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New York Times, Saturday, March 2, 2013

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : White-whiskered sort
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 75 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 13%
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O
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L
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G
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Z
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R
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P
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R
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P
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F
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U
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B
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L
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P
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D
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B
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I
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M
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P
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T
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D
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K
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L
A
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G
H
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A
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T
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N
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P
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O
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C
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W
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A
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P
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N
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H
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© 2013, The New York Times3/2/13 ( No. 23,125 )
Across
1
White-whiskered sort : OLDGEEZER
10
Symbol of Einstein's gravitational constant : KAPPA
15
Eager : RARINTOGO
16
Tons : ALOAD
17
Time of one's life : CHILDHOOD
18
Youngest of five famous brothers : ZEPPO
19
Ernst associate : ARP
20
Things worth waiting for? : TIPS
21
What head shots are used in : SOCCER
22
People pick pockets in it : POOL
23
Eddie's partner in musical comedy : FLO
24
Burial option : URN
25
Cut out for it : ABLE
28
Intentionally flooded field : PADDY
30
Short order? : BLT
31
One working with magnetite : IRONMINER
33
Minor, legally : PETIT
35
"Ha! Good one!" : DONTMAKEMELAUGH
37
"Bummer" : AWGEE
38
Word below a signature on a bill : TREASURER
39
Zero, in 21-Across : NIL
40
They often have good rhythm : POEMS
41
Mr. T's real last name : TERO
42
Julia Child worked for it during W.W. II: Abbr. : OSS
43
Lav : CAN
44
Escalator pioneer : OTIS
46
Fox on Fox : MULDER
48
Blast alternative? : DRAT
49
Traffic court letters : DWI
52
Facilitators of cultural growth : AGARS
53
Toxicodendron diversilobum : POISONOAK
55
Yogi Bear co-creator : HANNA
56
Off-roading option : TRAILBIKE
57
Fire : ARDOR
58
Grocery product with green leaves in its logo : SALADATEA
Down
1
400-pound calf, perhaps : ORCA
2
Player of a big scaredy-cat? : LAHR
3
No Mr. Personality : DRIP
4
Drug czar Kerlikowske : GIL
5
Put an ___ : ENDTO
6
Where the Blue Nile rises : ETHIOPIA
7
Jellyfish and krill : ZOOPLANKTON
8
Some are fragile : EGOS
9
Bygone means of corporal punishment : ROD
10
Buzz generator : KAZOO
11
"I'll Be Around" songwriter Wilder : ALEC
12
TV Guide crossword focus : POPCULTURE
13
Something that shouldn't scare you : PAPERTIGER
14
Garnish : ADORN
21
Arch : SLY
22
Marker maker : PENTEL
23
It features a statue of a Scottie next to his master : FDRMEMORIAL
25
Title slave of the stage : AIDA
26
First cut on the album "Sticky Fingers" : BROWNSUGAR
27
Home of the Ducks of baseball's Atlantic League : LONGISLAND
29
Handle on farm equipment? : DEERE
30
Humdingers : BEAUTS
32
Fr. address : MME
33
Texting counterpart of "TY" : PLS
34
Sno-___ (winter blower brand) : THRO
36
Orwellian superstate : EASTASIA
40
One of nine numbers on a card : PAR
42
Clarkson College locale : OMAHA
43
Alpo alternative : CESAR
45
"___ you!" : ITOLD
47
1958 spy novel set in Jamaica : DRNO
48
"Cannery Row" brothel owner : DORA
49
"Get busy!" : DOIT
50
Boat trailer? : WAKE
51
Pottery Barn competitor : IKEA
53
54-Down tally: Abbr. : PTS
54
See 53-Down: Abbr. : NBA

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

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