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New York Times, Saturday, May 30, 2009

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Across : Ancient Roman writer of comedies
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Matt Ginsberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {Q} Scrabble average: 2.36 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Ginsberg. Saturday freshness: 92%
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J
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© 2009, The New York Times5/30/9 ( No. 21,753 )
Across
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Response to "Is anyone else here?" : JUSTME
7
Travel mag listing : BANDB
12
Just over a minority : ONEHALF
14
Sports star who wrote the 2008 best seller "A Champion's Mind" : SAMPRAS
16
"Water that moves you" sloganeer : JACUZZI
17
Spanish pork sausage : CHORIZO
18
Nighttime noisemaker : OWL
19
Shimon's predecessor : YITZHAK
21
Sucker, quickly : VAC
22
"Mother Goose in Prose" author, 1897 : BAUM
24
Cause of some food recalls : ECOLI
25
Busiest : PEAK
26
Spirit : ARDOR
28
Sob syllable : HOO
29
All ___ (card game) : FOURS
30
Complete, as a task : SEEOUT
32
Is hardly extravagant : SCRIMPS
34
Summon a servant, maybe : CLAP
36
Polynesian libation : KAVA
37
Round : SPHERIC
40
Gate-breaching bomb : PETARD
44
Sour fruit : SLOES
45
Planet visited by Spaceman Spiff in "Calvin and Hobbes" : ZOG
47
It's often unfounded : RUMOR
48
Chain of treeless rolling hills : WOLD
49
County in Missouri or county seat in Arkansas : OZARK
51
"___ Said" (1961 hit) : MAMA
52
Floor : AWE
53
April Fools' Day activity : HOAXING
55
Turn sharply : ZAG
56
Drink with lemon juice : GINFIZZ
58
Appropriation : SEIZING
60
Brat Pack member : ESTEVEZ
61
Ancient Roman writer of comedies : TERENCE
62
Initiated unpleasantly : HAZED
63
Hemmed and hawed : DODGED
Down
1
Southwestern shrubs yielding a cosmetic oil : JOJOBAS
2
Not with it : UNAWARE
3
Screen : SECLUDE
4
Day "Cheers" was on: Abbr. : THU
5
Tangled and interwoven : MAZY
6
Cartoonist Segar : ELZIE
7
Believer advocating universal brotherhood : BAHAI
8
Uncontrollably : AMOK
9
D.C.-based news org. : NPR
10
Convenient kind of window : DRIVEUP
11
Some charity events : BAZAARS
13
Clyde ___, "Beau Brummell" playwright, 1890 : FITCH
14
Junk : SCHLOCK
15
Belts : SOCKS
20
Sites of some exhibits : ZOOS
23
Sponged : MOOCHED
25
Fragrant hair dressing : POMATUM
27
Is way cool : RULES
29
Fin : FIVER
31
Cap'n, say : TAR
33
Criticize : RAP
35
Flair : PIZZAZZ
37
Larghetto : SLOWISH
38
Staple of northern Italy : POLENTA
39
Urge : COAX
41
Not just great : AMAZING
42
Court : ROMANCE
43
Never seemed to end : DRAGGED
44
Metalworking tool : SWAGE
46
Mill fill : GRIST
49
Fell through the cracks? : OOZED
50
Hit below the belt : KNEED
53
Queen's quarters : HIVE
54
Big name in cycling helmets : GIRO
57
Casablanca wear : FEZ
59
Lack of organisation? : ZED

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

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