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New York Times, Monday, April 23, 2012

Author:
Michael David
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : Songwriter Berlin
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Michael David

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {WXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. David. Monday freshness: 99%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/23/12 ( No. 22,812 )
Across
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Late, as a library book : PASTDUE
8
Sound of an excited heart : PITAPAT
15
"-" marks : HYPHENS
16
Furious : INARAGE
17
Surplus's opposite : DEFICIT
18
Bring up, as a subject : MENTION
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Forget-me-___ : NOT
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Ruler on a golf course? : PARKING
21
Yank : JERK
24
Floppy feature of a basset hound : EAR
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"My country, ___ of thee" : TIS
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Morales of "NYPD Blue" : ESAI
28
In favor of : FOR
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Mushroom cloud creator, briefly : NTEST
34
Scrape, as a knee : SKIN
35
Songwriter Berlin : IRVING
37
"___ pasa?" : QUE
38
Little bell sound : TING
39
Electron tube : DIODE
40
Be furious : FUME
41
Rock music genre : EMO
42
Heart-shaped item on a chain, say : LOCKET
43
Genie's home : LAMP
44
Last movement of a sonata : RONDO
46
Tire filler : AIR
47
Stick ___ in the water : ATOE
48
Atlantic food fish : COD
50
Foreign policy grp. : NSC
52
Hawaii's state bird : NENE
53
Ruler in a vegetable garden? : PEAKING
56
Comic strip cry : ACK
58
Folded Mexican dish : BURRITO
59
Element used to make semiconductors : SILICON
63
Not recognizable by : ALIENTO
64
Raw material for a steel mill : IRONORE
65
Figure with 14-Down sides : DECAGON
66
Rainbow mnemonic : ROYGBIV
Down
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Advanced deg. : PHD
2
Sailor's affirmative : AYE
3
Beach lotion letters : SPF
4
Ruler after a diet? : THINKING
5
Art ___ (1920s-'30s movement) : DECO
6
Join : UNITE
7
Superlative suffix : EST
8
Fine cotton : PIMA
9
Like krypton : INERT
10
Ruler on a beach? : TANKING
11
Easel user : ARTIST
12
Ache : PAIN
13
Bug-eyed : AGOG
14
Number of sides in a 65-Across : TEN
20
Ruler in a Utah city? : PROVOKING
21
Court clown : JESTER
22
Igloo builder : ESKIMO
23
Spoil, as a parade : RAINON
25
Zimbabwe's continent : AFRICA
29
Passengers : RIDERS
31
Consider the same : EQUATE
32
Order to come : SUMMON
33
Cone-shaped shelter : TEEPEE
35
Bachelor's last words : IDO
36
Badminton court divider : NET
40
Ruler with custard desserts? : FLANKING
42
Ruler in a W.C.? : LOOKING
45
Where many fed. employees live : DCAREA
49
"Me too" : DITTO
51
Egypt's capital : CAIRO
53
Whine : PULE
54
Guitarist Clapton : ERIC
55
Midday : NOON
57
Fill to excess : CLOY
58
Rotten : BAD
59
Madam's mate : SIR
60
Corn on the ___ : COB
61
"... ___ quit!" : ORI
62
Las Vegas's home: Abbr. : NEV

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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