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New York Times, Friday, July 16, 2010

Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Branch of zool.
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Mel Rosen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Rosen. Friday freshness: 68%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/16/10 ( No. 22,165 )
Across
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Counter act : SCAN
5
One reported to the Better Business Bureau : SCAM
9
Woe for the unwary : SNARE
14
"___ quiet!" : OHBE
15
Like many indies : ARTY
16
Attack as a young boxer might : NIPAT
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One side in the Battle of Cold Harbor : REBS
18
Very small parts : MILLIONTHS
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Meteorology, e.g. : EARTHSCIENCE
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Go caving : SPELUNK
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Cry from a stuck-up person? : STOPHIM
27
Chicken George player in "Roots" : VEREEN
29
Like some hush puppies : ONIONY
30
"Donnie Brasco" grp. : FBI
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Near midnight, say : LATEN
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"Brokeback Mountain" role : ENNIS
35
Eschew exertion : LOAF
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Bad lover? : DEVIL
39
Bearer of trumpet-shaped flowers : SEGO
40
Branch of zool. : ENTOM
42
Find another tenant for : RELET
44
"Lo! in ___ brilliant window-niche ...": Poe : YON
45
Female adviser : EGERIA
47
Seize again : REGRAB
49
Snake intake : RODENTS
51
Carting fee : DRAYAGE
54
Online reference for all things "Star Wars" : WOOKIEEPEDIA
56
Buzz sources : RUMORMILLS
59
Some police officers: Abbr. : SGTS
60
Subject for un poeta : AMORE
61
Baker's accessory : MITT
62
Myoglobin component : HEME
63
Game with half-elves, informally : DANDD
64
Word in many cruise ships' names : SEAS
65
10-time Silver Slugger Award winner, familiarly : AROD
Down
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Dermatology topics : SORES
2
Not built to last : CHEAP
3
Short-term? : ABBREVIATED
4
Oh Henry! maker : NESTLE
5
"Golf Begins at Forty" writer : SAMSNEAD
6
One involved in bowling balls : CRICKETER
7
Husband of Gudrun : ATLI
8
Lee ___ (transmission repair chain) : MYLES
9
Icy treat : SNOCONE
10
Skittles : NINEPINS
11
Easily taught : APT
12
Bit of motivational speech : RAH
13
Some "Space Patrol" characters, for short : ETS
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Hooked on : INTO
21
Pitch : HURL
24
Guinness's "most fearless animal" : HONEYBADGER
25
Society of Jesus founder ___ López de Loyola : INIGO
26
Last words of Kipling's "If" : MYSON
28
Alternative for now : NEVER
30
Old Dubble Bubble maker : FLEER
31
It's not played with sticks : BONGO
33
Alexandria is in it : NILEDELTA
36
Its page numbers are often Roman numerals : FOREWORD
38
Airplane seat features : LEGRESTS
41
Studied some, with "in" : MINORED
43
Corner : TRAP
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Small matter? : ATOM
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H. Rider Haggard heroine : AYESHA
50
Hardly pores over : SKIMS
52
U.S. facility in Cuba, for short : GITMO
53
Made smooth : EASED
55
First name in 1970s tennis : ILIE
56
Gnarly : RAD
57
Janeane's co-star in "The Truth About Cats & Dogs" : UMA
58
Back-to-sch. time : MON

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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