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New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 2012

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Across : Toward the tip
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QWYZ} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 87%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/14/12 ( No. 22,803 )
Across
1
Skirt raisers? : UPDRAFTS
9
Toward the tip : APICAL
15
Equivalent of "ibidem" : SEEABOVE
16
___ 400 (Pennsylvania Nascar event) : POCONO
17
They're often swiped at stores : ATMCARDS
18
Parnassian : POETIC
19
Stereotypical bouncers : BRUISERS
20
Do some post-harvesting work : THRESH
21
Marion ___, Emmy-winning actress on "Bewitched" : LORNE
22
A hand : AID
24
Singer in the "Odyssey" : SIREN
25
"What ___?" : ELSE
26
Subject for Enrico Caruso : AMORE
28
Kiss hit "Rock and Roll All ___" : NITE
29
Western wear : JEANJACKETS
31
Cousin of bridge : SPADES
35
Discards : TOSSES
36
2001 presidential biography by Edmund Morris : THEODOREREX
40
Pull down : EARN
41
Michael who sang "I'm a lumberjack and I'm O.K." : PALIN
42
Rudimentary run : ABCS
46
Puts on a graph, say : PLOTS
48
Zero-deg. setting : GMT
49
Source of a feather in one's cap? : EGRET
50
Symbol of power : FASCES
52
TV hotline : BATPHONE
54
Captured for posterity, maybe : ONTAPE
55
Spanish port : ALICANTE
56
Classic Lorre role : UGARTE
57
Jabbed back : RIPOSTED
58
Like classic stories : REREAD
59
Macramé creators : KNOTTERS
Down
1
Helpful : USABLE
2
Lorry supply : PETROL
3
Shows reservations : DEMURS
4
Molière contemporary : RACINE
5
Put to shame : ABASE
6
"Heads up!" : FORE
7
Many an HBO show : TVDRAMA
8
Shrink time, say : SESSION
9
8-Down, e.g.: Abbr. : APPT
10
Some toy bears, informally : POOHS
11
They have two goals : ICERINKS
12
Sets of friends : COTERIES
13
Liqueur sweetened with syrup : ANISETTE
14
Locale in a much-studied 1934 photo : LOCHNESS
23
1970s-'80s N.B.A. nickname : DRJ
26
Classical subject of a Velázquez painting in the Prado : AESOP
27
Gone from a plate : EATEN
29
"The Beverly Hillbillies" role : JED
30
1920 Democratic presidential nominee : COX
31
"Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves," in Alcoholics Anonymous : STEPFOUR
32
Digital bone : PHALANGE
33
1980s-'90s Ford model : AEROSTAR
34
"Whatever" : DONTCARE
37
Catchy tune : RAG
38
Medicinal tea source : ELMBARK
39
Narcolepsy drug : RITALIN
42
Totally shaken : AGHAST
43
Family name in English literature : BRONTE
44
See 49-Down : CENTER
45
Strong mounts : STEEDS
47
Walls of the heart : SEPTA
49
With 44-Down, it had its grand opening on 10/1/1982 : EPCOT
51
Ranked player : SEED
53
___ the hat : TIPO

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

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