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New York Times, Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : One who's supposed to be available if needed
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Susan Gelfand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Gelfand. Tuesday freshness: 54%
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© 2011, The New York Times9/6/11 ( No. 22,582 )
Across
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It gets patted on the bottom : TALC
5
Tableland : MESA
9
Lead-in to boy or girl : ATTA
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Surveyor's calculation : AREA
14
Raring to go : EAGER
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Gershwin and Glass : IRAS
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Ticket usable on more than one trip : TRAVELCARD
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Basketball hoops : RIMS
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Gerund's finish : ING
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When repeated, cry to a vampire : DIE
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___ accompli : FAIT
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They make a king laugh : JESTERS
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Available if needed : ONCALL
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One who's supposed to be available if needed : ALLY
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End-of-list abbr. : ETC
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Diamond cover : TARP
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Life, in short : BIO
33
Neck cover : SCARF
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Smells bad : REEKS
38
Mel who batted left and threw right : OTT
39
Become oblivious to one's surroundings : ZONEOUT
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Completely untrained : RAW
42
Home of Arizona State University : TEMPE
44
Stir up, as a fire : STOKE
45
Suffix with brigand : INE
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"___ well" : ALLS
48
Alternative to .com or .org : EDU
49
Bean type : SOYA
50
Like maps, iguanas and rock walls : SCALED
52
Bad-mouth : SLANDER
54
Counterparts of dits : DAHS
55
Cut with a sweeping motion : LOP
57
Greek H : ETA
58
Theater sign : EXIT
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Fast marching pace ... or a hint to 16- and 39-Across and 10- and 24-Down : DOUBLETIME
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Dairy Queen purchase : CONE
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Shortstop Smith who won 13 consecutive Gold Glove Awards : OZZIE
66
Cajole : COAX
67
Lollapalooza : ONER
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"Butt out," briefly : MYOB
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Novelist Victor : HUGO
Down
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Bit of body art, for short : TAT
2
Train schedule abbr. : ARR
3
Meadow : LEA
4
Dentist's target : CAVITY
5
Apple on a table : MAC
6
"My word!" : EGAD
7
Prefix with comic : SERIO
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Raring to go : ARDENT
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Expedia calculation : AIRFARE
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Interval in which something is tested : TRIALPERIOD
11
Indian tongue : TAMIL
12
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
14
Artist born in 30-Down : ELGRECO
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WSW's opposite : ENE
22
Frilly neckwear : JABOT
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Type of type : ELITE
24
Las Vegas staple : SLOTMACHINE
25
Nixon aide Maurice : STANS
27
___ blanche : CARTE
30
Minotaur's home : CRETE
33
Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George : SZELL
34
General ___, former maker of Jell-O and Sanka : FOODS
36
Rapper West : KANYE
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Promise : SWEAR
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Luau instrument : UKULELE
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Wall cover : PLASTER
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Rarely : SELDOM
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Grab : SNATCH
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Anglo-___ : SAXON
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Lollapalooza : DOOZY
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Noshed : ATE
54
Art ___ : DECO
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"The Godfather" author : PUZO
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Drool catcher : BIB
61
Debtor's letters : IOU
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O or Cosmo : MAG
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Prefix with skeleton : EXO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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