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New York Times, Wednesday, November 7, 2001

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Comment about a sad but memorable exit
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 52 for Mr. Quigley. Wednesday freshness: 48%
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© 2001, The New York Times11/7/1 ( No. 18,992 )
Across
1
N.H.L. division: Abbr. : ATL
4
Is wearing : HASON
9
With 11-Down, "Casablanca" site : RICKS
14
Word with caddy or bag : TEA
15
Prefix with arthritis : OSTEO
16
Online sales : ETAIL
17
___ sgt. (police rank) : DET
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"Never!" : WHENPIGSFLY
20
They undergo bonding : ATOMS
22
Glossy finish : ENAMEL
23
Angry parent's yell : WHYYOULITTLE
27
Patricia of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" : NEAL
28
Order members : NUNS
29
Political cartoonist Rall : TED
32
Pindar, for one : ODIST
34
Enlarged river, perhaps : SEAWAY
37
Connie Francis's 1960 film debut : WHERETHEBOYSARE
41
Have no more good ideas : RUNDRY
42
Sticks : GLUES
43
"Undoubtedly" : YES
44
Resentments : IRES
45
Discharge : EMIT
49
Comment about a sad but memorable exit : WHATAWAYTOGO
53
Numbskulls : IDIOTS
55
Michael who starred in TV's "It's a Great Life" : OSHEA
56
1975 Four Seasons hit : WHOLOVESYOU
60
Legal rep. : ATT
61
Exuded : OOZED
62
"Today" co-host : LAUER
63
Strive (for) : VIE
64
Newspaper opinion pieces : OPEDS
65
Drops out of the bidding : FOLDS
66
Summer in Sèvres : ETE
Down
1
When many duels take place : ATDAWN
2
Raise canines? : TEETHE
3
One of the Jacksons : LATOYA
4
"Want to explain that?" : HOWSO
5
Silvery gray : ASH
6
Sault ___ Marie : STE
7
Wine: Prefix : OEN
8
Hotel lobby sign : NOPETS
9
Splendid : REGAL
10
Words to elicit recognition : ITSME
11
See 9-Across : CAFE
12
Waste, as time : KILL
13
Insidious : SLY
19
Some acct. money : INT
21
Royal address? : MYLORD
24
Kwanzaa principle : UNITY
25
Heavy drinker : LUSH
26
Acura model : INTEGRA
29
American acquisition of 2001 : TWA
30
Musician's gift : EAR
31
Purchase for a disguise : DYE
33
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
34
"El Capitán" composer : SOUSA
35
Looker : EYE
36
They may be fixed : ASSETS
37
Lopsided, as a grin : WRY
38
Color : HUE
39
Dash widths : ENS
40
Mishandled : BLEW
44
A thing unto ___ : ITSELF
46
Native Arizonan : MOHAVE
47
"That makes sense!" : IGETIT
48
Exactly : TOATEE
49
Enticed : WILED
50
Engine covers : HOODS
51
Off-road goer, briefly : ATV
52
Traditional letter closer : YOURS
53
Breakfast place, for short : IHOP
54
Drift (off) : DOZE
56
Try to win over : WOO
57
___ Tiago : SAO
58
Actor Brynner : YUL
59
Multivolume ref. : OED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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