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New York Times, Thursday, April 23, 2009

Author:
Steve Dobis
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Alternative to "roll the dice"
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Steve Dobis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 4 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Dobis. Thursday freshness: 15%
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© 2009, The New York Times4/23/9 ( No. 21,716 )
Across
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Starring role : LEAD
5
Way to go : PATH
9
Certain sultan's subject : OMANI
14
"There was a time ..." : ONCE
15
It's headed by a deputy asst. secy. of labor : OSHA
16
They need their bearings : AUTOS
17
See 71-Across : GODFATHEROFSOUL
20
Romance fiction or horror films, e.g. : ESCAPE
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Midcentury year : MDL
22
European tongue : ERSE
23
Small change : CENT
25
Letters at sea : USS
27
See 71-Across : FEDEXCOMPETITOR
35
Basic education, familiarly : RRR
36
House support? : YEA
37
Language that contains no adjectives : NAVAHO
38
Redolence : AROMA
41
Do colorful work : DYE
43
Coffee break time, maybe : TENAM
44
Generic : NONAME
46
"I'll take that as ___" : ANO
48
E.T.S. offering : GRE
49
See 71-Across : CLEVELANDPLAYER
53
"Yes, ___!" : SIR
54
Alternative to "roll the dice" : SPIN
55
Band lineup : GIGS
59
Microwave : ZAP
61
Available : ONCALL
65
See 71-Across : IVYLEAGUESCHOOL
68
Drill : BORER
69
Def Leppard hit "Pour Some Sugar ___" : ONME
70
Approved : OKED
71
Shade that defines 17-, 27-, 49- and 65-Across : BROWN
72
Title grp. in an ABC drama : NYPD
73
Barbecue order : RIBS
Down
1
High-priced ticket option : LOGE
2
Great-great-great-grandfather of Methuselah : ENOS
3
Electrical letters : ACDC
4
Scrawl graffiti on, e.g. : DEFACE
5
Strength : POTENCY
6
Word with mountain or fly : ASH
7
Not us : THEM
8
Indigent : HARDUP
9
Klutz : OAF
10
Inspiration : MUSE
11
Decor finish? : ATOR
12
Us, abroad : NOUS
13
Bikini, e.g. : ISLE
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Culminating point : APEX
19
Merlin of football and TV : OLSEN
24
Pointy-___ : TOED
26
Rebounds, e.g. : STAT
27
Swiss capital : FRANC
28
Documentarian Morris : ERROL
29
Queen's attendant : DRONE
30
Like some pyramids : MAYAN
31
"___ got you" : IVE
32
Having a bite : TANGY
33
Almost 80 million people visit it yearly : OHARE
34
Former Colorado governor Roy : ROMER
39
Dallas hoopster, briefly : MAV
40
Where the Iowa Straw Poll is done : AMES
42
Goals : ENDS
45
"My Fair Lady" lady : ELIZA
47
Fought against : OPPOSED
50
One of Isabella I's kingdoms : ARAGON
51
"The Mod Squad" role : LINC
52
Mainstay : ANCHOR
55
1970s-'80s singer Andy : GIBB
56
Songwriter Novello : IVOR
57
Urban sidewalk vendor's offering : GYRO
58
Boatload : SLEW
60
Pint-size : PUNY
62
Golfer Isao ___ : AOKI
63
Financial writer Marshall : LOEB
64
Attorneys' degs. : LLDS
66
Coastal flier : ERN
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Great Brit., e.g., in years past : EMP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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