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New York Times, Saturday, May 28, 2011

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Across : C ration replacer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 18%
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© 2011, The New York Times5/28/11 ( No. 22,481 )
Across
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"Shhhh!" follower : ITSASECRET
11
Counterpart of Selene : LUNA
15
Hit video game series featuring "hammer-ons" : GUITARHERO
16
Folder, e.g. : ICON
17
Where many songs are heard : ONTHERADIO
18
"The Eighth Wonder of the World," informally : KONG
19
Advancement aid : TAB
20
Dwellers in the Southern Carpathians : SERBS
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Place of uncertainty : FENCE
22
"Hang on ___!" : ASEC
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Joanne of "Red River" : DRU
25
Longtime Disney name : EISNER
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Pinched, perhaps : NASAL
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Master : OLDPRO
30
Some Dior designs : ALINES
32
Some ectoparasites : LICE
33
Educational grp. : PTA
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Capitalized on something : MADEHAY
38
Breakfast offering : POPTART
40
Central Dutch city : EDE
41
Direction at sea : ALEE
43
Common purse item : TISSUE
44
Belabor : OVERDO
46
Stunned, in a way : TASED
47
Wriggle : SQUIRM
50
C ration replacer : MRE
52
Bank offering, informally : REFI
53
Diaphanous material : TULLE
54
Latin lover's words : TEAMO
56
Steely one? : DAN
57
Campus org. : ROTC
58
Political leader who patented a system to alter the buoyancy of steamboats : ABELINCOLN
60
Cutting-edge brand : ATRA
61
Optical tool for a computer user : LASERMOUSE
62
Slowly withdraw : WEAN
63
Continue, in a way : PRESSENTER
Down
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1973 Jim Croce album : IGOTANAME
2
Deli option : TUNASALAD
3
Neighbor in the bleachers, say : SITBESIDE
4
School dept. : ATH
5
Requests from an ed. : SAES
6
Slipped : ERRED
7
Cousin of a vaquero : CHARRO
8
Drink containing taurine : REDBULL
9
Largest dwarf planet in the solar system : ERIS
10
Extremely : TOO
11
Thus : LIKESO
12
East Coast b-ball powerhouse : UCONN
13
Present : NONCE
14
Inflame : ANGER
21
Camping cooking option : FIREPIT
23
Support staff : CANE
25
Home to a famous geodesic sphere : EPCOT
27
City on the Seine : LEHAVRE
29
Chew : DIP
31
Western capital : SALEM
33
Dead to the world : PASSEDOUT
34
Like some questions : TRUEFALSE
35
Took a night course? : ATEDINNER
37
Slangy possessive : YER
39
Michael, e.g. : TSAR
42
Issuer of a 1986 report on pornography : EDMEESE
44
"The Wizard of Oz" prop : OILCAN
45
Mass attire : ORALES
47
"The Wizard of Oz" costume : STRAW
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Stock ___ : QUOTE
49
Extremely : ULTRA
51
Eastern leaders : EMIRS
54
Funicular alternative : TBAR
55
Janis Joplin's "Down ___" : ONME
58
Ostspitze, e.g. : ALP
59
One found in a pen : CON

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

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