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New York Times, Saturday, October 16, 2010

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : Like many songbirds
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 135 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 71%
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© 2010, The New York Times10/16/10 ( No. 22,257 )
Across
1
Licks : BEATSUP
8
Plant production : NECTAR
14
In a position of prominence : ONTHEMAP
16
Hydrocarbon with two carbons : ETHANE
17
City founded by Shiva, according to legend : VARANASI
18
Reasons to presoak : STAINS
19
Reform : AMEND
20
One in a crowded delivery room : SEPTUPLET
22
Soup thickener : ROUX
23
It may be written in code : VIRUS
24
Overdo the tanning : FRY
25
Information on wine bottles: Abbr. : YRS
26
Insufferable guests : BOORS
27
Mobile home dweller : SNAIL
29
Fish catchers : SEINES
30
Puerto Rican seaport : PONCE
31
Expressions of affection made with the eyes : BUTTERFLYKISSES
35
First name of a 1978 Peace Nobelist : ANWAR
36
Renew old connections? : REWIRE
37
Shows anger publicly, say : RIOTS
38
Throw in together : UNITE
39
Kahn of Broadway : GUS
42
1940s musical innovation : BOP
43
Drill item : RIFLE
44
Unhappy influence : BANE
45
Not fully reliable, as evidence : ANECDOTAL
48
Viola da ___ (old stringed instrument) : GAMBA
49
Mideast dough : DINARS
50
William Cullen Bryant poem that begins "Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun!" : NOVEMBER
52
Like many songbirds : OSCINE
53
It's more than just a game : TWINBILL
54
Monologue writers? : STENOS
55
Fill up : SATIATE
Down
1
Literary adulteress's surname : BOVARY
2
Bewitch : ENAMOR
3
Father of Agamemnon : ATREUS
4
"I appreciate it," in text messages : THANX
5
Transport : SEND
6
Meryl's "Prime" co-star : UMA
7
It's also known as a maypop : PASSIONFRUIT
8
Forest homes : NESTS
9
Shakespeare rebuke : ETTU
10
Get rough : CHAP
11
Crayfish features : TAILFANS
12
Creator of the Mayfair Witches : ANNERICE
13
Makes over : RESTYLES
15
Architect interred in Arlington National Cemetery : PIERRELENFANT
21
Russian Orthodox substitutes for palm branches on Palm Sunday : PUSSYWILLOWS
23
___ dire : VOIR
26
Case load? : BEERS
27
Staple of gothic architecture : SPIRE
28
Slim win margin : NOSE
29
"At once!" : STAT
31
Island nation with a trident on its flag : BARBADOS
32
Supporter of the North : UNIONIST
33
British coin introduced in 1971 : TWOPENCE
34
One of many lost by Charlie Brown : KITE
39
Smallest republic on the African mainland : GAMBIA
40
Begin disrobing, possibly : UNBELT
41
English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series : SEARLE
43
Anniversary order : ROSES
44
"___ Meets Godzilla" (classic 1969 cartoon) : BAMBI
46
First son : CAIN
47
1962 title film character played by Joseph Wiseman : DRNO
48
Mannerly man : GENT
51
Through : VIA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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