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New York Times, Saturday, October 8, 2011

Author:
Tim Croce
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Across : ___ nitrite
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Tim Croce

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 8, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Croce. Saturday freshness: 12%
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© 2011, The New York Times10/8/11 ( No. 22,614 )
Across
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Accessories for some suits : BRASSNAMEPLATES
16
It's often popped on a shoulder : AUTOMOBILETRUNK
17
Assassinated leader called "the Liberator" : TSARALEXANDERII
18
Part of many a chain : ISLE
19
Blow off : VENT
20
Go off : SNAP
21
Largest city in Nordrhein-Westfalen : KOLN
22
Like many dyed eggs : HIDDEN
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They may be networked : PCS
25
Supermarket chain : IGA
26
Predecessor of Pope Hilarius : LEOI
28
It's often enough : ONCE
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Kind of memory : FOND
34
Permanent, in a way : INKED
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Unquestioning adherents : KOOLAIDDRINKERS
40
Stigma : STAIN
41
___ nitrite : AMYL
42
Its minimum score is 60, briefly : PSAT
43
End of the lion : TAIL
45
___ Lingus : AER
46
Old political inits. : SSR
48
Quality of the queen's jewels? : LUSTRE
50
Set, as the sun : SANK
54
Opposite of "Happily ..." : ALAS
56
Quarter-millennium year : MCCL
57
Singer called "The Jezebel of Jazz" : ODAY
58
62
Shows oneself : MAKESANENTRANCE
63
Responded to some rapping : ANSWEREDTHEDOOR
Down
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Certain fabric worker's work : BATIK
2
Richard ___, 2002 Pulitzer winner for the novel "Empire Falls" : RUSSO
3
Ever : ATALL
4
Existentialist Kierkegaard : SOREN
5
Kind of request in Burns's "To a Mouse" : SMA
6
___-pros : NOL
7
Grandpa player in "Look Who's Talking," 1989 : ABEVIGODA
8
Like some clothing ensembles : MIXEDANDMATCHED
9
Savanna grazer : ELAND
10
Big brand of writing instruments : PENTEL
11
The Taurus replaced it : LTD
12
"Xena: Warrior Princess" role : ARES
13
Parts of some pay-as-you-go plans? : TURNPIKES
14
"Giant Brain" of the 1940s : ENIAC
15
Sounds like a broken record : SKIPS
22
Sound investment : HIFI
23
21-Across refusal : NEIN
27
Cleaning the mess? : ONKP
28
Stamps, say : OKS
29
With 50-Down, fair : NOT
30
Ones holding wraps in restaurants : COATRACKS
31
"Dream-Children" author, 1822 : ELIA
33
What's caught during a tumble? : DRYERLINT
35
Long reign, e.g. : ERA
36
Reason for a late shift?: Abbr. : DST
38
Plant in the pea family : ANIL
39
"___ Pastore" (Mozart opera) : ILRE
44
Like some vertebrae : LUMBAR
46
Hayek of Hollywood : SALMA
47
Hoops Hall-of-Famer Jerry : SLOAN
49
Where it's at : SCENE
50
See 29-Down : SOBAD
51
Fictional Sicilian town in a 1944 novel : ADANO
52
Member of a crack team? : NARCO
53
Bandleader with the hit "Three Little Fishies" : KYSER
55
Twist : SKEW
59
From Bakersfield to L.A., say : SSE
60
Kind of power : NTH
61
"Forgot About ___" (2000 Grammy-winning rap) : DRE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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