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New York Times, Thursday, January 12, 2012

Author:
Gareth Bain
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Much-advertised sleep aid
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Gareth Bain

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 83, Blocks: 46 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Bain. Thursday freshness: 40%
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SK
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ON
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B
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AB
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F
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B
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BC
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© 2012, The New York Times1/12/12 ( No. 22,710 )
Across
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La ___ (Argentine city) : PLATA
6
Irksome : PESKY
10
Blacken : CHAR
14
Museum piece : RELIC
15
Name of counties in three states, all crossed by I-90 : ERIE
16
Loosen (up) : LIMBER
18
Amicable : ONGOODTERMS
20
Abridge : ELIDE
21
Windhoek-to-Pretoria dir. : ESE
22
"Beloved," in operas : CARO
23
Begin energetically : WADEIN
24
Player of Mark Antony in 1953's "Julius Caesar" : MARLONBRANDO
27
Sing : BLAB
30
Epithet for France's Louis VI, with "the" : FAT
31
Singer Alan or Anita : ODAY
32
Weather line : ISOBAR
34
Abbr. in classifieds : EOE
35
Andries Pretorius, e.g., who gave his name to a national capital : BOER
39
What each of the 10 abbreviations in this puzzle's answer stands for : CANADIANPROVINCE
43
Bloom support : STEM
44
Jimmy : PRY
45
Electorate : VOTERS
46
Gas brand north of the border : ESSO
48
Pet rat in a 1972 #1 song : BEN
49
Medium bra specification : BCUP
50
Old name of the San Jose Sharks' arena : COMPAQCENTER
55
Kind of push-up : ONEARM
56
Muckraker Jacob : RIIS
58
Clinton's veep and his father : ALS
61
Gain knowledge : LEARN
62
Skateboarding ramp : QUARTERPIPE
65
American Shakers founder : ANNLEE
66
Language that's written from right to left : URDU
67
Popular Italian scooter : VESPA
68
Not natural : DYED
69
Map magnification : INSET
70
Kindle file : EBOOK
Down
1
Like many a sniper : PRONE
2
Runners : LEGS
3
Veld flower : ALOE
4
Uncle José, e.g. : TIO
5
Hybrid, in a way : ACDC
6
Inspect : PEERAT
7
Wrongdoing : ERROR
8
Less than 1% : SKIM
9
"Assuredly" : YES
10
Author Beverly : CLEARY
11
"Broom-___" : HILDA
12
Much-advertised sleep aid : AMBIEN
13
Fixed up : REDID
17
Where Harrah's started : RENO
19
Sushi bar sauce : TAMARI
23
The L.A. Sparks play in it : WNBA
25
Not all there : LOOPY
26
Frankfurt an der ___ : ODER
27
They're flicked : BICS
28
Exam for future attys. : LSAT
29
Have ___ to pick : ABONE
30
It'll pass : FAD
33
"Pow!" : BAM
34
Subject of the 2005 book "Conspiracy of Fools" : ENRON
35
Drill part : BIT
36
Year in the reign of the emperor Augustus : ONEBC
37
Napkin shade, maybe : ECRU
38
Party in a legal proceeding: Abbr. : RESP
40
Part of St. Paul's : APSE
41
No longer bothered by something : OVERIT
42
Baron ___ Richthofen : VON
46
Like some runs : EARNED
47
Small area meas. : SQCM
48
City once divided by the Green Line : BEIRUT
50
Mixer choice : COLA
51
Seemingly ceaselessly : ONEND
52
With cruelty : MEANLY
53
Gay ___ : PAREE
54
Plumbing, e.g. : TRADE
57
Golf's Ballesteros : SEVE
58
Lhasa ___ : APSO
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Quick weight loss method, for short : LIPO
60
Command eliciting barking : SPEAK
62
On the ___ vive : QUI
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Mantelpiece pieces : URNS
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Johnny ___ : REB

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

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