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New York Times, Saturday, December 27, 2008

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Across : Verse
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {Q} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 23 for Ms. Tracey. Saturday freshness: 21%
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P
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N
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J
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R
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A
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F
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P
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G
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© 2008, The New York Times12/27/8 ( No. 21,599 )
Across
1
Dweller in the Chinese highlands : PANDA
6
Rights, e.g. : JABS
10
Easy way to the top : TBAR
14
Fleshy-leaved flora : ALOES
15
Not just yet : ANON
16
Glaucus's love in "The Last Days of Pompeii" : IONE
17
"Seems likely" : ISUSPECTSO
19
Monthly pymt., for some : MTGE
20
Centipede alternative : DONKEYKONG
21
Are, in Arles : ETES
22
Pop that's over 80 years old : NEHI
23
Previously, old-style : AFORE
24
Party leader : WHIP
28
Inside shot? : SONOGRAM
31
Setting of St. Columba's missionary work : IONA
32
Staff opening : TREBLECLEF
35
Like some climates : SAHARAN
37
"___ Madonna" (Raphael painting) : SISTINE
38
They're not enjoyed by everyone : PRIVILEGES
40
One less than une douzaine : ONZE
41
Literary supporter? : BOOKREST
42
Some old fire trucks : REOS
43
Opposite of purify : TAINT
45
Minute part of a minute: Abbr. : NSEC
47
Dramatic rebuke : ETTU
48
Rudolph Valentino type : LATINLOVER
54
Hair removal option : NAIR
55
Parting words : ADIOSAMIGO
56
Where a king may be crowned : PROM
57
Class-conscious figure? : DEAN
58
Letter getter : POBOX
59
Pint-size : MINI
60
Pines : YENS
61
Verse : POESY
Down
1
Office stamp : PAID
2
Further : ALSO
3
Object, e.g. : NOUN
4
You may work hard at this : DESK
5
Resort on the Roaring Fork River : ASPEN
6
"Good boy" : JACKHORNER
7
___ Lavoisier, the Father of Modern Chemistry : ANTOINE
8
Anchorman, briefly? : BOSN
9
Be amorous with, in Britain : SNOG
10
It comes into play when there's a deadline : TIMEFACTOR
11
12
Heat : ANGER
13
Eponymous candy man : REESE
18
Piece of lobster or shrimp? : EYESTALK
23
Half brother of Hercules : ARES
24
Bit of a shock? : WISP
25
Look of aged whitening : HOAR
26
Constraint : INHIBITION
27
Track gold medalist in three 1920s Olympics : PAAVONURMI
29
Hard drives? : OBSESSIONS
30
Is scintillating : GLISTENS
33
Tenor role in "La Gioconda" : ENZO
34
Schedule listings : FEES
36
Laugh-a-minute sort : RIOT
39
Deep-blue alpine flower : GENTIAN
43
Evening news hr. : TENPM
44
Centipede producer : ATARI
46
"NYPD Blue" Emmy winner Gordon : CLAPP
48
Animated film pooch : LADY
49
"Song of the South" song syllables : ADEE
50
Tale of the South Seas : OMOO
51
Vague sense : VIBE
52
Massage targets? : EGOS
53
___ Music : ROXY

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

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