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New York Times, Saturday, March 13, 2010

Author:
Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : Plato and others
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Hinman. This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 46%
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© 2010, The New York Times3/13/10 ( No. 22,040 )
Across
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Debut Olympian of 2008 : BMXER
6
Dish served with Roquefort cheese : COBBSALAD
15
Tropical vine : LIANE
16
Treasure State's motto, aptly : OROYPLATA
17
Andy Warhol subject : ELVIS
18
Easily past : WELLABOVE
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Had trouble with, as icy roads : SLIDON
21
What wavy lines often represent : ODORS
22
"Let's ___" : SEE
23
Film director Anderson : WES
25
Fell hard, with "it" : ATE
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It might be physical: Abbr. : SCI
29
Shaker's cry : BRR
31
They're often seen on scoreboards, for short : LEDS
33
"The Sirens of ___," Kurt Vonnegut novel : TITAN
35
Alcohol, it's said : SOCIALLUBRICANT
38
Hepburn and Tracy shared one : TRUELIFEROMANCE
39
Aromatic plant native to the Pyrenees : ENGLISHLAVENDER
40
Kind of pudding : PEASE
41
Ab ___ (absent: Lat.) : ESSE
42
"___ There Was You" (1997 film) : TIL
43
Flier with delta wings : SST
44
Arm supporters, for short : NRA
46
They often get rings: Abbr. : SRS
48
Brand follower? : NEW
50
Refrain from singing when you're happy? : TRALA
52
Tea originally wrapped in foil : SALADA
54
Plato and others : SOCRATICS
58
Ulexite is rich in it : BORON
59
Pope when the Visigoths seized Rome : INNOCENTI
60
Poker player's declaration : IMOUT
61
Title IX concern : GENDERGAP
62
Ones with bewitching eyes? : NEWTS
Down
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Smile on : BLESS
2
Game with hazards, safeties and remedies : MILLEBORNES
3
Entertainer who was the first man to be married at Caesars Palace : XAVIERCUGAT
4
Personification of purity, in literature : ENID
5
Make seedier? : RESOW
6
Make chicken : COW
7
It has 12 flowers on each side : OREO
8
Overly confident : BOLDASBRASS
9
One way to break ties : BYLOT
10
Result of a break : SPARETIME
11
Garments covered by amices : ALBS
12
Language written with no spaces between words : LAO
13
Mud bogger's purchase, briefly : ATV
14
"Lost" actor Daniel ___ Kim : DAE
20
Air Force base near Las Vegas : NELLIS
24
Holistic medicine topic : SELFHEALING
26
Line up : STANDINAROW
27
Simplified, in a way : CANCELEDOUT
28
Start to change? : INTER
30
Cambodian cash : RIELS
32
They often have seconds : DUELS
34
Turndown from the overcommitted : ICANT
35
Salsa ingredients? : STEPS
36
Vulcans, e.g. : ALIENRACE
37
NASA's Spirit and Opportunity : ROVERS
45
Michelin, for one : RATER
47
Albert with a National Medal of Science : SABIN
49
List in a wish list : WANTS
50
Put shoes on? : TROD
51
They're found within minutes : ACTA
53
Capital on the Gulf of Guinea : LOME
54
Foreign Mr. : SIG
55
The same partner? : ONE
56
"American Morning" home : CNN
57
Spoonful, maybe : SIP

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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