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New York Times, Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Author:
MaryEllen Uthlaut
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Coin at an arcade
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MaryEllen Uthlaut

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Uthlaut. Tuesday freshness: 23%
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© 2010, The New York Times9/7/10 ( No. 22,218 )
Across
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Think about : PONDER
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Rock's Steely ___ : DAN
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Pentagon V.I.P.'s: Abbr. : GENS
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Kind of reasoning, after "a" : PRIORI
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Ginger ___ : ALE
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Help in wrongdoing : ABET
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Entertainment you might have a hand in? : PUPPETSHOW
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"Encore!" : MORE
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Meat slice on the highest shelf? : ACUTLETABOVE
22
Class with crayons : ART
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Scotland's Firth of ___ : TAY
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Trail user : HIKER
27
Advertising sheet blowing in the wind? : LOOSELEAFLET
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Like presses ready for printing : INKED
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It has feet in a line : POEM
34
Droop : SAG
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Sir Anthony formerly of 10 Downing Street : EDEN
38
Made thinner : PARED
40
Carry on : WAGE
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Oui's opposite : NON
42
___ Cooper (car) : MINI
43
English county : SHIRE
44
Curly lock tints? : RINGLETTONES
47
Grove components : TREES
50
Big ___ : SUR
51
Buttonless shirt : TEE
52
Dribble from an icicle? : EAVESDROPLET
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Series finale, in brief : ETAL
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Nor'easters, often : RAINSTORMS
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Ocean motion : TIDE
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Be under par : AIL
64
Keyless : ATONAL
65
Broke ground? : HOED
66
QB pickups: Abbr. : YDS
67
___ public : NOTARY
Down
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Very, very soft, in music : PPP
2
Okla. school : ORU
3
Quick drink : NIP
4
L-___ (Parkinson's treatment) : DOPA
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Put up : ERECTED
6
Mass, e.g. : RITUAL
7
Author Roald : DAHL
8
Lily of Africa : ALOE
9
Colorful amphibian : NEWT
10
Chess ploy : GAMBIT
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Something to read on a Kindle : EBOOK
12
Chutzpah : NERVE
13
Manage the helm : STEER
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Eye sore : STYE
21
Sound before "Your fly is open" : AHEM
22
"The X-Files" subject : ALIEN
23
Sonata movement : RONDO
24
Coin at an arcade : TOKEN
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When doubled, a breath freshener : SEN
29
When to celebrate Earth Day : APRIL
30
Axis, once : FOE
31
Was ahead : LED
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Nicholas or Patrick : SAINT
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Share an opinion : AGREE
36
Fliers in V's : GEESE
38
Wrestler's goal : PIN
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Director Lee : ANG
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Question of identity : WHO
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Hit's opposite : MISS
43
Feature of a fugue : STRETTO
44
Staggered : REELED
45
Big game hunter? : ESPN
46
Resident of Oklahoma's second-largest city : TULSAN
47
Canines, e.g. : TEETH
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Two to one or three to one : RATIO
49
Skirt : EVADE
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Heavy cart : DRAY
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A.T.F. agents' activity : RAID
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Removes a squeak from : OILS
56
Driver's nonverbal "hello" : TOOT
59
Cellular stuff : RNA
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"Striving to better, oft we ___ what's well": Shak. : MAR
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Like a fox : SLY

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

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