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New York Times, Thursday, April 11, 2013

Author:
Jim Hilger
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Passing remarks?
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Jim Hilger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JKQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Hilger. Thursday freshness: 16%
Jim Horne notes:

I've highlighted the wraparound sunglasses. Each breaks on a different letter.

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© 2013, The New York Times4/11/13 ( No. 23,165 )
Across
1
Sidewalk stand offerings : ADES
5
Pin, say : ATTACH
11
Pale wood : ASH
14
Ruler of Gallia and Britannia, once : ROMA
15
G.M.C. truck : SIERRA
16
Oven cleaner component : LYE
17
Not yet out of the running : INIT
18
With 61-Across, some beachwear ... which literally can be found five times in this puzzle : WRAPAROUND
20
Passing remarks? : EULOGIES
22
Long-lasting living room illuminator : GASLOG
23
Squealer's place : STY
24
Judge's repeated cry : ORDER
26
Hue : SHADE
27
Vote : POLL
29
Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA
31
Went off one's rocker? : STOOD
33
Greek consonants : PSIS
34
Alternative to an ellipsis, maybe : ETC
37
Lose heart : DESPAIR
39
"War and Peace" heroine : NATASHA
42
Opposite of 31-Across : SAT
43
Digging too deep : NOSY
45
A lot : OFTEN
46
Archie Bunker, e.g. : BIGOT
48
Self-referential, in modern lingo : META
49
James Woods's voice role in "Hercules" : HADES
52
Like South Korea vis-à-vis North Korea : FREER
54
College degs. : BAS
57
Compacts produced until 2004 : ALEROS
59
City with the slogan "Step Into the Real Texas" : AMARILLO
61
See 18-Across : SUNGLASSES
63
Way of thinking : VIEW
64
"I really didn't need to hear all that," in texts : TMI
65
Pump option : DIESEL
66
Villa d'___ : ESTE
67
Suffix with govern : ESS
68
Queen of mystery : ELLERY
69
Sprat relative : SHAD
Down
1
Neighbor of Perseus, in the night sky : ARIES
2
Coffee go-with : DONUT
3
Adviser on dos and don'ts : EMILYPOST
4
1974 Peace Nobelist : SATO
5
Spiraling : ASWIRL
6
Spent : TIRED
7
Quick promos : TEASERS
8
Dada pioneer : ARP
9
Climber's handhold : CRAG
10
Hound : HARASS
11
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-___" : ALULA
12
Council of clergy : SYNOD
13
Privacy provider, of a sort : HEDGE
19
Dept. of Labor division : OSHA
21
"A Woman Called ___" (Ingrid Bergman's final film) : GOLDA
25
Wet : RAINY
28
Alley ___ : OOP
30
"When ___ good time?" : ISA
31
Radical '60s org. : SDS
32
Subject of a 1773 Act of Parliament : TEA
33
Trial print : PROOF
34
Form : ESTABLISH
35
With 36-Down, jail, slangily : THE
36
See 35-Down : CAN
38
Suffix with govern : ING
40
"___ is human ..." : TOERR
41
Away from the bow : AFT
44
Thüringen thoroughfare : STRASSE
46
It may come off the shelf : BERG
47
Wagner opera heroine : ISOLDE
48
Insubstantial : MEASLY
49
Something you might make if you're behind schedule? : HASTE
50
Some reuners : ALUMS
51
Patron saint of France : DENIS
53
Arab sovereign: Var. : EMEER
55
Prince Valiant's love : ALETA
56
Scattered : SOWED
58
Windmill arm : SAIL
60
Saint of a children's rhyme : IVES
62
Soissons seasoning : SEL

Answer summary:
1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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