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New York Times, Thursday, March 13, 2008

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : "Black rat" as opposed to "Rattus rattus"
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 This is puzzle # 78 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Thursday freshness: 93%
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I
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R
3
R
4
S
5
A
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I
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M
8
S
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B
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A
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C
12
K
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N
E
A
T
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O
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S
O
U
P
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O
R
L
E
17
B
U
ZZ
O
FF
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P
U
TT
I
19
N
GG
R
EE
N
20
U
N
L
A
S
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H
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S
K
I
L
I
F
T
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D
E
E
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H
A
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J
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I
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E
L
E
V
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C
O
MM
O
NN
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A
M
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E
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P
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A
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R
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U
E
R
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S
O
N
E
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I
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AA
C
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C
O
N
C
E
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P
T
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E
N
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S
N
A
R
E
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A
BB
I
E
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E
L
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E
M
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C
A
T
S
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S
Y
N
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U
PP
E
RR
I
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G
H
T
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S
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A
M
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S
A
R
I
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C
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A
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F
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O
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L
A
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D
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O
S
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A
G
E
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A
DD
R
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SS
B
OO
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K
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S
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M
CC
A
LL
S
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K
E
E
N
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O
N
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R
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S
T
P
A
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E
R
D
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X
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S
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© 2008, The New York Times3/13/8 ( No. 21,310 )
Across
1
Factory seconds: Abbr. : IRRS
5
Sights : AIMS
9
Support : BACK
13
"Cool!" : NEATO
15
Starting fare, often : SOUP
16
Shield border : ORLE
17
"Scram!" : BUZZOFF
18
Practice area, of a sort : PUTTINGGREEN
20
Get out of a bind? : UNLASH
22
Way to the top : SKILIFT
23
___ Snider, frontman for rock's Twisted Sister : DEE
24
Once-in-a-lifetime traveler : HAJI
27
Figure usu. in hundreds or thousands of feet : ELEV
28
"Black rat" as opposed to "Rattus rattus" : COMMONNAME
30
Org. established by Nixon : EPA
33
Sorry sort : RUER
35
Loudness unit : SONE
36
Biblical patriarch whose name means "he will laugh" : ISAAC
37
"What a ___!" : CONCEPT
39
Catch : ENSNARE
41
Radical Hoffman : ABBIE
42
Low-grade?: Abbr. : ELEM
44
Hipsters : CATS
45
Abridged, for short: Abbr. : SYN
46
Northeast, on a map : UPPERRIGHT
48
Ditto : SAME
50
Delhi wrap : SARI
51
Here, in Toledo : ACA
54
Silk fabric for scarves : FOULARD
57
Onetime Missouri natives : OSAGES
59
Directories : ADDRESSBOOKS
62
Bygone women's magazine : MCCALLS
63
Sharp : KEEN
64
Humdinger : ONER
65
Parade honoree, familiarly : STPAT
66
Himmel und ___ (traditional German potato dish) : ERDE
67
Lawless role : XENA
68
Sun. deliveries : SERS
Down
1
About to bloom : INBUD
2
Catch up with old classmates : REUNE
3
Half of a showy display? : RAZZLE
4
Covered walkway : STOA
5
Symbol of power, to the pharaohs : ASP
6
Cash substitute : IOU
7
Kennel club rejects : MUTTS
8
Railroad track workers : SPIKEMEN
9
Overwhelm : BOGGLE
10
Reaches : ARRIVESAT
11
Lee Van ___ (spaghetti western actor) : CLEEF
12
Cigarette brand that sponsored "The Dick Van Dyke Show" : KENT
14
Like some oil rigs : OFFSHORE
19
Egyptian lifeline : NILE
21
Eponym of a classic Minnesota-brewed beer : HAMM
25
Bump : JOSTLE
26
___ time : INNO
28
Grammy winner Winans : CECE
29
Shortage of punch : ANEMIA
31
TV's Jack and kin : PAARS
32
Point of no return? : ACE
33
Robot in "Forbidden Planet" : ROBBY
34
Without protection : UNINSURED
36
___ the finish : INAT
37
Job for Hercule Poirot : CAS
38
Spice holder : PEPPERBOX
40
Splits : SCHISMS
43
Misses the mark : ERRS
46
Amherst campus, briefly : UMASS
47
Miracle-___ : GRO
49
Coeur d'___ : ALENE
51
Visibly stunned : AGAPE
52
Last place : CELLAR
53
Seconds: Abbr. : ASSTS
54
Impostor : FAKE
55
Less conventional : ODDER
56
Blackmore heroine : DOONE
58
Stops on a sales rep's rte. : ACCTS
60
Knowledge : KEN
61
Mme., across the Pyrenees : SRA

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

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