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New York Times, Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Author:
Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Place getting a lot of buzz?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
56/14/20114/4/20213
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1210010
ScrabDebutFresh
1.662651%
Angela Olson Halsted

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Peterson. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Halsted. Tuesday freshness: 59%
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© 2011, The New York Times6/14/11 ( No. 22,498 )
Across
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Places to retire : BEDS
5
This's partner : THAT
9
Ancient marketplace : AGORA
14
Cosmonaut Gagarin : YURI
15
Move like molasses : OOZE
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He once placed a "long-distance call" to Aldrin and Armstrong : NIXON
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Stroller to Soho : PRAM
18
Like the White Rabbit : LATE
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"Have a bite!" : TRYIT
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Indie studio's offering, maybe : LOWBUDGETFILM
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Place getting a lot of buzz? : APIARY
24
Whisk wielder : CHEF
25
Go (for) : OPT
28
Hankering : YEN
29
Company in a 2011 merger with the Huffington Post : AOL
31
Drink named after a Scottish hero : ROBROY
33
Unusually chromatic performance ensemble : BLUEMANGROUP
36
Director Kazan : ELIA
39
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
40
It may be upped : ANTE
41
Mostly idled : BUMMEDAROUND
46
Valentino rival : ARMANI
47
Crime scene evidence : DNA
48
Engage in pugilism : BOX
51
Prefix with conservative : NEO
52
Comedy Central's "___.0" : TOSH
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By the deadline : INTIME
57
Thick alternative to a blanket : DOWNCOMFORTER
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"Three Coins in the Fountain" fountain : TREVI
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McFlurry flavor : OREO
63
Movie format for a big date? : IMAX
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"Peer Gynt" writer : IBSEN
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Country with a hammer-and-sickle flag, for short : USSR
66
Colt's mother : MARE
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Petrol measure : LITRE
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Orioles, Eagles or Cardinals : TEAM
69
Resorts : SPAS
Down
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Incidental activity : BYPLAY
2
The Continent : EUROPE
3
Entice : DRAWIN
4
Swahili for "lion" : SIMBA
5
"Shoulda listened to me!" : TOLDYOU
6
Romance novelist Tami : HOAG
7
Early Mexican : AZTEC
8
Enforcement provisions : TEETH
9
Like some lens coatings : ANTIFOG
10
"The ___ With the Dragon Tattoo" : GIRL
11
Military intelligence, e.g., according to George Carlin : OXYMORON
12
Louis XIV, par exemple : ROI
13
Grasshopper's partner in an old fable : ANT
21
Caspian Sea feeder : URAL
22
Decorative plant : FERN
26
Sulk : POUT
27
Enter with a keyboard : TYPE
30
Mother of Castor and Pollux : LEDA
32
Country music's Paisley : BRAD
33
The Crimson Tide, familiarly : BAMA
34
Mal de ___ : MER
35
Longtime Yankee third baseman, informally : AROD
36
Israel's Abba : EBAN
37
Bit of fishing gear : LURE
38
Far from prudish : IMMODEST
42
Tangle up : ENTWINE
43
The Belmonts' frontman, in 1950s music : DION
44
Military outfit : UNIFORM
45
Modern running companion? : NANO
48
Computer graphics option : BITMAP
49
Mark who was the 1998 P.G.A. Player of the Year : OMEARA
50
Persian king in 2006's "300" : XERXES
53
Pack member : SCOUT
54
Contender in the Belmont : HORSE
56
Decorates, as a Christmas tree : TRIMS
58
More than : OVER
59
Maricopa County city : MESA
60
Up to, in adspeak : TIL
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Stat for 35-Down : RBI

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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