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New York Times, Monday, February 25, 2008

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Object of the actions suggested by the starts of 17-, 30-, 47- and 66-Across
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQY} This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. Hartman.
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© 2008, The New York Times2/25/08 ( No. 21,293 )
Across
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Boston orchestra : POPS
5
Seaboard : COAST
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30 minutes, in the N.F.L. : HALF
14
Once more : ANEW
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God of the Koran : ALLAH
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Mixed bag : OLIO
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X-rated dance : STRIPTEASE
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Miniature plateau : MESA
20
Top secret? : TOUPEE
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"Thar ___ blows!" : SHE
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Something to cram for : EXAM
23
Banjo picker Scruggs : EARL
25
Org. that publishes American Hunter : NRA
27
Some Caribbean music : SKA
30
Beach find : SANDDOLLAR
36
Referred to : CITED
39
___ Speedwagon (1970s-'80s band) : REO
40
Rotgut : BOOZE
41
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
42
Fabergé collectible : EGG
43
Acquire, as a debt : INCUR
44
___ badge, boy scout's award : MERIT
45
Dover's state: Abbr. : DEL
46
___ jacket, 1960s fashion : NEHRU
47
Initial power source : PRIMEMOVER
50
One of a D.C. 100 : SEN
51
401(k) alternative, for short : IRA
52
Oodles : GOBS
55
Object of the actions suggested by the starts of 17-, 30-, 47- and 66-Across : WOOD
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"You've ___ Mail" : GOT
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Lose all one's money in gambling : TAPOUT
65
Thomas Edison's middle name : ALVA
66
Pinto : PAINTHORSE
68
Plane assignment : SEAT
69
Ryan of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : IRENE
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Julia Roberts's role in "Ocean's Eleven" : TESS
71
Golfer's target : HOLE
72
Krupp Works city : ESSEN
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Alphabetize, e.g. : SORT
Down
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It might be checkered : PAST
2
Not fooled by : ONTO
3
Llama country : PERU
4
Slide, as a credit card through a reader : SWIPE
5
Supplies, as food for a party : CATERS
6
Cheer for El Cordobés : OLE
7
"Ah, me!" : ALAS
8
Part of a girl scout's uniform : SASH
9
Finis : THEEND
10
1990 Macaulay Culkin film : HOMEALONE
11
The "A" in A-Rod : ALEX
12
Kudrow of "Friends" : LISA
13
Cappuccino head : FOAM
18
___ brain (nitwit) : PEA
24
"Streets of ___" (classic cowboy song) : LAREDO
26
Bird that comes "bob, bob, bobbin'" : ROBIN
27
Little rascal : SCAMP
28
Ben Franklin, famously, in an electrical storm : KITER
29
Arcade game maker : ATARI
31
Israeli desert : NEGEV
32
Sharp turn on a golf course : DOGLEG
33
Sources of Scottish streams : LOCHS
34
Sky-blue : AZURE
35
Twice-seen TV show : RERUN
37
Competitor of "The 5th Wheel," in reality TV : ELIMIDATE
38
Scare off : DETER
48
Chatterbox : MAGPIE
49
Spoiled : ROTTEN
53
Scrooge's cry : BAH
54
Dalmatian markings : SPOTS
55
Launder : WASH
56
Margarine : OLEO
57
White House office shape : OVAL
59
Crew's control? : OARS
60
Deadlocks : TIES
62
Cookie with a creme center : OREO
63
Stalingrad's land, for short : USSR
64
The "T" of S.A.T. : TEST
67
U-turn from SSW : NNE

Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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