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New York Times, Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Author:
Alex Fay
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : Modern storage units, briefly
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Fay.
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© 2010, The New York Times2/2/10 ( No. 22,001 )
Across
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Brainy Simpson : LISA
5
Try, as a case : HEAR
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In pieces : APART
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A Grimm beginning? : ONCE
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Lui: him :: ___ : her : ELLE
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First unelected president : TYLER
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Suffix with dino- : SAUR
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Fabrications : LIES
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Faintest residue : TRACE
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Outcome of many a boxing match ... or 38- and 36-Down : SPLITDECISION
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Sniggler : EELER
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St. Louis Blues org. : NHL
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One in the hand? : ACE
28
Pig's home : STY
29
Corn units : EARS
33
Venerate : HALLOW
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It's sometimes good to get back to them : BASICS
37
Wood-shaping tool : ADZE
38
Interstates ... or 60-Down and 65-Across : DIVIDEDHIGHWAYS
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"Yikes!" : EGAD
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Three-ingredient treats : SMORES
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Well-thought-out : COGENT
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"___, you noblest English ...!": "Henry V" : ONON
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___ favor : POR
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Something to roll over, briefly : IRA
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Brit. reference : OED
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Weeper of mythology : NIOBE
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Crushed by sorrow ... or 5-Across and 63-Down : BROKENHEARTED
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Greek porticos : STOAS
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Skateboard trickster's track : RAIL
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Partner of means : WAYS
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Nail-biting : TENSE
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Modern storage units, briefly : MEGS
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"Aha!" : ISEE
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Early Icelandic literary works : EDDAS
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U.S. Open's ___ Stadium : ASHE
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Drag racing org. : NHRA
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The second number in a record : LOSSES
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Peevish : INAPET
3
Mulder's "X-Files" partner : SCULLY
4
Cliffside nest : AERIE
5
Didn't give away : HELD
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Author Wiesel : ELIE
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A Baldwin brother : ALEC
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Sticky stuff : RESIN
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Fifth-century emperor remembered as the epitome of cruelty : ATTILA
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Expert in match play, for short? : PYRO
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"The West Wing" actor who played Arnold Vinick : ALANALDA
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Camcorder button abbr. : REC
13
Uno + due : TRE
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Tire pattern : TREAD
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Theater admonition : SHH
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Snug as a bug in a rug : COZY
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Flock females : EWES
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Enzyme suffix : ASE
31
Clears (of) : RIDS
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Ordinary schlub : SCHMO
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Statutes : LAWS
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Wait : BIDE
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Priory of ___ (group in "The Da Vinci Code") : SION
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Tenth: Prefix : DECI
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Noted lab assistant : IGOR
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Tramp : VAGABOND
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Miracle-___ : GRO
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Temporary tattoo dye : HENNA
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Hangmen's tools : NOOSES
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Shatner's "___War" : TEK
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Soapmaking stuff : POTASH
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One following directions : OBEYER
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Exodus locale : REDSEA
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Skin: Suffix : DERMA
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Golfer Hale ___ : IRWIN
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Tabula ___ : RASA
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Scottish rejections : NAES
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Daily temperature stat : HIGH
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Fr. holy woman : STE
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Slugger Williams : TED

Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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