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New York Times, Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : One-named female singer with the 2002 #1 hit "Foolish"
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {VWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 72%
Notepad: When this puzzle is done, you will find that the ends of the answers to the five starred clues, when in the 15-/67-Across, comprise a 1-/71-Across.
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© 2011, The New York Times7/20/11 ( No. 22,534 )
Across
1
[See blurb] : ROYAL
6
Grows old : AGES
10
"Easy to Be Hard" musical : HAIR
14
Boxing locale : ARENA
15
[See blurb] : SAME
16
First word of the "Aeneid" : ARMA
17
Requested gift in "A Christmas Story" : BBGUN
18
From a distance : AFAR
19
Shepherd who co-wrote "A Christmas Story" : JEAN
20
*Midwest conference : BIGTEN
22
*Pancake : FLAPJACK
24
"___ not my fault!" : ITS
25
Long Island university : ADELPHI
27
Wait : BIDE
29
Show disdain for, in a way : HISSAT
33
Creatures : ORGANISMS
38
A star may have a big one : EGO
39
*1951 Bogart/Hepburn film : THEAFRICANQUEEN
43
Suffix with front : IER
44
Weaver of tales on the big screen : SIGOURNEY
45
Warfare : COMBAT
49
Limerick's land : ERIN
50
One-named female singer with the 2002 #1 hit "Foolish" : ASHANTI
53
French dance : BAL
56
*Billy Crystal's "Memories of Me" co-star : ALANKING
59
*Shooting star? : AIRACE
62
Kind of mail : JUNK
63
Wander : ROAM
65
Medicinal shrub : SENNA
66
When the nude scene occurs in 10-Across : ACTI
67
[See blurb] : SUIT
68
Hall's partner in pop music : OATES
69
Dancer's strap? : REIN
70
Ring results, briefly : TKOS
71
[See blurb] : FLUSH
Down
1
One of three people walking into a bar, in jokes : RABBI
2
Go around : ORBIT
3
Safecrackers : YEGGS
4
"... some kind of ___?" : ANUT
5
Lovers' ___ : LANE
6
Simile's center : ASA
7
Faux pas : GAFFE
8
"Kill ___" (Metallica's triple-platinum debut album) : EMALL
9
One of the highest order of angels : SERAPH
10
Pilgrims to Mecca : HAJJIS
11
Domain : AREA
12
Computer that once came in Bondi Blue : IMAC
13
Captain, for one : RANK
21
Low point : NADIR
23
Greek symbol for the golden ratio : PHI
26
Lucy's husband and son : DESIS
27
Sheep's sound : BAA
28
Like Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 : INF
30
Spotted : SEEN
31
James who co-wrote the script for 39-Across : AGEE
32
Playwright's prize : TONY
33
Ear-related : OTIC
34
Prefix with -stat : RHEO
35
It might make you sick : GERM
36
Former telecom giant : MCI
37
Bob of "Full House" : SAGET
40
Waterwheel : NORIA
41
"___ transtulit sustinet" (motto of Connecticut) : QUI
42
Coffee container : URN
46
Shoot off the backboard successfully : BANKIN
47
Pop a question : ASK
48
Strong desire : THIRST
51
Actress Aimée of "La Dolce Vita" : ANOUK
52
Mystery writer Marsh : NGAIO
53
Zulu, e.g. : BANTU
54
Dermatologists' concerns : ACNES
55
Dog restraint : LEASH
56
Cracked : AJAR
57
Time founder Henry : LUCE
58
Opposed to : ANTI
60
"It ___ no concern" : ISOF
61
"Keep it ___" : REAL
64
Peaks: Abbr. : MTS

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

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