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New York Times, Monday, March 15, 2010

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : In the style of
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQXZ} This is puzzle # 120 for Mr. Piscop. Monday freshness: 39%
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H
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G
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B
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© 2010, The New York Times3/15/10 ( No. 22,042 )
Across
1
Sank, as a putt : HOLED
6
What bird wings do : FLAP
10
Usually deleted e-mail : SPAM
14
Item stuffed with pimento : OLIVE
15
Suffix with zillion : AIRE
16
Living ___ (what an employer is asked to pay) : WAGE
17
Two steeds? : PARAMOUNTS
19
Pi r squared, for a circle : AREA
20
Somewhat : INASENSE
21
One signing with a landlord : TENANT
23
Groove : RUT
24
Industrialist J. Paul ___ : GETTY
25
Pants ending just below the knees : CAPRIS
29
Small whiskey glass : JIGGER
32
Hang around for : AWAIT
33
$$$ : MONEY
34
Boat propeller : OAR
37
"Cheers" barfly : NORM
38
Isolated hill : BUTTE
39
"___ cow!" : HOLY
40
In the style of : ALA
41
Hearty enjoyment : GUSTO
42
Small error : LAPSE
43
Poor, depressed neighborhood : GHETTO
45
Rodeo ropes : LASSOS
46
Hank whose home-run record was surpassed by Barry Bonds : AARON
48
___ de toilette : EAU
49
Intelligence : SMARTS
51
Move to another country : EMIGRATE
56
Cuts off, as branches : LOPS
57
Two water slides? : PARACHUTES
59
Dull hurt : ACHE
60
Bug-eyed : AGOG
61
Sewing machine inventor Howe : ELIAS
62
Like a buttinsky : NOSY
63
Deep-six : TOSS
64
Harking back to an earlier style : RETRO
Down
1
Arizona tribe : HOPI
2
"The Good Earth" heroine : OLAN
3
Italian currency before the euro : LIRA
4
Actresses Mendes and Longoria : EVAS
5
Point off, as for bad behavior : DEMERIT
6
In legend he sold his soul to the devil : FAUST
7
Queue : LINE
8
The "A" in MoMA : ART
9
Cockroach or termite : PEST
10
Al Jolson classic : SWANEE
11
Two scout groups? : PARATROOPS
12
Player's rep : AGENT
13
Full of substance : MEATY
18
Cross to bear : ONUS
22
Like omelets : EGGY
25
Biblical water-to-wine site : CANA
26
Missing roll call, say : AWOL
27
Two charts? : PARAGRAPHS
28
Salt's place on a margarita glass : RIM
29
Word-guessing game : JOTTO
30
Wild about : INTO
31
"Wow, I didn't know that!" : GEE
33
Event not to be missed : MUST
35
"Not to mention ..." : ALSO
36
Dark loaves : RYES
38
"However ..." : BUT
39
Is afflicted with : HAS
41
Mannerly guy : GENT
42
Lopsided win, in slang : LAUGHER
44
Rocking toy, in tot-speak : HORSEY
45
Of the flock : LAIC
46
Lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia" : ASLAN
47
Oil company acquired by BP : AMOCO
48
Online publications, briefly : EMAGS
50
Small argument : SPAT
51
Greek Cupid : EROS
52
Govern : RULE
53
Going ___ tooth and nail : ATIT
54
Go like hell : TEAR
55
Old U.S. gas brand : ESSO
58
"Fourscore and seven years ___ ..." : AGO

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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