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New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Author:
Bruce Sutphin and Neville Fogarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Great source of humor
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Bruce Sutphin
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Neville Fogarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Sutphin. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Fogarty. Tuesday freshness: 76%
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© 2013, The New York Times3/12/13 ( No. 23,135 )
Across
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"Dragnet" force, in brief : LAPD
5
Spirited steed : ARAB
9
Bid : OFFER
14
Calculus calculation : AREA
15
City with Aces Ballpark : RENO
16
Good news on Wall Street : RALLY
17
Finishing up : WINDINGTOACLOSE
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___ of time : SANDS
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"Miami Vice" informant : IZZY
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Baths : SPAS
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Affirmatives : YEAS
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Cleveland's lake : ERIE
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"The way I see it," briefly : IMHO
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Window-shopping locale : STOREFRONT
35
Avril follower : MAI
36
Go after : SEEK
37
Hidden shooter : SNIPER
38
Shaw of the big band era : ARTIE
40
VCR button : REW
42
President with a Nobel Prize : OBAMA
43
Chessmen, e.g. : PIECES
45
What a vegan vetoes : MEAT
47
Be an agent for, in brief : REP
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Great source of humor : COMEDYGOLD
50
Some airport announcements, for short : ETAS
51
TV host Banks : TYRA
52
Set (down) : LAID
54
Where the Storting sits : OSLO
57
Polo competitor : IZOD
59
"Little Miss Sunshine" vehicle : VWBUS
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Ponce de León's quest : FOUNTAINOFYOUTH
66
Spore spreaders : FUNGI
67
Hawaiian bird : NENE
68
TV's "Deal ___ Deal" : ORNO
69
Hiccup, e.g. : SPASM
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Elation : GLEE
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Like Easter eggs : DYED
Down
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Acts : LAWS
2
La Scala performance : ARIA
3
One of the 53-Downs : PENN
4
Cool cat : DADDYO
5
Prince Valiant's son : ARN
6
Checkout sight : REGISTER
7
DreamWorks's first animated film : ANTZ
8
Sot : BOOZER
9
Tolkien meanie : ORC
10
Bone of the lower chest : FALSERIB
11
Big failure : FLOP
12
"Born Free" lioness : ELSA
13
Some whiskeys : RYES
18
British suffix with formal : ISE
19
Actor Lew : AYRES
24
Enzyme suffix : ASE
26
Otherwise : IFNOT
27
Apple ad line : IMAPC
28
Lopez of "Extra" : MARIO
29
"___ where they ain't" : HITEM
31
Vermont ski resort : OKEMO
32
Dazzling gallery display : OPART
33
Home of the lion that Hercules slew : NEMEA
34
Snares : TRAPS
36
Disreputable : SEEDY
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Champagne bucket implement : ICETONGS
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"Bravo!" : WELLDONE
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Home of Damascus : SYRIA
46
Oklahoma city : ADA
49
Staring : GAZING
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Director of "Bride of the Monster" : EDWOOD
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Prestigious Eastern school, informally : IVY
54
Does in : OFFS
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Campbell's product : SOUP
56
___ moth : LUNA
58
Like Nash's lama (not llama) : ONEL
60
Put six feet under : BURY
61
___ Reader : UTNE
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Having protected feet : SHOD
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Country singer McGraw : TIM
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A.T.M. imposition : FEE

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

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