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New York Times, Monday, March 26, 2012

Author:
Ray Fontenot
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : State of bliss
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Ray Fontenot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Fontenot. Monday freshness: 93%
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© 2012, The New York Times3/26/12 ( No. 22,784 )
Across
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Antlered animal : ELK
4
Provided with meals : FED
7
With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle : MOVING
13
Alternative to chocolate : VANILLA
15
Musical performance : RECITAL
16
Low-cost, as an airplane seat : ECONOMY
17
1920s-'30s design style : ARTDECO
18
Time of change : NEWERA
19
Intl. feminine group : YWCA
20
Feminine title : MRS
21
Sir Walter Scott novel : IVANHOE
23
Bouquet holders : VASES
25
Spy's knowledge, informally : INTEL
27
Singer/actress Deanna of the 1930s-'40s : DURBIN
29
Pinocchio, at times : LIAR
30
"___ about time!" : ITS
31
Complained loudly : RAILED
35
90° angle : ELL
36
Native of Cuba's capital : HAVANAN
38
Cry for a matador : OLE
39
Rarely : SELDOM
41
Charged particle : ION
42
___ Nostra : COSA
43
Square dance maneuver : DOSIDO
45
Senegal's capital : DAKAR
46
Was wide open : GAPED
49
State of bliss : NIRVANA
51
King Kong, for one : APE
52
The second of the five W's : WHAT
54
Roma is its capital : ITALIA
57
From one of the Baltics : LATVIAN
59
Suffered an embarrassing defeat : ATEDIRT
60
Group artistically, as flowers : ARRANGE
61
Desert procession : CARAVAN
62
Smells to high heaven : STINKS
63
Chicago trains : ELS
64
Brian of ambient music : ENO
Down
1
Not odd : EVEN
2
Fabric that doesn't block much light : LACE
3
Smart aleck, say : KNOWITALL
4
Bouquet-related : FLORAL
5
Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
6
24 hours : DAY
7
Bygone Ford car, informally : MERC
8
General who became the first emperor of Rome : OCTAVIAN
9
YouTube posting, for short : VID
10
10 ___ or less (supermarket checkout sign) : ITEMS
11
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
12
Lip ___ : GLOSS
14
Words often declared after "Well" : INEVER
15
Colder and wetter, as weather : RAWER
19
"Absolutely right!" : YOUSAIDIT
22
RCA or Samsung product : HDTV
24
"Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANI
25
Parts of a French archipelago : ILES
26
Cleopatra's river : NILE
28
Kellogg's All-___ : BRAN
30
Big name in pet food : IAMS
32
"Don't just stand there!" : LOOKALIVE
33
Lohengrin's love : ELSA
34
Beloved : DEAR
36
Snooker : HOODWINK
37
Jordan's Queen ___ : NOOR
40
J.F.K.'s predecessor : DDE
42
Where Hudson Bay is : CANADA
44
Nonsensical : INANE
45
Some office stamps : DATERS
46
Fancy affairs : GALAS
47
Separately : APART
48
___ dish (lab holder) : PETRI
50
Life-sustaining : VITAL
53
Long-haired uglies : HAGS
55
Persia, now : IRAN
56
Zinc's is 30: Abbr. : ATNO
58
See 7-Across : VAN
59
One-spot card : ACE

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

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