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New York Times, Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Across : Excellent, slangily
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 47 for Mr. Silk. Tuesday freshness: 82%
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© 2010, The New York Times6/22/10 ( No. 22,141 )
Across
1
Fresh talk : LIP
4
Female TV dog played by males : LASSIE
10
Alphabet enders, to Brits : ZEDS
14
Letters on a wanted poster : AKA
15
Sitcom pal of 46-Down : ELAINE
16
Plains Indians : OTOE
17
Kitten call : MEW
18
Governing body of a municipality : TOWNCOUNCIL
20
South-of-the-border outlaws : BANDITOS
22
Conductor Zubin : MEHTA
23
12:50 or 1:50 : TENOF
24
Bay Area law enforcement org. : SFPD
26
1965 Vivien Leigh movie : SHIPOFFOOLS
29
Gateways or Dells, briefly : PCS
32
Georgia home of the Allman Brothers : MACON
33
Baseball Triple Crown stat : RBI
34
Excellent, slangily : PHAT
35
Safe havens : ARKS
36
Word game ... or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across : GHOST
38
Suffix for the wealthy : AIRE
39
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
40
Rawls of R&B : LOU
41
Strait of Hormuz vessel : OILER
42
"The buck stops here" prez : HST
43
Old comics boy with the dog Tige : BUSTERBROWN
46
Rope fiber : JUTE
47
Board game turns : MOVES
48
Briquette residue : ASHES
51
Delivery entrance, maybe : SIDEDOOR
54
Center of attention around a campfire, say : STORYTELLER
57
Palm Treo, e.g. : PDA
58
Deborah of "The King and I" : KERR
59
Deck treatments : STAINS
60
Often-replaced joint : HIP
61
Swing in the breeze : SWAY
62
Hallucinogen-yielding cactus : PEYOTE
63
To this point : YET
Down
1
Souvlaki meat : LAMB
2
Swedish home furnishings chain : IKEA
3
Hockshop receipt : PAWNTICKET
4
Make privy to, as a secret : LETINON
5
Many : ALOTOF
6
Remove, as a branch : SAWOFF
7
Confessional list : SINS
8
Abbr. in co. names : INC
9
Fair-hiring letters : EEO
10
Like most urban land : ZONED
11
Impress deeply : ETCH
12
Two-thirds of D.I.Y. : DOIT
13
Ward of "The Fugitive," 1993 : SELA
19
Stereotypically "blind" officials : UMPS
21
Topple from power : DEPOSE
24
Cries out loud : SOBS
25
Move like a moth : FLIT
26
Box-office hit : SMASH
27
Pays attention : HARKS
28
"Are you in ___?" : OROUT
29
Field of Plato and Aristotle : PHILOSOPHY
30
Rod with seven batting championships : CAREW
31
Howard of satellite radio : STERN
34
Like sorted socks : PAIRED
36
Market surplus : GLUT
37
Nozzle site : HOSE
41
"Heads" side of a coin : OBVERSE
43
At it : BUSY
44
The Brat Pack's Estevez : EMILIO
45
Porcupine or gopher : RODENT
46
Former boyfriend of 15-Across : JERRY
48
Queries : ASKS
49
Ratatouille or ragout : STEW
50
Bar mitzvah dance : HORA
51
Leave in stitches : SLAY
52
Occasionally punted comics canine : ODIE
53
Totally absorbed : RAPT
55
Dose amt. : TSP
56
Summer on the Seine : ETE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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