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New York Times, Saturday, March 16, 2013

Author:
Julian Lim
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Across : Welcomed to one's house
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Julian Lim

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Lim. Saturday freshness: 68%
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© 2013, The New York Times3/16/13 ( No. 23,139 )
Across
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Increases the intensity : STEPSITUP
10
High-hatter's wear? : TOQUE
15
Totally plugged-in : WELLAWARE
16
Bury : INURN
17
Sheepskin source : ALMAMATER
18
Spirit, in Stuttgart : GEIST
19
Maximum, nonstandardly : MOSTEST
20
Sprites are similar to them : FRESCAS
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:, at times : ISTO
23
"The Ground Beneath ___ Feet" (U2 song) : HER
25
Go a long way : TREK
26
Rapper with the 2002 #1 hit "Always on Time" : JARULE
28
1972 treaty subjects, briefly : ABMS
31
Like many ventilation systems : DUCTED
35
Dress-to-impress attire : BESTSUIT
37
Singer Carmen : MCRAE
38
Fukuda's predecessor as Japan's P.M. : ABE
39
Italian game akin to pétanque : BOCCI
40
Football Hall-of-Famer who became a Minnesota Supreme Court justice : ALANPAGE
42
Thirst : HANKER
43
Genre for 37-Across : JAZZ
44
Ice cream or pizza follower : PARLOR
46
Won't shut up : YAKS
48
Comment while putting something away : YUM
49
Yuri's beloved, in literature : LARA
53
More prone to bellyaches : WHINIER
56
Growled at, say : MENACED
58
Welcomed to one's house : HADIN
59
One may be represented by stars : EXPLETIVE
61
Plagued : ATEAT
62
Became fair : CLEAREDUP
63
Shakespeare's Ross, e.g. : THANE
64
Gift for a TV buff : DVDBOXSET
Down
1
Studier of sutras : SWAMI
2
Final aim, to a philosopher : TELOS
3
Title site of six films: Abbr. : ELMST
4
He wrote "No human thing is of serious importance" : PLATO
5
Old story intro? : SAME
6
Gull's cry : IWASHAD
7
Rip up : TATTER
8
Strict follower? : URE
9
Stamp feature, in philately lingo : PERF
10
Fierce sort : TIGER
11
What a 64-Across may comprise : ONESEASON
12
What a day trader tries to turn : QUICKBUCK
13
Supervillain from Krypton : URSA
14
M.D.'s with tiny flashlights : ENTS
21
Travel plans: Abbr. : RTES
24
Like 49-Down : RUBBERY
26
Major mode of transportation? : JEEP
27
Pace of "Pushing Daisies" : LEE
29
Many sit on pads : MICE
30
Start moving : STIR
31
Baroque "key of glory": Abbr. : DMAJ
32
Carol Burnett's 17-Across : UCLA
33
It's unlikely to work : CRAZYIDEA
34
Like Jane Goodall's study site : TANZANIAN
36
Means of reaching a peak level? : TBAR
38
"Lord," in Turkish : AGA
41
View from a pew : APSE
42
Where one may have personal reactions? : HOMELAB
45
Put up with : LUMPED
47
Role for both Burton and Amos in a 1977 miniseries : KINTE
49
Stuff in a swim cap : LATEX
50
They're not basic things : ACIDS
51
Noël Coward's "Sigh No More," e.g. : REVUE
52
Ace : ADEPT
53
With 54-Down, start of a historic telegraph message : WHAT
54
See 53-Down : HATH
55
Invoice abbr. : RECD
57
Tutee of Seneca : NERO
60
Year in Claudius's reign : XLV

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

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