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New York Times, Saturday, March 6, 2010

Author:
Barry Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Across : San Francisco street or theater
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
929/1/20037/8/20166
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121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 18%
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© 2010, The New York Times3/6/10 ( No. 22,033 )
Across
1
They're highly reflective : IDEAMEN
8
Misses : LASSIES
15
Ned Buntline dime novel subject : BUFFALOBILLCODY
17
Signs of unavailability : ENGAGEMENTRINGS
18
The Iron Horse : GEHRIG
19
Composer Janácek : LEOS
20
It. was part of it : EEC
21
San Francisco street or theater : CASTRO
23
Skeleton part, in Padua : OSSO
24
Defensive end Antwan : ODOM
28
Ski resort forecast : NEWSNOW
30
Crude, slangily : TEXASTEA
32
Paternal relative : AGNATE
36
Beckerman who wrote "Love, Loss and What I Wore" : ILENE
37
Poe title character : PYM
39
"The Hoosier Folk-Child" poet : RILEY
40
Screen setting : CINEMA
42
"Easy now ..." : BEGENTLE
44
Farmwork : TILLAGE
46
#1 honor : GOLD
47
Where lederhosen are worn : ALPS
50
Woolly : LANATE
52
Many a Playbill paragraph : BIO
53
Not baring one's sole? : SHOD
54
Least sound : ILLEST
59
Costs of admissions? : INITIATIONRITES
62
Alaska area almost half the size of Rhode Island : DENALISTATEPARK
63
License : ENTITLE
64
Sequoias, e.g. : TOYOTAS
Down
1
"___ of you ..." : IBEG
2
Sight near a lagoon : DUNE
3
What I will follow : EFGH
4
One way to travel : AFAR
5
Tricks : MAGIC
6
Opposite of coarse : ELEGANT
7
What a person goes by in Paris : NOM
8
Relatives of flies : LINERS
9
City near Horseshoe Curve : ALTOONA
10
Shooters for pros : SLRS
11
High school dept. : SCI
12
Actress Skye and others : IONES
13
Nips : EDGES
14
Food service Fortune 500 company : SYSCO
16
Private consultant to the federal government, in slang : BELTWAYBANDIT
22
Go out very slowly : SEEP
23
Totally dominating : OWNING
24
___ suspension (ear medication) : OTIC
25
Supermarket work station : DELI
26
Some team members : OXEN
27
Certain portraits of Zola, Chabrier and Mallarmé : MANETS
29
One may put a damsel in distress : OGRE
31
Formal introduction? : SEMI
33
It's high in the Sierras : ALTO
34
Sing : TELL
35
Took in : EYED
38
Bit or hit lead-in : MEGA
41
Cry of respect : ALLHAIL
43
Don : GETINTO
45
Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master" : LAOTSE
47
Brook : ABIDE
48
Like some shirts : LINEN
49
"What's your ___?" : POINT
51
"Viva ___!" : ELREY
53
What may accumulate in the mouth : SILT
55
Slimming option, briefly : LIPO
56
One of 31 in Mexique : ETAT
57
Some medicines : SERA
58
Shows disapproval : TSKS
60
Red sushi fish : TAI
61
Stable particle : OAT

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

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