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New York Times, Saturday, March 24, 2012

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Stage Deli staple
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121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 30%
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© 2012, The New York Times3/24/12 ( No. 22,782 )
Across
1
Stage Deli staple : HOTPASTRAMI
12
Gas ending : ANE
15
Writer who held 14 honorary doctorates : ISAACASIMOV
16
Deliver hooks, e.g. : BOX
17
Stephen King's next novel after "Christine" : PETSEMATARY
18
Many a cell product : PIC
19
Quito-to-Lima dir. : SSE
20
Bolted : TORE
21
Melodic passages : ARIOSI
23
Bottom part : BASS
24
Oyster Bay hamlet : SYOSSET
25
"Hammerklavier," for one : SONATA
28
Is in the can : DOESTIME
29
Singer of the 2011 #1 hit "Someone Like You" : ADELE
30
Ranee's wear : SAREE
31
Dreadlocks cover : TAM
32
NC-17, maybe : LEWD
33
Grooved ring on many a ring : BEZEL
34
It may be open at a comedy club : MIKE
35
Sound that a muzzle muffles : ARF
36
One active in the heat? : RACER
37
Black scavenger : RAVEN
38
They can answer the question "Who's your daddy?" : DNATESTS
40
Jerboa's home : DESERT
41
Origins : GENESES
42
Volstead Act opponents : WETS
43
Throws together : RIGSUP
44
Two-wheeled carriage : SHAY
45
Away's partner : FAR
48
Accent reduction may be part of it: Abbr. : ESL
49
Great work : MASTERPIECE
52
Computer add-on? : ESE
53
1951 Tony winner for "Call Me Madam" : ETHELMERMAN
54
The idiot brother in "Our Idiot Brother" : NED
55
It borders the Land of Lincoln : SHOWMESTATE
Down
1
Disco swingers? : HIPS
2
Plural suffix for conditions : OSES
3
Turner Prize institution : TATE
4
Part of une danse : PAS
5
Collectible record : ACETATE
6
Chutney-dipped appetizer : SAMOSA
7
Pre-Soviet succession : TSARS
8
One may provide passage : RITE
9
Health care grp. : AMA
10
Crevice-lurking predator : MORAYEEL
11
1957 hit for Perry Como : IVYROSE
12
Like some blood : ABPOSITIVE
13
One passed out on New Year's Eve : NOISEMAKER
14
What many fans generate : EXCITEMENT
22
Ending for 23-Across : IST
23
Having nothing to part with? : BALD
24
More likely to go off : SORER
25
Choice for a bed made in the kitchen : SALADGREEN
26
___ Line (German/Polish border) : ODERNEISSE
27
Novel : NEWFANGLED
28
Staggers : DAZES
30
Mennonites and others : SECTS
33
Diamond lane : BASEPATH
34
Gravitation consideration : MASS
36
They have job listings : RESUMES
37
Does over, as a document : RETYPES
39
French pronoun : TES
40
Hand wringer's words : DEARME
42
Overpower : WHELM
44
Be unsettled : STEW
45
Damage control grp. : FEMA
46
"Ev'rybody Wants to Be ___" (Disney film tune) : ACAT
47
Novelist Bazin : RENE
50
"___ nuff!" : SHO
51
N.Y.C. commuting debut of 1904 : IRT

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

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