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New York Times, Friday, June 13, 2008

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Cereal box nos.
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQW} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 112 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 12%
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© 2008, The New York Times6/13/8 ( No. 21,402 )
Across
1
Shakespeare's Sir Toby ___ : BELCH
6
Italian architect Rossi : ALDO
10
Hot rod? : SPIT
14
Riotous : INANUPROAR
16
Part of the view in "A Room With a View" : ARNO
17
Organization concerned with good breeding : KENNELCLUB
18
Early career trajectory : RISE
19
First-aid expert, briefly : EMT
20
Vengeful Quaker of literature : AHAB
21
Pal, in Pau : AMI
22
Highest-scoring Scrabble word that doesn't use A, E, I, O or U : SYZYGY
25
Cryogenic refrigerant : ETHANE
28
Objects : AIMS
30
Health facility : SPA
31
Sony BMG record label : RCA
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They have people eating in a lot : TAILGATEPARTIES
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1972 #1 hit for the Staple Singers : ILLTAKEYOUTHERE
38
Sentence fragments often beginning with "wh-" words : RELATIVECLAUSES
39
Nos. pressed after getting through : EXT
40
Neuter pronoun : ONE
41
"A Fine Romance" composer : KERN
42
Dorothy Lamour's trademark garment : SARONG
44
"You should really know better!" : TSKTSK
48
Org. that gives out Jazz Masters Awards : NEA
49
Something to do in a virtual room : CHAT
52
Satyajit Ray's "The ___ Trilogy" : APU
53
Cereal box nos. : RDAS
54
Piñata material : CREPEPAPER
57
Baseball team owner Moreno : ARTE
58
Pitcher? : SALESAGENT
59
Force divided by acceleration : MASS
60
Kids to watch out for : IMPS
61
1950s sitcom family name : MERTZ
Down
1
Exercise room lineup : BIKES
2
"Politics is the ___ of the imagination": Ian McEwan : ENEMY
3
Walter who created Woody Woodpecker : LANTZ
4
"Reliable Sources" broadcaster : CNN
5
Shade : HUE
6
Roguish : ARCH
7
"Run ___ Run" (1998 thriller) : LOLA
8
Smear (on) : DAUB
9
Divining device, in sci-fi : ORB
10
Opera impresario Caldwell : SARAH
11
Election year events : PRIMARIES
12
Two-faced : INSINCERE
13
Sock part : TOE
15
QB's talent : PLAYMAKING
23
Big Three locale : YALTA
24
Unit of explosive force : GIGATON
25
Dress uniform adornments : EPAULETTES
26
Golden Horde members : TARTARS
27
Moves carefully : EASES
29
First name shared by both founders of Apple : STEVE
30
Son of Sarek : SPOCK
32
Street contacts? : TIRES
33
Ripley who wrote the "Gone With the Wind" sequel "Scarlett" : ALEXANDRA
34
Abuses : ILLTREATS
35
Dollar bill symbol : EYE
36
Dull sound : THUNK
43
Travelers' stopping points : OASES
45
Come to the point? : TAPER
46
Used up : SPENT
47
Literary character whose last words are "The horror! The horror!" : KURTZ
49
Learn a lot, say : CRAM
50
Album after "Beatles VI" : HELP
51
Acts like : APES
53
Run into : RAM
54
Series of violent episodes? : CSI
55
Product sold in spray cans : PAM
56
Period : AGE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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