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New York Times, Thursday, February 12, 2009

Author:
Gary & Stephen Kennedy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Role played by 52-Across in "The Story of Mankind"
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Gary Kennedy
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Stephen Kennedy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kennedy. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kennedy. Thursday freshness: 3%
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© 2009, The New York Times2/12/9 ( No. 21,646 )
Across
1
"Slumdog Millionaire" locale : AGRA
5
Find fault : CRAB
9
Old auto control : CHOKE
14
Move to solid food : WEAN
15
Scene of classic flooding : NILE
16
The Four Seasons, e.g. : HOTEL
17
Influential work by 28-Across, familiarly : ORIGINOFSPECIES
20
Bygone leader with a goatee : LENIN
21
Bit : ATOM
22
Health ___ : SPA
23
Dastard : SNEAK
26
Where to see 20th Century Fox studios : INLA
28
Notable born 2/12/1809 : CHARLESRDARWIN
33
Grp. founded in Jerusalem : PLO
34
Part of a knave's loot, in a rhyme : TART
35
1970s Big Apple mayor : BEAME
36
Sony brand : AIWA
38
Cheese and crackers, maybe : SNACK
41
Some : AFEW
42
Great Lakes fish : SMELT
44
Tills, in a way : HOES
46
Excess : FAT
47
Notable born 2/12/1809 : ABRAHAMLINCOLN
51
Role played by 52-Across in "The Story of Mankind" : NERO
52
See 51-Across : LORRE
53
Signs off on : OKS
56
Lake Thun's river : AARE
58
Absinthe flavor : ANISE
61
47-Across led it : REPUBLICANPARTY
65
What almost always goes for a buck? : BRONC
66
2004 Brad Pitt film : TROY
67
Tinware art : TOLE
68
Tour stops : SITES
69
End of a phonetic alphabet : ZULU
70
Genesis grandson : ENOS
Down
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Object of a hunt, maybe : AWOL
2
"Runaway Bride" co-star, 1999 : GERE
3
Drought easer : RAINSHOWER
4
Chest pain : ANGINA
5
Atlanta's ___ Center : CNN
6
"A Rainy Night in ___" (1946 hit) : RIO
7
European sports car, informally : ALFA
8
Rouse : BESTIR
9
Beaker site, for short : CHEMLAB
10
Ad ___ : HOC
11
Bluesman Rush : OTIS
12
Not go bad : KEEP
13
Old-time gossip queen Maxwell : ELSA
18
Like neon : INERT
19
Place for a lily : POND
24
"___ the day!" (Shakespearean exclamation) : ALAS
25
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" composer : KERN
27
Quarter : AREA
28
Scale : CLIMB
29
"60 Minutes" correspondent starting in 1991 : STAHL
30
Kitchen appliance : WAFFLEIRON
31
"Er ... uh ..." : IMEAN
32
Slender amphibian : NEWT
33
"Qué ___?" : PASA
37
Singer Jackson with more than 20 #1 country hits : ALAN
39
Stamp purchase : COIL
40
Numbers game : KENO
43
Kindergarten learning : THEABCS
45
Go at it : SCRAP
48
Salty inland ___ Sea : ARAL
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St. ___, Switzerland : MORITZ
50
Flowery : ORNATE
53
Christmas tree ornaments, typically : ORBS
54
R&B singer Hilson : KERI
55
Descry : SPOT
57
Literally, "raw" : ECRU
59
1944 battle site : STLO
60
Checks out : EYES
62
"___ Saison en Enfer" : UNE
63
Comcast alternative : AOL
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Home of the Stern School of Business: Abbr. : NYU

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

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