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New York Times, Monday, December 15, 2008

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Secular
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Susan Gelfand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Gelfand. Monday freshness: 72%
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© 2008, The New York Times12/15/8 ( No. 21,587 )
Across
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Copycat : APER
5
Alternative to MasterCard and Visa, informally : AMEX
9
"Aw, quit your joshin'!" : PSHAW
14
Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives" : TERI
15
Spy from within : MOLE
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Erie Canal city : UTICA
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Secular : LAIC
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Poet Ezra's favorite desserts? : POUNDCAKES
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Give in (to) : ACCEDE
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Have a gander : LOOK
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It transcends sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch : ESP
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City with ships at docks : SEAPORT
26
Christmas carol : NOEL
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Eye parts : UVEAS
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In need of a nap : DROWSY
34
Main part of a knife : BLADE
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When said three times, a film about Pearl Harbor : TORA
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Taboo : NONO
40
Skin of a fruit : RIND
41
Hollywood's Dennis or Randy : QUAID
42
Magician Henning : DOUG
43
Prefix with present : OMNI
44
Officials who cry "Yer out!" : UMPS
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River to the Caspian : VOLGA
46
Activity in a darkened room : SEANCE
48
Become established : SETIN
50
Lady's man : GENT
52
Attempt at getting a tan : SUNBATH
56
Bank offerings, briefly : CDS
59
Prefix with phobia : ACRO
61
Belgrade's land : SERBIA
62
Essayist Charles's favorite entree? : LAMBSHANKS
65
Opposite of dry, as hair : OILY
66
Sky-blue : AZURE
67
Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
68
Not scheduled to compete : IDLE
69
Impressionist Edgar : DEGAS
70
Voice quality : TONE
71
Minus : LESS
Down
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Book often stored horizontally : ATLAS
2
War's opposite : PEACE
3
Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying" : ERICA
4
Writer Anne's favorite dessert? : RICEPUDDING
5
Electric current unit : AMPERE
6
Call to a calf : MOO
7
Hebrew month : ELUL
8
Gas in arc lamps : XENON
9
Purse the lips, with "up" : PUCKER
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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QB's cry after a string of numbers : HIKE
12
Perfect tennis serves : ACES
13
Stinging flier : WASP
19
Thingamajig : DOODAD
21
Antiwar advocate : DOVE
25
Actress O'Neal : TATUM
27
Writer Jack's favorite entree? : LONDONBROIL
29
Afternoon TV fare : SOAPS
31
Winter coat material : WOOL
32
Like a bug in a rug, according to an expression : SNUG
33
Exercise with crossed legs : YOGA
34
Parker ___ (game co.) : BROS
35
Lemon-___ (Kool-Aid flavor) : LIME
36
Tennis's Kournikova : ANNA
38
Reacts to yeast : RISES
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Satisfy, as thirst : QUENCH
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Plant with tendrils : VINE
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Puts an end to : CEASES
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Tug-of-war : TUSSLE
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Stubbornness or kindliness, e.g. : TRAIT
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Put up with : ABIDE
54
Money drawers : TILLS
55
President after Grant : HAYES
56
Decked out (in) : CLAD
57
Stupefy : DAZE
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Contentedly confident : SMUG
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Aware of : ONTO
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Playtex product : BRA
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State west of Mo. : KAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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