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New York Times, Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Author:
Caleb Madison
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Across : Vatican locale
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Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Madison. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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L
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O
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W
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© 2012, The New York Times2/21/12 ( No. 22,750 )
Across
1
"OMG ur so funny!" : LOL
4
"You flatter me too much!" : OHSTOP
10
Vatican locale : ROME
14
"Who ___?" : AMI
15
Complain : REPINE
16
Any of the singers of the 1973 #1 hit "Love Train" : OJAY
17
Something to hang your hat on : PEG
18
"Platoon" director : OLIVERSTONE
20
"That tastes awful!" comments : UGHS
22
Leandro's partner in a Handel title : ERO
23
Camel refueling spots : OASES
24
Comedian who voiced the lead role in "Ratatouille" : PATTONOSWALT
28
It gets flatter as it gets older : SODA
29
Little blobs on slides : AMOEBAE
33
Material for a military uniform : KHAKI
35
Vassal : SERF
37
Peculiar : ODD
38
Tom Cruise's "Risky Business" co-star : REBECCADEMORNAY
42
Fury : IRE
43
Mtn. stats : HGTS
44
Sonnets and such : POEMS
45
Big cake maker : SARALEE
48
Paneled rooms, often : DENS
49
Igor player in "Young Frankenstein" : MARTYFELDMAN
54
Audibly amazed : AGASP
57
Old nuclear regulatory org. : AEC
58
Modern prefix with mom : OCTO
59
What the starts of 18-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across each won : BESTPICTURE
63
Navy noncom : CPO
64
"Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal" : ERIE
65
Necessary : NEEDED
66
Symbol of sturdiness : OAK
67
Blue-green shade : TEAL
68
Sends to the dump : TOSSES
69
Soph., jr. and sr. : YRS
Down
1
Drink greedily : LAPUP
2
Ω : OMEGA
3
"Star Wars" weapon : LIGHTSABER
4
Gold, in Guadalupe : ORO
5
State capital whose main street is named Last Chance Gulch : HELENA
6
Vice president Agnew : SPIRO
7
Saves for later viewing, in a way : TIVOS
8
2000 Beatles album or its peak chart position : ONE
9
The "p" of r.p.m. : PER
10
Spin on an axis : ROTATE
11
13-Down, south of the border : OJOS
12
Neck line? : MANE
13
11-Down, north of the border : EYES
19
Unaided : SOLO
21
Feed, as a fire : STOKE
25
Like much of Pindar's work : ODIC
26
They might be hawked : WARES
27
Kind of radio : AMFM
30
Sci-fi physician played by DeForest Kelley : BONESMCCOY
31
Leading man? : ADAM
32
Ben & Jerry's competitor : EDYS
33
___ Kross ('90s rap duo) : KRIS
34
Juno, in Greece : HERA
35
Bob of "How I Met Your Mother" : SAGET
36
N.Y.C. summer hrs. : EDT
39
"If I Could Turn Back Time" singer, 1989 : CHER
40
German car : OPEL
41
Sonata part : RONDO
46
Brew named for a Dutch river : AMSTEL
47
Nordic native : LAPP
48
Edict : DECREE
50
Rowdy ___, "Rawhide" cowboy : YATES
51
Fights that go on and on : FEUDS
52
For face value : ATPAR
53
Crannies : NOOKS
54
Help in crime : ABET
55
Actor Richard : GERE
56
Most of Turkey is in it : ASIA
60
Stat that a QB doesn't want to be high: Abbr. : INT
61
Corp. honcho : CEO
62
Mag. staff : EDS

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

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