefix with system : ECO
6
"Singin' in the Rain" director Stanley : DONEN
7
Prank cigar sound : BANG
8
Game with Draw 2 cards : UNO
9
How a magician's assistant might appear : SAWEDINHALF
10
Person in the hole : OWER
11
Lake Michigan explorer Jean ___ : NICOLET
12
Box in : ENCLOSE
13
Wrestling hold : HALFNELSON
22
Puts a new finish on : RESTAINS
24
Risqué : RACY
26
Kiev's land: Abbr. : UKR
27
Suffix with Sudan : ESE
28
Like some inns or hot dog stands : ROADSIDE
32
Cartridge filler : TONER
37
Hardly enthusiastic : HALFHEARTED
38
Wife, colloquially : BETTERHALF
39
In a tangled mess : RAVELED
40
Amu Darya's outlet : ARALSEA
41
Do some blacksmith's work on : SHOE
42
"Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" airer : NPR
43
Shaggy animal in a herd : YAK
44
Marriage contracts, briefly : PRENUPS
45
Provisional Mormon state : DESERET
49
Jacob Riis subjects, with "the" : OTHERHALF
53
Moe parodied him in some W.W. II-era Three Stooges shorts : ADOLF
55
Tramp's love : LADY
56
Broadway hit, slangily : BOFF
60
Pub offering : ALE
62
Yes, in Yokohama : HAI
63
Big ___, Calif. : SUR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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