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New York Times, Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Collins. Tuesday freshness: 81%
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© 2011, The New York Times3/29/11 ( No. 22,421 )
Across
1
Barrel supports : STAVES
7
___ Solo of "Star Wars" : HAN
10
Attic nester : WASP
14
Stop : ARREST
15
General on a Chinese menu : TSO
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Two times tetra- : OCTA
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See 55-Across : TAYLOR
18
Appt., often : MTG
19
Naturalist John : MUIR
20
One of five Norwegian kings : OLAV
21
1963 title role for 55-/17-Across : CLEOPATRA
23
"No, No" girl of Broadway : NANETTE
26
TV's "20/20" creator Arledge : ROONE
27
1965 film starring 55-/17-Across : THESANDPIPER
31
It can go over hill and dale, briefly : ATV
34
List shortener : ETAL
35
Western author Grey : ZANE
36
English class assignment : THEME
38
Slowing, in mus. : RIT
40
Pont Neuf's river : SEINE
41
"Rule, Britannia" composer : ARNE
42
Pooped : BEAT
44
Australian outlaw Kelly : NED
45
1960 film for which 55-/17-Across won a Best Actress Oscar : BUTTERFIELD8
50
Harder to locate : RARER
51
Put through the paces : TESTOUT
55
With 17-Across, late Hollywood star : ELIZABETH
58
"Casablanca" role : ILSA
59
Mad : LOCO
60
Colo.-to-Ga. direction : ESE
61
"Suddenly, Last ___" (1959 film starring 55-/17-Across) : SUMMER
63
Caffeine nut : KOLA
64
PC screen type : LCD
65
Tied in a best-of-three series : ONEONE
66
Ajar : OPEN
67
Message on the beach of a remote island, maybe : SOS
68
Gets ready to hogtie : LASSOS
Down
1
Squelched : SATON
2
Merry refrain : TRALA
3
Early Indian invader : ARYAN
4
1944 title role for 55-/17-Across : VELVET
5
That, to Tomás : ESO
6
Bering, for one: Abbr. : STR
7
WWW code : HTML
8
Toward the rudder : ASTERN
9
Bum : NOGOOD
10
Philander : WOMANIZE
11
Migraine, e.g. : ACUTEPAIN
12
Paint can instruction : STIR
13
Law office worker, for short : PARA
21
Chávez of the U.F.W. : CESAR
22
Sound of breaking a vacuum seal : POP
24
"Nearer, My God, to ___" : THEE
25
Asian holiday : TET
28
Cover, so to speak : ALIBI
29
Feminizing suffix : ENNE
30
Saxophonist's need : REED
31
Run ___ (not pay as you go) : ATAB
32
Word shortening on a traffic sign : THRU
33
Piece of one's heart : VENTRICLE
37
Multicellular animal : METAZOAN
39
They may be brushed or bared : TEETH
40
Fed. agencies may issue them : STDS
43
Tavern offering : ALE
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Good fig. for Maddux or Martinez : ERA
47
Protagonists in "Star Wars" : REBELS
48
"The Last Supper," for one : FRESCO
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How often 55-/17-Across was married : 8TIMES
52
Actor Edward James ___ : OLMOS
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"___ hooks" : USENO
54
Container weights : TARES
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Nevada city : ELKO
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Heart of Chicago, with "the" : LOOP
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Senators Kennedy and Stevens : TEDS
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The sun, personified : SOL
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Italian article : UNA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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