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New York Times, Friday, March 1, 2013

Author:
Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Across : West Point newcomers
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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014301438
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Peterson. This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Wilber. Friday freshness: 69%
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© 2013, The New York Times3/1/13 ( No. 23,124 )
Across
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Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" : CATSCRADLE
11
Real-estate mogul Olenicoff : IGOR
15
Superpower with which Clark Kent shaves himself : HEATVISION
16
Boulevardier's accessory : CANE
17
Waffling : IRRESOLUTE
18
Fangorn Forest denizens : ENTS
19
Source of the line "Hope springs eternal ..." : POPE
20
Larder lineup : JARS
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It moves along via a series of belts : FIGHT
22
Greg Evans comic strip : LUANN
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Dental patient, often : RINSER
25
Daughter of Zeus and Leda : HELEN
28
Drum that might accompany a fife : TABOR
30
First carrier to offer regular in-flight movies, 1961 : TWA
31
Garment made of Gore-Tex, maybe : ANORAK
33
They're no longer tender in a typical trattoria : LIRE
34
Yellowfin, on some menus : AHI
35
Tangles with, in the country : RASSLES
37
Classic Chrysler : LEBARON
39
Lead characters in "Mork & Mindy"? : EMS
40
Impart : LEND
42
Coaching concern : MORALE
43
Tillis or Tormé : MEL
44
Place to moor : INLET
46
Full of adrenaline, informally : AMPED
47
West Point newcomers : PLEBES
49
Aids in marketing? : CARTS
51
O. Henry is known for one : AWARD
52
Baccarat cousin : FARO
53
Estrangement : RIFT
57
Zip : NADA
58
1971 film with the tagline "You don't assign him to murder cases. You just turn him loose." : DIRTYHARRY
60
Like shellfish : TREF
61
Regime change catalyst : PALACECOUP
62
Hard worker : SERF
63
Site near an outdoor recording session in "Help!" : STONEHENGE
Down
1
Pot item : CHIP
2
Prefix with -stat : AERO
3
Pool protector : TARP
4
Six-time Lombardi Trophy winners : STEELERS
5
Rx chain : CVS
6
Spanish wine : RIOJA
7
Leaning : ASLANT
8
Like the snowy owl : DIURNAL
9
Very much : LOTS
10
Shanghai-to-Tokyo dir. : ENE
11
Block during a blizzard : ICEIN
12
Genre that glorifies gunplay : GANGSTARAP
13
Mostly : ONTHEWHOLE
14
Checked : RESTRAINED
21
Emergency oil rig visitor : FIREBOAT
23
Out of one's league? : UNALLIED
24
"Whitman Cantata" composer : ROREM
25
Part of an iconic Eden outfit : HAREMPANTS
26
Durable kitchen items : ENAMELWARE
27
Low-priced item, maybe : LOSSLEADER
29
Cartoonist Keane : BIL
32
Ululates : KEENS
36
TV show that has spawned many movies, briefly : SNL
38
Cold war concern : ARMSRACE
41
Yvonne of "The Munsters" : DECARLO
45
Striped identifier : TARTAN
48
Zach ___, "Garden State" actor/director : BRAFF
50
Early automaker Frederick Henry ___ : ROYCE
52
Direction from on high : FIAT
54
Weights, colloquially : IRON
55
"Hullabaloo" dance : FRUG
56
Bang out : TYPE
58
Fielding feats, for short : DPS
59
When repeated, a sneaky laugh : HEH

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

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