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New York Times, Thursday, October 25, 2012

Author:
Caleb Rasmussen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Across : Musical effect that's simple for a trombone
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Caleb Rasmussen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Rasmussen. Thursday freshness: 90%
Jim Horne notes:

There was another Tetris theme a decade later.

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© 2012, The New York Times10/25/12 ( No. 22,997 )
Across
1
Category at some banks : TYPEAB
7
Start of an excuse : BUT
10
Car rental add-on : GPS
13
Everything Bach composed, e.g. : OEUVRE
14
Contents of a flick? : ASH
15
Leftover bit : ORT
16
With 34- and 54-Across, basic instruction for [circled letters] : DONOTLETTHE
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Grammatical case: Abbr. : NOM
20
Lb. or oz. : AMT
21
One with a habit : SISTER
22
It might be announced over a P.A. : ETA
23
Ready to be driven : TEED
25
Congregation member authorized by a bishop to conduct part of a service : LAYREADER
27
Place for additional info : ENDNOTE
30
IHOP order : STACK
31
Buenos ___ : AIRES
33
Savvy : SMARTS
34
See 16-Across : FALLINGBLOCKS
37
Opera character who sings "Largo al factotum" : FIGARO
38
Town on Cape Cod : TRURO
39
Expression of amazement : ILLBE
40
Brother of Electra : ORESTES
44
Musical effect that's simple for a trombone : GLISSANDO
48
Fair sight : TENT
49
Logos, e.g.: Abbr. : TMS
50
"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer : ENESCO
52
Señora Perón : EVA
53
Malarkey : ROT
54
See 16-Across : REACHTHETOP
57
Poetic preposition : ERE
58
One who frequently sees Spots, for short : VET
59
Bottom : TUSHIE
60
Poetic time of day : EEN
61
"Evil Woman" grp. : ELO
62
Have a fixation : OBSESS
Down
1
So far : TODATE
2
___ Warders (Tower of London figures) : YEOMEN
3
Like some footballs and boats : PUNTED
4
Bolivian president Morales : EVO
5
"The only way to run away without leaving home," per Twyla Tharp : ART
6
Units of sound : BELS
7
Crackers : BATTY
8
One walking down an aisle, say : USHER
9
Infomercial phrase : THERESMORE
10
Closed, as a theater : GONEDARK
11
Shields : PROTECTS
12
Venice tourist attraction : STMARKS
17
___ Collins, first female space shuttle commander : EILEEN
18
Kind of screening, for short : TSA
24
Where police look for matches : DNALABS
26
Not for nothing : ATACOST
28
The Gulf of Mexico has a big one : OILRESERVE
29
Snap, Crackle and Pop, e.g. : TRIO
32
Snorkel, e.g.: Abbr. : SGT
33
Musical line : SLUR
34
Big Whig : FILLMORE
35
Shining : AGLISTEN
36
Jewelry box item : BROOCH
37
Part of a Mideast orchard : FIGTREE
41
Raise canines? : TEETHE
42
Ends of ballades : ENVOIS
43
Smallest human bone : STAPES
45
Slippery as ___ : ANEEL
46
Cool : NEATO
47
Mil. hero's award : DSC
51
Spider-Man villain ___ Octavius : OTTO
55
Turning point : HUB
56
Big section of the dictionary : ESS

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

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