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New York Times, Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
22-Across : Govt.-issued ID
TotalDebutLatest
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30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKX} This is puzzle # 199 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 85%
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© 2012, The New York Times12/4/12 ( No. 23,037 )
Across
1
It'll curl your hair : PERM
5
Hushed "Wanna hear something?!" : PSST
9
Lou who sang "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" : RAWLS
14
Muslim leader : IMAM
15
Sharpen : HONE
16
Force out : EVICT
17
Small treat for a coffee break : MINIDONUT
19
Post-lecture session : QANDA
20
Weapons-testing area : PROVINGGROUND
22
Govt.-issued ID : SSN
23
Monogram in '50s politics : AES
24
Holy communion, e.g. : RITUAL
27
Prefix with polar or cameral : UNI
28
Wood-shaping tool : ADZE
30
Actress Zadora : PIA
31
Subject of a Euclidean treatise : PLANEGEOMETRY
34
Former home of the Mets : SHEA
36
FedEx competitor : DHL
37
Deep-six : TOSS
38
Cheap seating area in a theater : PEANUTGALLERY
43
Lob's path : ARC
44
Some coll. tests : GRES
45
France's ___ de Ré : ILE
46
Hawaiian "thank you" : MAHALO
48
French article : UNE
49
"Very interesting ..." : HMM
52
Bride in 1956 news : PRINCESSGRACE
56
Idaho's capital : BOISE
58
"As requested ..." : HEREYOUGO
59
Lunchbox treats : OREOS
60
Earth, to Brahms : ERDE
61
From the top : ANEW
62
"The Man Who ___ There" : WASNT
63
U.S. 1, e.g. : ROAD
64
U.S. 1 and others: Abbr. : RTES
Down
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Gussies up, in modern slang : PIMPS
2
Mideast moguls : EMIRS
3
Kept talking and talking : RANON
4
Year of Super Bowl XXXVIII : MMIV
5
Call a radio host, say : PHONEIN
6
Troubadour's repertoire : SONGS
7
"The children were nestled all ___ in their beds" : SNUG
8
Four: Prefix : TETR
9
"Dies Irae," e.g. : REQUIEM
10
___-garde : AVANT
11
Clapping monkey or chattering teeth : WINDUPTOY
12
TV screen choice, for short : LCD
13
Subway stop: Abbr. : STA
18
William and Harry's mother : DIANA
21
Ricelike pasta : ORZO
25
What hoity-toity people put on : AIRS
26
Major chip maker : LAYS
27
___ Bator : ULAN
28
Eastern leaders : AGHAS
29
Big name in computers : DELL
31
August bake sale inventory : PEACHPIES
32
Slight advantage : EDGE
33
To be, to Bernadette : ETRE
34
Target of a filter : SPAM
35
Queen in Greek myth : HERA
39
Least pulchritudinous : UGLIEST
40
1982 Jeff Bridges flick : TRON
41
Kind of oil : LINSEED
42
Somber song : ELEGY
47
Hot crime topic? : ARSON
48
Nutritional datum, in brief : USRDA
49
Visit in a ghostly way : HAUNT
50
"Me and Bobby ___" : MCGEE
51
Cat calls : MEOWS
53
"Burlesque" co-star, 2010 : CHER
54
Architect Saarinen : EERO
55
Jet engine sound : ROAR
56
Cellist's purchase : BOW
57
___ pro nobis : ORA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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