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New York Times, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : *Nonfatal amount of radiation, say
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {XZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 63 for Ms. Lempel. Tuesday freshness: 35%
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© 2013, The New York Times4/30/13 ( No. 23,184 )
Across
1
Signature pieces? : PENS
5
Gets outta there fast : SCRAMS
11
"The Purloined Letter" writer : POE
14
Song heard at 15-Across : ARIA
15
Manhattan cultural landmark : THEMET
16
Finale : END
17
*Triumphs, but barely : WINSBYANOSE
19
Moonshine holder : JUG
20
Natural seasoning : SEASALT
21
*First capital of California : SANJOSE
23
Boom's opposite on Wall Street : BUST
25
Regatta implement : OAR
26
Family chain with a Grand Slam breakfast : DENNYS
30
List shortcut: Abbr. : ETC
33
Belfry occupants : BATS
36
African antelope : ELAND
37
Baseball catcher's stance : SQUAT
39
It might be given to a waiter or a police investigator : TIP
40
What's odd about the ends of the answers to the four starred clues : NOTWOSOUNDALIKE
43
Core component of a PC : CPU
44
Little doll : CUTIE
45
Bacon of "Mystic River" : KEVIN
46
Spice's cousin : HERB
48
Subj. for some green card holders : ESL
49
Hate with a passion : DETEST
50
Meas. of brain activity : EEG
52
Big do : AFRO
54
*Nonfatal amount of radiation, say : LOWDOSE
58
Botch : LOUSEUP
63
A Gershwin : IRA
64
*Huckster's pitch : YOUCANTLOSE
66
Silent ___ (White House nickname) : CAL
67
Shape of many a ski chalet : AFRAME
68
Part of a.m. : ANTE
69
Animal roaming the Rockies : ELK
70
Shopaholics' hangouts : STORES
71
Ivan the Terrible, for one : TSAR
Down
1
What dogs "shake hands" with : PAWS
2
Lake ___, 1813 battle site : ERIE
3
Ship of 1492 : NINA
4
Bratty talk : SASS
5
Phonograph needle : STYLUS
6
Schmoozes : CHATS
7
Stimpy's TV pal : REN
8
Half of an old radio comedy duo : AMOS
9
Small plateau : MESA
10
Pro at shorthand : STENO
11
Disparaging : PEJORATIVE
12
Unpleasant duty : ONUS
13
Periphery : EDGE
18
Nickname of Haiti's Duvalier, ousted in 1986 : BABYDOC
22
Quick punch : JAB
24
Margarita need : TEQUILA
26
Dame Judi of film : DENCH
27
Get right to the honeymoon, say : ELOPE
28
Activity led by a park ranger, perhaps : NATUREWALK
29
Opposite of SSE : NNW
31
Something whistled : TUNE
32
Rogue : CAD
34
Polynesian carvings : TIKIS
35
Utterly exhausted : SPENT
37
Teetotalers they're not : SOTS
38
"Eat in" alternative : TAKEOUT
41
Mystery novelist Grafton : SUE
42
Tennis judge's cry : LET
47
River bottom : BED
49
Unmanned aircraft : DRONES
51
"The Naked Maja" and other paintings : GOYAS
53
"Hot" lover : FLAME
54
Itchy dog's woe : LICE
55
Spoken : ORAL
56
Tenderhearted : SOFT
57
Continental coin : EURO
59
Venetian blind section : SLAT
60
Immense time spans : EONS
61
Org. with a national center named for Billie Jean King : USTA
62
Equal : PEER
65
"Wheels" : CAR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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