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New York Times, Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Across : See 18-, 23-, 35- and 49-Across
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
485442212852
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 149 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 66%
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© 2009, The New York Times6/10/9 ( No. 21,764 )
Across
1
This and that : STUFF
6
Locale of famous playing fields : ETON
10
Start of the 13th century : MCCI
14
Top of some forms : LINEA
15
Whole lot : RAFT
16
Obsessed mariner : AHAB
17
Encyclopedia volume : INDEX
18
Element number 55-Across : RUTHENIUM
20
Bygone compact : GEO
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Go carefully (over) : PORE
22
Dryer remains : LINT
23
Atlanta Brave who wore the number 55-Across : HANKAARON
26
Done in : SLAIN
28
Halloween candy : TREATS
29
Justification : REASON
30
Promising : ROSEATE
34
Chemical suffix : ENE
35
President number 55-Across : BARACKOBAMA
38
It's a wrap : BOA
40
Cousin of a camel : GUANACO
41
Turn "this" into "_ .... .. ...," e.g. : ENCODE
44
Earl Grey holder : TEABAG
48
Prefix with -hedron : TETRA
49
Feb. 7, 2010, the date of this event's number 55-Across : SUPERBOWL
52
Group of courses : MEAL
53
Times in want ads : EVES
54
Cell material : RNA
55
See 18-, 23-, 35- and 49-Across : FORTYFOUR
57
Steamy : HUMID
59
Lake ___, discovery of Louis Jolliet : ERIE
60
Lord over : RULE
61
Senseless : INANE
62
Absolutely : DEAD
63
Melodramatic cry : ALAS
64
Fireplace tool : TONGS
Down
1
Snub : SLIGHT
2
Musical liability : TINEAR
3
Brought to ruin : UNDONE
4
Charge : FEE
5
Transmit electronically : FAX
6
Calculator message : ERROR
7
Bullish beginning? : TAURO
8
A lot : OFTEN
9
Nonacademic degree : NTH
10
Capital founded by Spanish invaders, 1571 : MANILA
11
Sight from Taiwan : CHINASEA
12
Admonishment : CAUTION
13
ThinkPad developer : IBM
19
If not : ELSE
21
Music section : PASSAGE
24
"American Idol" judge DioGuardi : KARA
25
Suffix with liquid : ATOR
27
Santa Fe-to-Colo. Spr. direction : NNE
29
Sale sweeteners : REBATES
31
Euro predecessor : ECU
32
Abbr. on a blotter : AKA
33
Truck scale unit : TON
35
Study of Louis Pasteur : BACTERIA
36
Stellar server : ACER
37
Old Dead Sea kingdom : MOAB
38
Red or black, at a gaming table : BET
39
Bar request : ONEMORE
42
Held the floor : ORATED
43
Tony winner Tyne : DALY
45
Apollo astronaut Frank : BORMAN
46
Deck cover : AWNING
47
Forest clearings : GLADES
49
1988 Olympics host : SEOUL
50
Palate part : UVULA
51
Shimon of Israel : PERES
55
Ness, for one : FED
56
Term of address in a monastery : FRA
57
Any of the Billboard Top 40 : HIT
58
Game with Skip cards : UNO

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

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