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New York Times, Monday, June 7, 2010

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Family rec facility
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
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CircleScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
91.611220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQVX} This is puzzle # 49 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 77%
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© 2010, The New York Times6/7/10 ( No. 22,126 )
Across
1
Angers, with "up" : RILES
6
Forest : WOODS
11
Protrude : JUT
14
Disney's "little mermaid" : ARIEL
15
Facing the pitcher : ATBAT
16
French "a" : UNE
17
Recipe guideline for a hot dish : COOKINGTIME
19
Railroad stop: Abbr. : STA
20
Cozy lodging : INN
21
Lure for Simple Simon : PIE
22
Smidgens : IOTAS
24
Persian Gulf leader : EMIR
26
Family divided by divorce : BROKENHOME
30
Barbers' tools : RAZORS
32
Deep hole : PIT
33
Fat used for tallow : SUET
34
Captain of Jules Verne's Nautilus : NEMO
35
Name in a family restaurant chain : DENNY
37
Football scores, for short : TDS
38
High-stakes draw in Las Vegas : POKERGAME
41
Place for a baby to sit : LAP
44
Fish often destined for cans : TUNAS
45
Medical success : CURE
48
Gear for gondolas : OARS
50
Gradually slowing, in music: Abbr. : RIT
51
Pacific island garment wrapped around the waist : SARONG
53
Pastrami, for one : SMOKEDMEAT
56
Greek liqueur : OUZO
57
Fainthearted : TIMID
58
Spain's Costa del ___ : SOL
60
Ob-___ (med. specialty) : GYN
61
Rope-a-dope boxer : ALI
62
"Sure, go ahead" ... and a literal hint to what's found in 17-, 26-, 38- and 53-Across : ITSOKWITHME
67
IV adjusters : RNS
68
Oil directly from a well : CRUDE
69
12" stick : RULER
70
Golf peg : TEE
71
Entered via a keyboard : TYPED
72
Chasm : ABYSS
Down
1
More risqué : RACIER
2
Certain triathlete : IRONMAN
3
Treat as a celebrity : LIONIZE
4
"Yikes!" : EEK
5
Sales receipt : SLIP
6
Transaction at a racetrack : WAGER
7
Slugger Mel : OTT
8
Kimono closer : OBI
9
Hoover ___ : DAM
10
Gertrude who wrote "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" : STEIN
11
Hot off the press : JUSTOUT
12
Wild : UNTAMED
13
Dishes for doll parties : TEASETS
18
Penpoints : NIBS
23
Cries of excitement : OHS
25
Frolic : ROMP
27
Do surgery : OPERATE
28
Old Testament books labeled I and II : KINGS
29
Sicilian erupter : ETNA
31
Tooth or plant part : ROOT
35
Jeans fabric : DENIM
36
Family rec facility : YMCA
39
Many a northern Iraqi : KURD
40
Continental currency : EURO
41
Skill that no one has anymore : LOSTART
42
"Now We Are Six" poet : AAMILNE
43
Declaration sometimes made with crossed fingers behind the back : PROMISE
46
More or less : ROUGHLY
47
They help digest food : ENZYMES
49
Vacation at Vail, maybe : SKI
51
Store (away) : STOW
52
Dead ducks : GONERS
54
Formal decree : EDICT
55
Queried : ASKED
59
Turkey's currency : LIRA
63
Give it a shot : TRY
64
Dine : SUP
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"___ on a Grecian Urn" : ODE
66
Rubber ducky's spot : TUB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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