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New York Times, Thursday, April 12, 2007

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Across : They're shown by open ovals
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 142 for Mr. Page. Thursday freshness: 68%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/12/7 ( No. 20,974 )
Across
1
Cleans up : DUSTS
6
Feminine name ending : ETTA
10
Zodiac symbol : BULL
14
Two cents : INPUT
15
David ___, Cole Porter biographer : EWEN
16
Solo piece : ARIA
17
Scoping out : EYEBALLING
19
Channel with the show "Closing Bell" : CNBC
20
Fee for tugboat services : TOWAGE
21
Mrs. Addams, to Gomez : TISH
23
Scrapes (out) : EKES
24
Like some shoes : ORTHOPEDIC
30
Rubbed raw : RED
31
Glasgow negatives : NAES
32
Prince Valiant's wife : ALETA
33
City 15 miles SE of Rome : UTICA
35
Pricey wheels : ROLLS
36
Popular cable network ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 47- and 56-Across : COMEDYCENTRAL
40
"Now it ___ told" : CANBE
41
Departments : AREAS
42
Actor/brother Sean or Mackenzie : ASTIN
43
The witches in "Macbeth," e.g. : TRIO
44
Edwards, e.g.: Abbr. : AFB
47
They're shown by open ovals : WHOLENOTES
49
Org. with an amicus brief in Brown v. Board of Education : ACLU
50
Modern locale of ancient Persepolis : IRAN
51
Fouled up : HASHED
53
Pitcher Gagné : ERIC
56
Severe punishment for a priest : DEFROCKING
59
___ Pahlavi, former shah : REZA
60
Neighbor of Hi and Lois : IRMA
61
Worked up : TENSE
62
Jump with a twist : AXEL
63
Paralegal, for one: Abbr. : ASST
64
Beat (out) : EDGED
Down
1
The less you see of this person the better : DIETER
2
Free, in a way : UNYOKE
3
Like lava : SPEWED
4
Tornado clouds : TUBAS
5
One way to go to a party : STAG
6
It may be smoked : EEL
7
___-night doubleheader : TWI
8
Decimal divisions : TENTHS
9
Hospital procedure, for short : ANGIO
10
Single-minded people? : BACHELORS
11
Spigot holder : URN
12
Ad add-on : LIB
13
___ du Flambeau, Wis. : LAC
18
Russian writer Andreyev : LEONID
22
Mississippi town in "In the Heat of the Night" : SPARTA
25
A bit dirty : RACY
26
Carrier of leaves for a dining table? : TEACART
27
Paris's Place ___ Concorde : DELA
28
"___ never fly!" : ITLL
29
___ in Charlie : CAS
33
Kind of cord : UMBILICAL
34
Target MTV viewer : TEENER
36
Some bills : CASH
37
Aware of : ONTO
38
Lake Indian : ERIE
39
Kansas' ___ River : NEOSHO
40
Harsh cry : CAW
43
Copier needs : TONERS
44
Sore : ACHING
45
Strip off, as skin : FLENSE
46
Moved a bit : BUDGED
48
Gymnast Comaneci : NADIA
49
Set a price of : ASKED
52
___ de naissance (French birth certificate) : ACTE
53
Tom Seaver's 2.86, e.g. : ERA
54
Mardi Gras figure : REX
55
Suffix with capital : IZE
57
Most NPR stations : FMS
58
No-goodnik : RAT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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