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New York Times, Saturday, April 3, 2010

Author:
Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Bit of rootless flora
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6331.5658749%
Peter A. Collins
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51.4849785%
Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Collins. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Krozel. Saturday freshness: 47%
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© 2010, The New York Times4/3/10 ( No. 22,061 )
Across
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Apparently floored : SLACKJAWED
11
Like some fraternities nowadays : COED
15
Baby's mind, e.g. : TABULARASA
16
It spins its wheels : AXLE
17
When "you're gonna want me for your girl," in a 1963 hit : ONEFINEDAY
18
Longtime "The Price Is Right" model Parkinson : DIAN
19
Chief Powhatan's son-in-law : ROLFE
20
Like some Ger. nouns : NEUT
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Clean rags? : EDIT
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Much like : ALA
23
Pleased : GLAD
25
Ziti alternative : ROTINI
27
Bat mitzvah, e.g. : GIRL
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Nut's offspring : OSIRIS
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Kind of state in the East : ZEN
32
Transfuses : ENDUES
34
Neighbors of Indians : NEPALESE
36
"Mr. Hulot's Holiday" Oscar nominee : TATI
38
Plaza-to-plaza stretch: Abbr. : TPKE
39
Putting to rest : QUIETING
43
Response to "Are you awake?" : IAMNOW
47
Freud's "Totem ___ Tabu" : UND
48
Attempt to bypass opposition : ENDRUN
50
Sun-baked : SERE
51
Many 31-Across practitioners : ASIANS
53
Bit of rootless flora : ALGA
55
Org. in which people get belted : WBA
56
Any member of the Safavid dynasty : SHAH
57
Shut up : PENT
59
Christian apologist who wrote "The Four Loves" : LEWIS
61
Last name of twin gymnasts in the 2004 Olympics : HAMM
62
Crush : ANNIHILATE
64
1957 Tony winner Adams : EDIE
65
It might have red herrings : CRIMENOVEL
66
What's often pounded out : DENT
67
Pieces of surprising news : EYEOPENERS
Down
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An unused item may be placed in it : STORAGE
2
Ointment base : LANOLIN
3
"Sic et Non" theologian : ABELARD
4
Copper bracelet? : CUFF
5
Star light? : KLIEG
6
Half of a popular 1960s singing duo : JAN
7
Places where stands have been made : ARENAS
8
Attacked energetically : WADEDIN
9
The Bible's "cunning hunter" : ESAU
10
Vacationing very briefly : DAYTRIPPING
11
General starting point? : CADET
12
Go from aluminum to alumina, say : OXIDIZE
13
Bistro seen in "Manhattan" : ELAINES
14
It's under a canine's coat : DENTINE
24
Show featuring the scheming Dr. Zachary Smith : LOSTINSPACE
26
Japanese for "large hill" : OSAKA
28
One with a long neck and a rounded body : LUTE
30
Out of practice?: Abbr. : RET
33
Like items that have been put away : EATEN
35
NASA's Falcon and Intrepid : LEMS
37
Poll abbr. : IND
39
Put to rest : QUASHED
40
Expose to light : UNSHADE
41
"Raid on Entebbe" role : IDIAMIN
42
Family member : GRANNIE
44
Avant-garde : NEWWAVE
45
NASA vehicle : ORBITER
46
Sly sorts : WEASELS
49
Last, to Luigi : ULTIMO
52
Record producer Ertegun in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : AHMET
54
Coat cut : ALINE
58
Eliza's mentor, to Eliza : ENRY
60
Piedmont university : ELON
63
Tuned in : HEP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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