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New York Times, Saturday, March 26, 2011

Author:
Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : Tries to halt expansion?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {J} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 60%
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© 2011, The New York Times3/26/11 ( No. 22,418 )
Across
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Goat cheese : CHEVRE
7
Office roll : FAXPAPER
15
Ancient "Works and Days" poet : HESIOD
16
Thought one can't shake : IDEEFIXE
17
Using a large case? : INCAPS
18
Building that goes up easily : FIRETRAP
19
Constellation next to Pavo : ARA
20
Broadway role for Bea Arthur : YENTE
22
Milton's "Areopagitica," e.g. : TRACT
23
Cagney's employer, briefly : NYPD
25
Rank achieved by 49-Across: Abbr. : LIEUT
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Opposition leader? : ANTI
28
Hillside landscaping effects : TIERS
30
Harries : VEXES
32
Film villain who sings "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do!" : HAL
33
Response to "Should we order food?" : IVEEATEN
35
It may be turned on a soapbox : PHRASE
37
Org. with the Sun and Sky : WNBA
38
First man featured on the cover of the U.S. edition of Vogue : GERE
39
No relative : KABUKI
42
She "gallops o'er a courtier's nose," in Shakespeare : QUEENMAB
46
Good thing to keep low on a diamond : ERA
47
Diane with a camera : ARBUS
49
Biden's successor on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee : KERRY
50
Chisel, maybe : ETCH
52
Tries to halt expansion? : DIETS
54
Ending with fluor- : ESCE
55
Tightwad : PIKER
57
Part of a bar line : STOOL
59
One might cover lemons : LAW
60
Goo : SCHMALTZ
62
Salon supply : POMADE
64
So-called "wand of heaven" : ALOEVERA
65
Render helpless : HOGTIE
66
Minor celebrity? : TEENIDOL
67
Barely risk being arrested? : STREAK
Down
1
Italian red : CHIANTI
2
John of Gaunt's son : HENRYIV
3
Gone con : ESCAPEE
4
Using : VIA
5
Like thick vines : ROPY
6
Ranger, for one : EDSEL
7
Badminton goal : FIFTEEN
8
They may evoke tristesse : ADIEUX
9
Disco-era kid : XER
10
Amanda of "Syriana" : PEET
11
Performers' union : AFTRA
12
One in a dangerous school : PIRANHA
13
One-two track options : EXACTAS
14
Scaled-back thing? : REPTILE
21
Big name in skin care : NIVEA
24
Sch. in Madison, N.J. : DREWU
26
Brave protector : TEPEE
29
Kraft Foods brand : SANKA
31
2009 Best Musical nominee : SHREK
34
6-Down's far more successful contemporary : TBIRD
36
French actress Saint-Cyr : RENEE
38
Relish : GUSTO
39
Doesn't stop : KEEPSAT
40
Time unit : ARTICLE
41
It has a big bucket : BACKHOE
42
Creature revered by the Mayans : QUETZAL
43
Quarry boss of cartoons : MRSLATE
44
Pan's place : ARCADIA
45
Idle stretch for an N.F.L. team : BYEWEEK
48
Champs-Élysées sight : BISTRO
51
Typical bouncers : HEMEN
53
Some J.V. players : SOPHS
56
Beatle George studied under him : RAVI
58
Swag : LOOT
61
Opened : LED
63
Bus. driver? : MGR

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2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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