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New York Times, Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Author:
Richard F. Mausser
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : Salt or pepper holder
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Richard F. Mausser

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Mausser. Wednesday freshness: 53%
Jim Horne notes:

This puzzle is kind of the inverse of this one.

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© 2013, The New York Times6/19/13 ( No. 23,234 )
Across
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Hasbro action figure : GIJOE
6
Pile up : AMASS
11
Excite, with "up" : AMP
14
Grenoble's river : ISERE
15
One of the "Honeymooners" : RALPH
16
Whom a guy do-si-dos with : GAL
17
Face value? : FRANKLINIOO
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Detergent name : ERA
20
Org. with launch parties? : NASA
21
Dissection class : BIOLOGY
23
Blind as ___ : ABAT
25
Face value? : HAMILTONIO
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Nancy Drew findings : CLUES
30
Some Monopoly properties: Abbr. : RRS
31
Home of Cherokee Natl. Forest : TENN
32
___ clip (bike attachment) : TOE
33
Reason to cram : EXAM
35
Viejo : Sp. :: ___ : Ger. : ALT
37
Face value? : CLEVELANDIOOO
42
Like the Triple Word Score squares in Scrabble : RED
43
Look at the stars, say : GAZE
44
Airport alternative to JFK : LGA
46
___ buco : OSSO
49
Lobster catcher : POT
50
Boot camp routine : DRILL
52
Face value? : CHASEIOOOO
56
Many Monopoly properties: Abbr. : AVES
57
Virginia's Luray ___ : CAVERNS
58
Scale amount : WAGE
60
HI-strung instrument? : UKE
61
Face value? : WASHINGTONI
66
Stew tidbit : PEA
67
Eskimo : INUIT
68
Place for a coatrack : FOYER
69
Abbr. before "truly" : YRS
70
Where Hercules slew a lion : NEMEA
71
Stellar grade : APLUS
Down
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Alternative to .jpg : GIF
2
Acre's locale: Abbr. : ISR
3
"Earth's Children" author : JEANAUEL
4
Like Rococo architecture : ORNATE
5
Cartoon squeals : EEKS
6
D-backs, in box scores : ARI
7
Playing piece : MAN
8
Cover stories : ALIBIS
9
Give away, as a movie ending : SPOIL
10
"I'm all ears!" : SHOOT
11
Time of first steps, often : AGEONE
12
Place to doodle : MARGIN
13
Not stop a musical gig : PLAYON
18
"Well, ___-di-dah" : LAH
22
Game with a multiplier : LOTTO
23
Comport oneself : ACT
24
Soviet ___ : BLOC
26
___ Sea (greatly shrunken body of water) : ARAL
27
Toon voiced by Jim Backus : MRMAGOO
29
Golf's Ballesteros : SEVE
34
Marked wrong : XED
35
Wood-shaping tool : ADZ
36
Perjured oneself : LIED
38
Jagged, as a leaf's edge : EROSE
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Grp. whose initials in French are the reverse of its English initials : NATO
40
Toon with size 14-AAAAAA shoes : OLIVEOYL
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Check the figures? : OGLE
45
Two of racing's Unsers : ALS
46
Modern protest name : OCCUPY
47
Salt or pepper holder : SHAKER
48
Computer command under "File" : SAVEAS
49
Woods critter : POSSUM
51
Convertible, in slang : RAGTOP
53
Gen. Rommel, the Desert Fox : ERWIN
54
Cockamamie : INANE
55
Part of B.Y.O.B. : OWN
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Big name in photography, once : AGFA
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Rush : HIE
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"Give ___ rest!" : ITA
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Opposite of 35-Across : NEU
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Org. in a 2013 scandal : IRS

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

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