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New York Times, Saturday, January 1, 2011

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : N.Y.P.D. descriptor
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3214720373
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 25 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 90%
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© 2011, The New York Times1/1/11 ( No. 22,334 )
Across
1
Star of India, once : SABU
5
Concert spectacles : LIGHTSHOWS
15
29-year Knesset member : EBAN
16
"Prêt-à-Porter" actress : ANOUKAIMEE
17
Material for a suit? : TORT
18
Convention fighter : ICONOCLAST
19
Ring bearer : TREETRUNK
21
"Roots" name : KUNTA
22
It's free in Paris : LIBRE
23
Hazardous obstruction : REEF
25
Humidifier output : MIST
26
It often gets fed : EGO
27
Where the biblical lost tribes were held captive : ASSYRIA
30
N.Y.P.D. descriptor : FINEST
32
Cry to get 40-Across : SENDHELP
37
What Taft, Hoover and Carter each had : ONETERM
39
Gave a face-lift : DIDOVER
40
People with saving accounts? : RESCUERS
42
"Rock Me ___" (1984 hit) : TONITE
43
One worthy of emulation : PARAGON
45
Simon & Schuster's parent : CBS
46
Opposite of 4-Down : UBER
50
Tunnel creator : MOLE
51
Leaving lines : TATAS
53
Order in a rush order : TODAY
55
Barn dance accessory : BANJOPICK
57
Onetime Chevy Blazer competitor : ISUZURODEO
59
Mythological trickster who was punished by being held to a rock : LOKI
60
Steam roller? : LOCOMOTIVE
61
Peck, e.g. : UNIT
62
What loaded people have : EXTRAMONEY
63
Strings used in payroll depts. : SSNS
Down
1
Take, finally : SETTLEFOR
2
Native : ABORIGINE
3
Far from frilly : BAREBONES
4
Opposite of 46-Across : UNTER
5
Spot of seclusion : LAIR
6
Racks up : INCURS
7
Dingbats : GOONEYS
8
Dug in, with "down" : HUNKERED
9
What stops swings, briefly : TKO
10
Give the heave-ho : SACK
11
Area where blood vessels enter an organ : HILUM
12
Sur citizen : OMANI
13
Bridge openers : WESTS
14
Rip into : SETAT
20
Make stand on end, as hair : TEASEUP
24
"That's it!" : FINITO
28
Course : STREAM
29
Pad : ADDONTO
31
"That sorta thing" : ETC
33
Pumpkin : HON
34
People are not 35-Down after these occur : EVICTIONS
35
See 34-Down : LETBACKIN
36
Publicists' preparations : PRESSKITS
38
Hit from the 1983 platinum album "Kilroy Was Here" : MRROBOTO
41
Sultan who captured Jerusalem in 1187 : SALADIN
44
Palais des Nations setting : GENEVE
46
Not worthless : UTILE
47
Yanks' foes : BOSOX
48
Drawn-out chemical : EDUCT
49
It may cut things close : RAZOR
52
Educational ideal : APLUS
54
Arizona county or its seat : YUMA
56
Bouncing baby : JOEY
58
Kind of chip : ROM

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

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