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New York Times, Friday, June 14, 2013

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Across : Spoke lovingly
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 175 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 23%
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© 2013, The New York Times6/14/13 ( No. 23,229 )
Across
1
Low interest indicator : YAWN
5
Stick : STAB
9
"Debts and ___ are generally mixed together": Rabelais : LIES
13
Give a second hearing? : ECHO
14
Go places : TOUR
15
Buffet table utensil : LADLE
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His death prompted Georges Pompidou to say "France is a widow" : CHARLESDEGAULLE
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Show stopper : COMMERCIALBREAK
20
Church cry : HOSANNA
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Spoke lovingly : COOED
22
Vegas casino that hosts the World Series of Poker, with "the" : RIO
23
Celebrated racehorse nicknamed "The Red Terror" : PHARLAP
25
Furniture usually with pillows : DIVAN
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Hangs on : WAITS
29
Surfing area? : WEB
31
Light weapon : EPEE
32
Uppercut targets : CHINS
33
Pier 1 furniture material : CANE
34
Not looking 100% well : WAN
35
Bad, for good : SLANG
36
Singer Taylor : DAYNE
37
Notwithstanding : DESPITE
39
Soft lens's makeup : GEL
40
Jewelry chain : ZALES
41
Ultimate problem solver : PANACEA
45
Words after "Oh well" : YOUCANTWINEMALL
48
Loaded roll : EVERYTHINGBAGEL
49
They rate high on the Beaufort scale : GALES
50
Pot addition : ANTE
51
Terminus of the old Virginia and Truckee Railroad : RENO
52
Ziploc competitor : GLAD
53
They're often bagged : TEAS
54
"This is quite a surprise!" : ISAY
Down
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Less polite way of saying "no thanks" to offered food : YECCH
2
Evidence of an allergic reaction : ACHOO
3
Collides with noisily : WHAMS
4
1979 film based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton : NORMARAE
5
Pink fuel : STERNO
6
Opera with the aria "Recondita armonia" : TOSCA
7
Volkswagen subsidiary : AUDI
8
Getting through : BREACHING
9
Daphne, after her mythical transformation : LAUREL
10
Wasted, as time : IDLEDAWAY
11
"Phantom Lady" co-star Raines : ELLA
12
Go for : SEEK
15
Exerts oneself : LABORS
17
Survivor of two 1918 assassination attempts : LENIN
18
Rejoices tactlessly : GLOATS
23
"The American Crisis" pamphleteer : PAINE
24
One of the Colonial Colleges, informally : PENN
25
Ground water? : DEW
26
Paperless way to read the paper : IPAD
27
Only founding member of OPEC not located in the Mideast : VENEZUELA
28
"Come again?" : WHATSTHAT
30
Wax worker : BEE
32
Ad agency acquisition : CLIENT
33
Fried appetizer : CALAMARI
35
Flares : SPLAYS
36
Summer Triangle star : DENEB
38
Not to be disrespected : SACRED
39
River mentioned in the Rig Veda : GANGES
41
Historic caravel : PINTA
42
Bar rooms? : CAGES
43
Tennis's Dementieva : ELENA
44
Many a filling material : ALLOY
45
One with a job opening? : YEGG
46
Like the leaves of a trailing arbutus : OVAL
47
Robert Louis Stevenson described it as "bottled poetry" : WINE

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

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