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New York Times, Monday, January 25, 2010

Author:
Holden Baker
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Holden Baker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Baker. Monday freshness: 74%
Notepad: The print version of this puzzle's grid has two arrows: one pointing from 15A to 17A, and one pointing from 69A to 70A.
Jim Horne notes:

The grid in the printed paper looks something like this.

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H
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D
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© 2010, The New York Times1/25/10 ( No. 21,993 )
Across
1
Placed on a wall, as a picture : HUNG
5
"It is ___ told by an idiot ...": Macbeth : ATALE
10
Went in haste : HIED
14
Butterlike spread : OLEO
15
[See grid] : BOGEY
16
High-protein food often found in vegetarian cuisine : TOFU
17
Lollapalooza : ONER
18
Make up for, as sins : ATONE
19
Duos : TWOS
20
The "P" in P.T.A. : PARENT
22
Wrigley Field or Camden Yards : BALLPARK
24
Facts and figures : DATA
26
Envision : SEE
27
"The racer's edge" : STP
30
Boulder's home: Abbr. : COLO
32
Took for a trial run : TESTED
37
In the poorest of taste, as a novel : TRASHIEST
40
Nozzle connector : HOSE
41
Exactly what's expected : PARFORTHECOURSE
44
Sir ___ Guinness : ALEC
45
Device that measures gas properties : AEROMETER
46
Ankle-related : TARSAL
49
Classical opera redone by Elton John : AIDA
50
180 degrees from NNW : SSE
51
___ cit. (in the place cited) : LOC
53
"Deadly" septet : SINS
55
Geometric curve : PARABOLA
60
Cinco de Mayo party : FIESTA
64
"Washingtons" : ONES
65
"Thank you, Henri" : MERCI
67
Tex's sidekick : PARD
68
Luau instruments, for short : UKES
69
[See grid] : EAGLE
70
Having length and width only, briefly : TWOD
71
Vessel in "Cast Away" : RAFT
72
Creation that's almost human : DROID
73
Concorde fleet : SSTS
Down
1
Hula ___ : HOOP
2
Radius's neighbor : ULNA
3
___-do-well : NEER
4
Like an unfortunate torero : GORED
5
Slaughterhouse : ABATTOIR
6
Onesie wearer : TOT
7
Lots : AGOB
8
Singer Horne and actress Olin : LENAS
9
Shoelace hole : EYELET
10
Internet address opener : HTTP
11
Early state in presidential campaigns : IOWA
12
Get an ___ effort : EFOR
13
Dawn's opposite : DUSK
21
Cheese-covered chip : NACHO
23
Stan of Marvel Comics : LEE
25
Prince Valiant's wife : ALETA
27
March 17 honoree, for short : STPAT
28
Syllables in a gay refrain : TRALA
29
Gadget for someone on K.P. duty : PARER
31
Milo of "Ulysses" : OSHEA
33
Elisabeth of "Leaving Las Vegas" : SHUE
34
Legal wrongs : TORTS
35
Mountain road features : ESSES
36
Plow manufacturer : DEERE
38
Certain NCOs : SFCS
39
Actresses Garr and Hatcher : TERIS
42
Systematized, as laws : CODIFIED
43
Resident on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula : OMANI
47
Tirana's land: Abbr. : ALB
48
Appeared on the horizon : LOOMED
52
Easy to understand : CLEAR
54
Back-to-school mos. : SEPTS
55
Preside over the tea ceremony : POUR
56
Paul who wrote "My Way" : ANKA
57
Snorkeling site : REEF
58
Kind of prof. or D.A. : ASST
59
Ship in search of the Golden Fleece : ARGO
61
Old sayings : SAWS
62
Harness race gait : TROT
63
Comments further : ADDS
66
151, in old Rome : CLI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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