NY Times, Sat, Nov 01, 2008

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Across		Down
1. It's often laid on someone else : BLAME 6. Gun-cleaning aid : ROD 9. Indian honorific : SAHIB 14. High-altitude home : EIREA 15. Motel freebie : ECI 16. Take on : TPODA 17. Detours : ALTERNATEROUTES 20. Its slogan was once "More bounce to the ounce" : ISPEP 21. Espouse : DEW 22. Panama, e.g. : TAH 23. Site for a bite : CAFE 25. Calyx component : SEPAL 27. Béret holder : TETE 28. Onetime ring master : ILA 29. Some blemishes : STRAW 30. Showed again : NARER 31. Court order : DECREE 33. Decathlete Johnson : RAFER 35. Many thoroughfares ... or what this puzzle's Across answers consist of? : STEERTSYAWOWT 39. Illegal match play? : ARSON 40. Infernal : NETHER 42. Aid in avoiding the draft? : FRACS 45. Mass communication? : NITAL 47. World Cup cry : ELO 48. In case : LEST 49. Stepping-off point : DEPOT 50. Sailboat stopper : CALM 51. Stowe girl : AVE 52. Square on un calendario : AID 53. Cousin of a hyacinth : PILUT 55. Possible result of an appeal : REVERSEDECISION 60. Rhone feeder : ERESI 61. Rio producer : AIK 62. Crackerjack : TPEDA 63. Spring Air competitor : SERTA 64. Org. that may call for a recall : FDA 65. City in North Rhine-Westphalia : ESSEN		1. Comic actress ___ Lillie : BEA 2. Start of many rappers' stage names : LIL 3. Dig discovery : ARTIFACT 4. Predecessor of Thornburgh in the cabinet : MEESE 5. Marshal played by Fonda, Costner and Lancaster : EARP 6. Person who's combining : REAPER 7. 10/: Abbr. : OCT 8. Ebbed : DIEDAWAY 9. Pack : STOW 10. Seller of Squishees on "The Simpsons" : APU 11. Like Venus vis-à-vis Mercury : HOTTER 12. Come up with something : IDEATE 13. Critic and then some : BASHER 18. Cranes constructing homes, e.g. : NESTERS 19. Minister's area: Abbr. : REL 23. "Le ___" (Jules Massenet opera) : CID 24. Intoxicating round : ALES 26. Member of the carrot family : PARSNIP 27. Fool's place : TAROT 29. 27-Down users, e.g. : SEERS 30. ___ post (railing supporter) : NEWEL 32. Not keep a poker face : REACT 34. One who's more than devoted : FANATIC 36. Unable to hit pitches? : TONEDEAF 37. Total alternative : WHEATIES 38. Determine : TELL 41. CD follower : ROM 42. Some pyrotechnics : FLARES 43. Make a shrine to, say : REVERE 44. "Yours" alternative : ASEVER 46. Seat of Shawnee County : TOPEKA 49. Talk trash about : DIS 50. Canine features : CUSPS 52. High-culture strains : ARIA 54. Not so rich, informally : LITE 56. It's somewhere in the neighborhood: Abbr. : EST 57. Impersonated : DID 58. Stanzaic salute : ODE 59. Staple of Indian cuisine : NAN