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New York Times, Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Author:
Stephen Edward Anderson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Terse bridge bid
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Stephen Edward Anderson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QV} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Anderson. Tuesday freshness: 79%
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© 2009, The New York Times2/24/9 ( No. 21,658 )
Across
1
Birthstone for most Scorpios : TOPAZ
6
Sir's complement : MAAM
10
Insignificant type : TWERP
15
Friend in a sombrero : AMIGO
16
1970s-'80s Dodge : OMNI
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Ancient region with an architectural style named after it : IONIA
18
Root of all Romance languages : LATIN
19
Margin to maneuver : WIGGLEROOM
21
Strain to see over the top : CRANEONESNECK
23
[That makes me a little angry] : GRR
24
Hammer or tongs : TOOL
25
Pants half : LEG
28
G.P.S. offering : MAP
31
River of Hades : STYX
34
Honeymooners' destination : NIAGARA
36
Social finishes? : ITES
38
Bum : HOBO
40
City God destroyed with fire and brimstone : SODOM
41
Eat humble pie : SWALLOWONESPRIDE
45
Company newbie : HIREE
46
Classic Jags : XKES
47
One's equal : PEER
48
"That's it for now!" : ALLDONE
51
Hard throws to first base, say : PEGS
53
Sound of bacon frying : SSS
54
Perform, as one's trade : PLY
55
Real pill : PEST
57
Line on a receipt : TAX
59
Be a street peddler : HAWKONESWARES
65
Toothless enemy : PAPERTIGER
68
Terse bridge bid : ONENO
69
Norwegian coast feature : FJORD
70
Street that may be a U.S. highway : MAIN
71
Milk dispenser : UDDER
72
Mafia dons : CAPOS
73
Capital on a 69-Across : OSLO
74
"Here's to ...," e.g. : TOAST
Down
1
1 on the Mohs scale : TALC
2
Five-star Bradley : OMAR
3
Hummus scooper-upper : PITA
4
Cause of some wrinkles : AGING
5
Land-use regulators : ZONERS
6
Like golf greens, frequently : MOWN
7
Friend who's française : AMIE
8
Unfocused dread : ANGST
9
Filet ___ : MIGNON
10
Haberdashery accessory : TIECLASP
11
Slacker's bane : WORK
12
Musician Brian : ENO
13
Carnival locale : RIO
14
1989 Bond girl Bouvier : PAM
20
First in a string of 13 popes : LEOI
22
Big name in lawn products : ORTHO
25
Part of L.P.G.A. : LADIES
26
Wears away : ERODES
27
Arcade fans : GAMERS
28
Fender bender, e.g. : MISHAP
29
Whenever your heart desires : ATWILL
30
___ white : PEARLY
32
"Ouch!" : YOW
33
___ 360 : XBOX
35
Hiker's snack : GORP
37
Musher's carrier : SLED
39
Preparing hash for G.I. Joe, say : ONKP
42
They're spotted in tall grass : LEOPARDS
43
Wide shoe spec : EEE
44
U.S.M.C. noncoms : SSGTS
49
Politico Gingrich : NEWT
50
One for whom Nome may be home : ESKIMO
52
Walked to the door : SAWOUT
56
Forum attire : TOGAS
58
Tic-tac-toe alternatives : XANDO
59
Key to the city recipient, maybe : HERO
60
Singer Sedaka : NEIL
61
Professzor Rubik : ERNO
62
Stigma borne by Hester Prynne : REDA
63
Hydrocarbon suffixes : ENES
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Type : SORT
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Low-rank inits. : PFC
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Steely Dan's stellar seller : AJA
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Top 40 genre : POP

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

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