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New York Times, Friday, October 26, 2012

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Abbot's attribute
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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6331.5658749%
Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {W} This is puzzle # 64 for Mr. Collins. Friday freshness: 89%
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© 2012, The New York Times10/26/12 ( No. 22,998 )
Across
1
Potential misfit : SQUAREPEG
10
Darken : BEDIM
15
Iranian export : TURQUOISE
16
Actress Hubbard of "Akeelah and the Bee" : ERICA
17
Abbot's attribute : PIOUSNESS
18
Goliath's master of old TV : DAVEY
19
Showiness : ECLAT
20
Private chat : TETEATETE
22
Ref's call : TKO
23
Secret rival : BAN
24
Santa Maria's chain : AZORES
25
Number retired for Steve Largent and Jerry Rice : EIGHTY
28
One hanging in una iglesia : CRUZ
30
Truncated parlor piece? : TAT
31
Some costume cutouts : EYEHOLES
33
Figure in red : LOSS
35
Sitcom mom of Cheyenne and Kyra : REBA
36
There's nothing in it : VOID
38
"I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it" speaker : MARX
40
Kewpie doll features : TOPKNOTS
44
What a brat might throw : FIT
45
Display some guns : FLEX
47
Fen frequenters : EGRETS
49
Painting the town red : ONAJAG
51
Crack at a contract : BID
53
It can be felt on felt : NAP
54
Things placed during a political campaign : ROBOCALLS
56
Two-time Italian prime minister Giuliano : AMATO
58
Filler of some cavities : GROUT
59
Short, curly hairdo : POODLECUT
61
Eye: Prefix : OCULO
62
Heyday : GOLDENERA
63
Four-bagger : TATER
64
Ready to be posted, say : ADDRESSED
Down
1
Home to Tropicana Field, familiarly : STPETE
2
Rush job : QUICKIE
3
Detrol prescriber's field : UROLOGY
4
Relative of cerulean : AQUA
5
Body shop concern : RUST
6
Big stretch : EON
7
Passion portrayal : PIETA
8
Spirit : ESSENCE
9
Tale of derring-do : GEST
10
Really brilliant : BEDAZZLING
11
Lyre holder of myth : ERATO
12
Shifts : DIVERTS
13
Lemons are often squeezed into them : ICETEAS
14
Shakespearean might : MAYEST
21
___ de Lourdes : EAU
23
Abbr. often preceding 29-Down : BYOB
26
Many a Berliner : HERR
27
Competition TV series with versions in over 30 countries : THEXFACTOR
29
Abbr. often following 23-Down : RSVP
32
Fashionable, some say : LATE
34
Radon's lack : ODOR
37
Let pass : OKED
38
Mahon is its largest city : MINORCA
39
When it's approximately : ATABOUT
41
Dark reddish brown : OXBLOOD
42
Some bridge holdings : TENACES
43
Reputation : STATURE
44
Left behind : FORGOT
46
N.Y.C. luggage tag letters : LGA
48
Thing placed during a political campaign : SPOTAD
50
Work measure : JOULE
52
"... despise not thy mother when she ___": Proverbs 23:22 : ISOLD
55
Green org. for women? : LPGA
56
Out of harm's way, in a way : ALEE
57
___ Journal (magazine) : MENS
60
E. Germany, before 1990 : DDR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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