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New York Times, Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
14-Across : Overseer of student discipline
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 45 Missing: {JK} Grid has mirror symmetry. There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Chen. Wednesday freshness: 80%
Jim Horne notes:

The 45 blocks here are among the most ever. The grid has rare mirror symmetry. And, of course, it has unchecked letters. Compare to this NO U-TURN puzzle published a couple of months later.

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© 2011, The New York Times5/4/11 ( No. 22,457 )
Across
1
Annexes : ADDS
5
In pieces : APART
10
Old stories : LORE
14
Overseer of student discipline : DEAN
15
Pole tossed in a Scottish competition : CABER
16
Something you might turn up your nose at : ODOR
17
Pasta choice : ZITI
18
___ Swinton, Oscar-winning actress for "Michael Clayton" : TILDA
19
Checks out : VETS
20
It's often discovered dead in a horror film : PHONELINE
23
Sweet beverages often served with dessert : PORTWINES
24
Gallic girlfriends : AMIES
27
Proscription : BAN
28
Lively dances : HORAS
32
Exchanges : MARTS
33
"___ always say ..." : ASI
34
How tuna may be packed : INOIL
35
Argonaut who slew Castor : IDAS
36
Like many taste tests : BLIND
38
Home to Mongolian nomads : GOBI
39
Gabriel, for one : SAN
40
Musically brisk : ALLEGRO
42
Roll of green? : SOD
43
Bit : SMIDGE
45
Squirm : WRITHE
47
Court matter : RES
48
Amazon ___ : ANT
49
Genie's affirmative : YESMASTER
53
Explode : BLOW
56
Eastwood's "Rawhide" role : YATES
57
Home of Fort Dodge : IOWA
61
Nickname for Netanyahu : BIBI
62
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
63
Departure : EXIT
64
Discontinue : QUIT
65
Maneuver required five times to finish this puzzle : UTURN
66
Catch some Z's : DOZE
Down
1
Cutting tool : ADZ
2
Lionized : DEIFIED
3
"Who ___?" : DAT
4
Brief excerpts, e.g. : SNIPPETS
5
Astin or Martin : ACTOR
6
Colorful sport : PAINTBALL
7
Phrase inspired by Napoleon : ABLEWASIEREISAWELBA
8
Discriminatory insurance practice : REDLINING
9
Coach : TRAIN
10
Serenade, e.g. : LOVESONG
11
Wordsworth work : ODE
12
Kind of cuff : ROTATOR
13
Medics' destinations, for short : ERS
21
Pardner's mount : HOSS
22
Beverage brand once sold "in all popular flavors" : NEHI
24
Out of place : AMISS
25
Classic introduction : MADAMIMADAM
26
Khomeini, for one : IRANI
29
Bar at night? : ROOST
30
Jocular term for fear of palindromes : AIBOHPHOBIA
31
Swing accompanier : SLIDE
36
"Gesundheit!" : BLESSYOU
37
Noted literary narrator : DRWATSON
40
"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer : AGEE
41
French river or department : ORNE
44
Oscar Wilde was noted for it : DRYWIT
46
"That was my best effort" : ITRIED
50
Spar : MAST
51
Aleutian island : ATTU
52
Clairvoyant : SEER
53
___ ribs : BBQ
54
Lucy of "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" : LIU
55
Sash of a sort : OBI
58
Kitchenware brand : OXO
59
Diana Ross musical, with "The" : WIZ
60
Snacked : ATE

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

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