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NY Times, Thu, Sep 03, 2009

Author: C. W. Stewart / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open squares: 82, Cheater squares: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Freshness Factor™: 59.0 (51.2 Thu. %-ile), NYT Across Lite file
This is puzzle 11 of 12 for Ms. Stewart — solos: 11, collaborations: 1, Sundays: 0

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© 2009, The New York Times
Across Down
1. English poet Coventry ___, who wrote "The Angel in the House" : PATMORE
8. Where "Thy will be done," in a prayer : ONEARTH
15. Parts of irises : AREOLES
16. Cheap cafe : BEANERY
17. Scheme : CONNIVE
18. Like outcasts : SHUNNED
19. Balkan land : KOSOVO
20. Canadian prov. on Atlantic Time : PEI
21. Previously called : NEE
22. Desert water source : CACTUS
24. Big 12 sch. : ISU
26. Bleed (for) : FEEL
29. It can turn up heads : TOSS
30. Rifle part : SIGHT
33. Skate part : LACE
34. Profitability, for a business : AIM
35. Not just a brat : TERROR
36. "___ always say ..." : ASI
37. Popular newspaper columnist who writes for Good Housekeeping : HELOISE
39. Sense of "wow" : AWE
40. Tricky highway maneuvers : MERGES
42. ___ fault : TOA
43. Checks for accuracy : VETS
44. Where a hole may develop : ELBOW
45. Town in W.W. II headlines : STLO
46. Counterpart of Thanatos, in Freudian psychology : EROS
47. Not here : YON
48. Stashes : HOARDS
50. Plant bristle : AWN
52. Tiny bit : DAB
53. Not authentic : POSING
57. World capital known locally as Krung Thep Mahanakhon : BANGKOK
60. Overused soap opera plot device : AMNESIA
61. Not to the point, say : EVASIVE
62. Swordplay, e.g. : DUELING
63. Runs down : DEFAMES
64. Sack and others : DRESSES
 1. Have heat : PACK
2. Ending with buck : AROO
3. ___ place : TENS
4. Item on a chain : MONOCLE
5. Twin Tony whose #6 jersey was retired : OLIVA
6. *Auto accessory : REVOCTAES
7. Sioux Falls-to-Cedar Rapids dir. : ESE
8. Dwell : OBSESS
9. Soft drink since 1924 : NEHI
10. Liquide clair : EAU
11. ___ Taylor (clothier) : ANN
12. *Crewman on the tail of a bomber : RENNUGRAER
13. Corner : TREE
14. Fictional Mr. : HYDE
20. *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues : PUSMOTTOB
23. Sweat : TOIL
24. "Aha!" : ISEE
25. "My dear fellow" : SIR
26. One in an affair : FLAME
27. Holder of a black marker : EASEL
28. *1968 Barbra Streisand starring role : ECIRBYNNAF
31. Purchase by Mr. Fix-It : HOWTO
32. Lock : TRESS
35. *Beef cut : TSAORPMUR
37. Chopped : HEWN
38. Kansas town on the Neosho River : IOLA
41. Fake blood, maybe : GOO
43. Skiffs and scows : VESSELS
45. Fountain orders : SHAKES
49. Beneficiary : DONEE
50. Opposite of up : ABED
51. You might catch one near a beach : WAVE
52. Chocolate brand : DOVE
54. Goddess who restored Osiris to life : ISIS
55. Highest score in baccarat : NINE
56. Comedian's stock : GAGS
58. Fed. purchasing org. : GSA
59. Kipling novel : KIM
60. Hyperactivity may be a sign of it, for short : ADD
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