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New York Times, Friday, February 23, 2007

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : "It's ___" ("Maybe it's meant to be")
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. Merrell. Friday freshness: 9%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/23/7 ( No. 20,926 )
Across
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Kind of blocker : SPAM
5
Clay defeater : POLK
9
Standard jacket feature : BLURB
14
Conference intro : TELE
15
26 on a table : IRON
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Girl's name meaning "born again" : RENEE
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Dangerously : ONTHINICE
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8 1/2-pound statue : OSCAR
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Comment of abandon : WHATTHEHECK
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___ Bad Wolf of comic books : LIL
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Cement layer : MASON
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"Hey, just a second!" : SEEHERE
26
W. Coast airport : SFO
28
___ horn : ALTO
30
It works as a translator : RNA
31
Tragic figure of literature : KINGLEAR
33
Splash guard : FENDER
37
1960's TV dog : ASTRO
38
Head : LAV
40
Like some myths : NORSE
41
"No more" : THEEND
43
High-waisted to the extreme : LEGGIEST
45
Psych 101 topic : EGO
46
Poet/cartoonist Silverstein : SHEL
47
Affliction : WOE
48
"Who knows?!" : BEATSME
52
Pioneering 1940's computer : ENIAC
54
Business card abbr. : EXT
55
Modern phone display : TEXTMESSAGE
59
___-Car : ECONO
61
Event souvenirs : TEESHIRTS
62
Island shared by two countries : TIMOR
63
Eastern queen : RANI
64
Study of figures: Abbr. : GEOM
65
Spirited : SASSY
66
Partner of letters : ARTS
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Business page inits. : NYSE
Down
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Lay up : STOW
2
Phnom ___ : PENH
3
___ Springs, Fla. : ALTAMONTE
4
Former Los Angeles and New York Philharmonic conductor : MEHTA
5
It admits very little light : PINHOLE
6
Like the Mikado and Nanki-Poo : ORIENTAL
7
Shetland Islands sight : LOCH
8
They're often found under desks : KNEES
9
Difficult means of communication : BROKENENGLISH
10
Article in a French magazine : LES
11
Poseidon, to Athena : UNCLE
12
Show over : REAIR
13
Star of "Always Leave Them Laughing," 1949 : BERLE
18
"Too much to go into now" : ITSALONGSTORY
21
Early "What's My Line?" panelist : CERF
25
Red River city : HANOI
26
Game in which jacks are the highest trumps : SKAT
27
Seek at random, with "for" : FISH
29
Grad student's hurdle : ORALS
32
Welcome : GREET
34
Star of a former self-titled sitcom : DREWCAREY
35
Onetime distributor of free maps : ESSO
36
Nerve network : RETE
39
Very strong : VEHEMENT
42
Hemisphere : DOME
44
Creation : GENESIS
48
Common sugar source : BEETS
49
No longer working for the Company : EXCIA
50
Smithereens : ATOMS
51
Part of a crowd, maybe : EXTRA
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"It's ___" ("Maybe it's meant to be") : ASIGN
56
Do 80, say : TEAR
57
Sporty cars : GTOS
58
Salinger dedicatee : ESME
60
Directory data: Abbr. : NOS

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

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