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New York Times, Monday, January 23, 2012

Author:
Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Drizzle, say
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Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 49 for Ms. Keller. Monday freshness: 45%
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© 2012, The New York Times1/23/12 ( No. 22,721 )
Across
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Manhandle horribly : MAUL
5
U. of Maryland athlete : TERP
9
Jollity : MIRTH
14
"Rule, Britannia" composer : ARNE
15
End in ___ (finish evenly) : ATIE
16
Brainstorms : IDEAS
17
Cut of meat : LOIN
18
Pro ___ (how some law work is done) : BONO
19
Composition for nine musicians : NONET
20
Fiercely : TOOTHANDNAIL
23
OB/GYNs perform them : AMNIOS
24
In ___ (harmonious) : SYNC
25
Air safety org. : FAA
28
___ Ness monster : LOCH
30
Westerns, in old lingo : OATERS
32
"Scream" director Craven : WES
35
Embarrassingly imprudent : FOOTINMOUTH
38
"___ cost you!" : ITLL
40
Fall behind : LAG
41
Falco of "Nurse Jackie" : EDIE
42
Next to one another : CHEEKBYJOWL
47
Member of the upper house: Abbr. : SEN
48
Roman leader who met his fate on the Ides of March : CAESAR
49
Police action on a gambling ring : RAID
51
"Carpenter" or "harvester" insect : ANT
52
Drizzle, say : RAIN
55
Dentists' tools : DRILLS
59
Fast and in large amounts : HANDOVERFIST
61
Television input jack : AUDIO
64
Battery fluid : ACID
65
Dread : FEAR
66
Edge : BRINK
67
"___ but known ..." : HADI
68
Blues singer James : ETTA
69
Bring joy to : ELATE
70
Wife in "The Good Earth" : OLAN
71
Having a positive outlook : ROSY
Down
1
Mediterranean island country : MALTA
2
Woolf's "___ of One's Own" : AROOM
3
The "U" in E.U. : UNION
4
Popular soup legume : LENTIL
5
___ sauce : TABASCO
6
School on the Thames : ETON
7
Outsides of melons : RINDS
8
Spring bloom : PEONY
9
Easily portable movie maker : MINICAM
10
Winner of a Fox talent show beginning in 2002 : IDOL
11
Stimpy's canine pal : REN
12
___ kwon do : TAE
13
President after F.D.R. : HST
21
Part of a horse that's shod : HOOF
22
Before long, poetically : ANON
25
Prolonged hostilities : FEUDS
26
Clarinetist Shaw : ARTIE
27
Drained of color : ASHEN
29
___ Bible : HOLY
31
Follower of tic-tac : TOE
32
Pagan nature religion : WICCA
33
Revolutionary Allen : ETHAN
34
Frozen 52-Across : SLEET
36
Atlantic City casino, with "the" : TAJ
37
Stravinsky or Sikorsky : IGOR
39
Article in Paris Match : LES
43
Sing-along at a bar : KARAOKE
44
Raisin ___ : BRAN
45
Entered up to one's ankles : WADEDIN
46
Train line to Penn Sta. : LIRR
50
Be at odds (with) : DIFFER
53
Boise's state : IDAHO
54
Like some diet drinks : NOCAL
56
Be untruthful with : LIETO
57
Exams for would-be attys. : LSATS
58
Veer off the beaten path : STRAY
59
Clue : HINT
60
___ Blue, 1971 Cy Young Award winner : VIDA
61
Lincoln, the Rail-Splitter : ABE
62
WWW address : URL
63
Day, to Diego : DIA

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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