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New York Times, Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Quid pro ___
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Chisholm. Wednesday freshness: 67%
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© 2009, The New York Times9/9/9 ( No. 21,855 )
Across
1
Third-party account : ESCROW
7
Key of Beethoven's Seventh: Abbr. : AMAJ
11
Smoked fare, for short : BBQ
14
J. Lo title role : SELENA
15
Common command in Basic programming : GOTO
16
Évian water : EAU
17
Arborists : TREEEXPERTS
19
___ Tomé and Príncipe (equatorial land) : SAO
20
"Buenos ___!" : DIAS
21
U.S.N. junior officer: Abbr. : ENS
22
Summer hours in Va. : EDT
24
Capitalism : FREEENTERPRISE
30
Cause for an R rating : SEX
31
Margaret Mitchell family : OHARAS
32
Jack Horner line ender : AMI
35
Allen and Coen : ETHANS
39
Some touch screens, for short : CRTS
40
Disagree : DONTSEEEYETOEYE
43
Roman Cath. title : MSGR
44
Get cozy : NESTLE
45
O.R. figures : DRS
46
"It has come to my attention ..." : IHEARD
48
My ___, Vietnam : LAI
50
Tuneful Ford : TENNESSEEERNIE
56
Key that might close a dialog box : ESC
57
Letters in a U.R.L. : WWW
58
Buffer areas, briefly : DMZS
60
Former cabinet department : WAR
62
Art show that might feature "Fish Magic" : KLEEEXHIBIT
66
Nabokov novel : ADA
67
Recovered from : OVER
68
University of Oregon city : EUGENE
69
Costa del ___ : SOL
70
Beats by a hair : NIPS
71
Colossus locale : RHODES
Down
1
Town line sign abbr. : ESTD
2
Times Roman typeface feature : SERIF
3
Find innocent : CLEAR
4
Big Cup maker : REESES
5
See 32-Down : ONE
6
Become full, as the moon : WAX
7
99 of "Get Smart," e.g. : AGENT
8
"What hath God wrought" sender : MORSE
9
Court V.I.P.: Abbr. : ATT
10
Nativity figure : JOSEPH
11
Roused to action : BESTIRRED
12
Cote call : BAA
13
Quid pro ___ : QUO
18
Compose, in a way : PEN
23
Unmerciful Athenian lawgiver : DRACO
25
Some shoes ... and a feature of this puzzle's theme : EEES
26
Renews, say : EXTENDS
27
___ Park, N.J. : ROSELLE
28
Libertine of myth : SATYR
29
Some hook shapes : ESSES
32
With 5-Down, ticket words : ADMIT
33
Israel's Dayan : MOSHE
34
For the most part : INGENERAL
36
Giggle bit : HEE
37
1950s campaign inits. : AES
38
Adolph Ochs's newspaper: Abbr. : NYT
41
___ fats : TRANS
42
Go like heck : TEAR
47
Think, colloquially : RECKON
49
Roy G. Biv part : INDIGO
51
Take three of three, say : SWEEP
52
Still-life pieces : EWERS
53
12-Down producer : EWE
54
Fix firmly: Var. : IMBED
55
Slate or Salon : EZINE
59
Jeanne d'Arc et al.: Abbr. : STES
60
"Time ___ ..." : WAS
61
Hubbub : ADO
63
Mid first-century year : LVI
64
Ballot marker : XER
65
"What the ...?" : HUH

Answer summary:
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