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New York Times, Saturday, May 8, 2010

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Counter measures?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
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3214720373
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31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 24 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 4 Grid has supersymmetry. This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 88%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/8/10 ( No. 22,096 )
Across
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Where some diggers dig : CLAMBED
8
Chuck Yeager, e.g., in brief : WWIIACE
15
Kreplach cousin : RAVIOLI
16
Purina partner replaced by Nestlé : RALSTON
17
Before : AHEADOF
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Home of the Great Geysir : ICELAND
19
Toadlike : WARTY
20
See 5-Down : FAT
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"Socrate" composer : SATIE
23
Self-titled platinum album of 1988 : LITA
24
Red flannel hash ingredients : BEETS
26
Isinglass : MICA
27
Dir. from Asheville to Winston-Salem : ENE
28
Like Miró's "The Tilled Field" : SURREAL
30
Blemish : MAR
31
Counter measures? : RADIATIONLEVELS
34
Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, e.g.? : TRANSMUTE
35
They keep airliners aloft : HOLDINGPATTERNS
41
"So is that ___?" : ANO
42
Adds to the staff : NOTATES
43
Sleeping aid : COT
44
___ tide : NEAP
46
Like some punches : LACED
47
Elvis Presley's "___ Liked the Roses" : MAMA
48
Takes several courses : DINES
50
Words from M.L.K. Jr. : SER
51
"I've ___!" : HADIT
52
Crime scene clue : DROPLET
54
"In my mind ..." : IFORONE
56
Common blog link : YOUTUBE
57
Unable to get much worse : ABYSMAL
58
Lays away for good : ENTOMBS
59
Supply : LITHELY
Down
1
Night ___ : CRAWLER
2
Maui locale that was once the capital of the kingdom of Hawaii : LAHAINA
3
Fended off : AVERTED
4
Roadster that debuted in 1989 : MIATA
5
With 20-Across, natural energy source : BODY
6
Grp. with the 1977 album "Out of the Blue" : ELO
7
What food courts aim to satisfy : DIFFERINGTASTES
8
Books and such : WRITTENMATERIAL
9
Fem. force : WAC
10
France's ___ d'Hyères : ILES
11
"The straight path" : ISLAM
12
Together : ATATIME
13
Like a volcano : CONICAL
14
Charms : ENDEARS
21
One industry above the rest? : AEROSPACE
24
Fuel derivable from biomass : BUTANOL
25
Tipped one's hat to : SALUTED
28
Lethal compound : SARIN
29
Neighbors of Belarusians : LETTS
32
"___ better be good!" : ITD
33
Notch, e.g. : VEE
35
Produce batik : HANDDYE
36
Driving club : ONEIRON
37
Give for a while : LOANOUT
38
Colts' former home : RCADOME
39
Token : NOMINAL
40
Like Buckingham Palace : STATELY
45
Rumbly tummy soother : PEPTO
47
Dame of whodunits : MARSH
49
Trenchtown, for one : SLUM
51
Wilhelm of Cooperstown : HOYT
53
"Chicago" lyricist : EBB
55
Org. in "The Sting" : FBI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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