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New York Times, Monday, October 3, 2011

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Down : "Just a cotton-pickin' minute!"
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Stanley Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Newman. Monday freshness: 53%
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© 2011, The New York Times10/3/11 ( No. 22,609 )
Across
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Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles : NINJA
6
Perfect school grade : APLUS
11
Bar bill : TAB
14
Spring zodiac sign : ARIES
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Promote : BOOST
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When a plane is due in, for short : ETA
17
Wins a dispute : GETSONESWAY
19
Some "General Hospital" roles, in brief : MDS
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Sci-fi vehicle : UFO
21
Cry between "ready" and "go" : SET
22
I.R.S. experts : CPAS
23
Microscope part : LENS
26
Pompous pronoun : THEROYALWE
29
Clean air org. : EPA
30
Recent: Prefix : NEO
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Pretty good : DECENT
32
YouTube upload : VIDEO
34
Andy Warhol genre : POPART
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"It's a mystery to me" : ICANTTELLYOUWHY
42
Two-front, as a Coast Guard rescue : AIRSEA
43
Practical application : USAGE
44
Italian shrimp dish : SCAMPI
47
Blaster's buy : TNT
49
Call ___ day : ITA
50
Sob stories : TALESOFWOE
53
Off-road bikes, for short : ATVS
54
Cameo shape : OVAL
55
Numeral at the top of grandfather clocks : XII
56
Yonder yacht : HER
58
"___ Misérables" : LES
59
In romantic pursuit : PITCHINGWOO
64
Annoy : IRK
65
Draw forth : EDUCE
66
43rd president's nickname : DUBYA
67
Crime lab evidence : DNA
68
Satisfy, as a mortgage : REPAY
69
Shuts tightly : SEALS
Down
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Remind too often : NAG
2
Wrath : IRE
3
Trivial complaint : NIT
4
Subject of Handel's "Messiah" : JESUS
5
Beginning on : ASOF
6
16th president's nickname : ABE
7
Rap artist's entourage : POSSE
8
Less lofty : LOWER
9
National paper : USATODAY
10
Home for hogs : STY
11
Place of worship : TEMPLE
12
When many duels were held : ATDAWN
13
Long-eared hound : BASSET
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Make mention of : NOTE
22
Bit of desert flora : CACTUS
23
___ Strauss jeans : LEVI
24
Grand-scale : EPIC
25
Zilch : NADA
27
Optimistic feelings : HOPES
28
Umpire's yell : YEROUT
30
Vacation resort policy, perhaps : NOTIPS
33
Tooth covering : ENAMEL
35
Soccer spectator's shout : OLE
36
Student of Socrates : PLATO
38
Compound containing O3 : TRIOXIDE
39
Hang around (for) : WAIT
40
"House Hunters" cable channel : HGTV
41
Thumbs-up votes : YEAS
44
Unemotional : STOLID
45
Where to find stalactites and stalagmites : CAVERN
46
Fairbanks's home : ALASKA
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"M*A*S*H" soft drink : NEHI
51
Equip : FITUP
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So-called "white magic" : WICCA
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Put up a fuss : ARGUE
57
Discontinues : ENDS
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The "p" in m.p.h. : PER
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"Just a cotton-pickin' minute!" : HEY
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Bout-sanctioning org. : WBA
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Olive ___ (Popeye's sweetie) : OYL
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W. Hemisphere alliance : OAS

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

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