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New York Times, Monday, November 7, 2011

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : Acidity or alkalinity
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Steinberg. Monday freshness: 30%
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© 2011, The New York Times11/7/11 ( No. 22,644 )
Across
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Healthful retreats : SPAS
5
Suitcases : BAGS
9
Minor quarrel : SPAT
13
Result of four balls, in baseball : WALK
14
Ear-related : AURAL
15
Nothin' : NADA
16
"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
17
1964 Beatles hit : PSILOVEYOU
19
Part of school that includes push-ups and situps : PECLASS
21
Hive dweller : BEE
22
Alternative rock genre : EMO
23
Showman associated with the quote "There's a sucker born every minute" : PTBARNUM
28
Religious observance : RITE
30
Illustrator Edward : SOREL
31
WSW's opposite : ENE
32
Determined to do : SETON
33
Ski lift : TBAR
34
Somewhat : ABIT
35
Family groups : CLANS
36
Gangster's gun : ROD
37
"Et tu, ___?" : BRUTE
38
Is bedridden, say : AILS
39
Sumptuous : LUXE
40
More fit : ABLER
41
Hawaiian souvenir : LEI
42
Any of the Seven Dwarfs, by profession : MINER
43
Constricting snakes : BOAS
44
Chinese restaurant chain : PFCHANGS
46
"___ the ramparts ..." : OER
47
Superannuated : OLD
48
Acidity or alkalinity : PHLEVEL
52
Rating of "Avatar" : PGTHIRTEEN
57
Neat : TIDY
58
Hawaiian island : OAHU
59
Expenditures : OUTGO
60
Consumer : USER
61
Collector's ___ : ITEM
62
Seven things for a sailor : SEAS
63
Stable locks? : MANE
Down
1
Exchange : SWAP
2
Call on an intercom, as a doctor : PAGE
3
Baldwin who has hosted "S.N.L." more times than anyone else : ALEC
4
Some Halloween costumes : SKELETONS
5
Kiss : BUSS
6
"Exodus" hero : ARI
7
Rodeo female : GAL
8
Drool : SLOBBER
9
Expression that includes a lip curl : SNEER
10
Salary : PAY
11
Brouhaha : ADO
12
Sigma's follower : TAU
14
Lhasa ___ (dog) : APSO
18
Calf's meat : VEAL
20
Prayer enders : AMENS
23
U.S. mail holders : POBOXES
24
Merchant : TRADER
25
Part of a galaxy : NEBULA
26
Brings together : UNITES
27
Something that's fed along a street : METER
28
What the Red Cross provides : RELIEF
29
Slanted type : ITALIC
30
Like tennis rackets and harps : STRUNG
32
Where dandruff accumulates : SCALP
34
Place where trees are studied : ARBORETUM
37
Tower of ___ : BABEL
39
Retired hockey great Eric : LINDROS
42
West African land : MALI
45
Dull : HOHUM
46
Cry of panic : OHNO
48
Things to hang hats on : PEGS
49
MasterCard competitor : VISA
50
Place of bliss : EDEN
51
Bard's instrument : LYRE
52
Hawaiian dish : POI
53
Gangster's gun : GAT
54
Article seen in many places : THE
55
Election day: Abbr. : TUE
56
Pilot's approximation, for short : ETA

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later.

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