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New York Times, Saturday, June 22, 2013

Author:
Bruce Sutphin and Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Toe-tapping trigger
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
33/12/201310/4/20132
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010011
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.671073%
Bruce Sutphin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {BJQX} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Sutphin. This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Peterson. Saturday freshness: 23%
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© 2013, The New York Times6/22/13 ( No. 23,237 )
Across
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Old easy-to-load shooter : INSTAMATIC
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Comparative follower : THAN
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Pitching technique? : DOORTODOOR
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Government auction action : REPO
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Toe-tapping trigger : IMPATIENCE
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Kissers : YAPS
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Some fridges : GES
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Dot in an atlas : ISLE
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How close-up magicians move : DEFTLY
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Home of some frogs : TREE
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Fixed a broken web link? : REWOVE
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Says "You said it!," say : AGREES
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Miss swinging at a piñata? : SENORITA
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Thugs : GOONS
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Tiny bit : SPECK
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Taste test : SIP
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Memo heads-up : ATTN
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Customer counter, maybe : STILE
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Coloring : TINT
36
It airs episodes of "Episodes," briefly : SHO
37
François's following? : APRES
38
Keep the squeaking out of, say : REOIL
39
It's drawn between similar things : PARALLEL
41
Bantam : TEENSY
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Teaching model : MOCKUP
43
Small doses? : MEDS
44
Green traffic sight? : ECOCAR
45
Lift in greeting : DOFF
46
City and state follower : ZIP
49
Nero's position? : SITU
50
"A Tale of Two Cities" ender? : GUILLOTINE
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Some Fr. honorees : STES
54
Where the Garden State Parkway meets I-280 : EASTORANGE
55
Lake ___ (largest lake in Australia) : EYRE
56
Stop on the way from 0 to 60? : SECONDGEAR
Down
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"Cool, bro" : IDIG
2
Norton Sound port : NOME
3
Concessions : SOPS
4
Skipping sound? : TRA
5
Outfits : ATTIRES
6
Nephew of Matty and Jesus : MOISES
7
She released "21" in 2011 : ADELE
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It might be harsh or hushed : TONE
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It oversees a major production every two yrs. : IOC
10
Plausibility : CREDENCE
11
Strive to reach : TRYFOR
12
One of Superman's powers : HEATVISION
13
Cosmo alternatives : APPLETINIS
14
Busy : NOSY
22
Battle of Endor combatant : EWOK
23
Andrew Johnson's home: Abbr. : TENN
24
Rocks from socks : REELS
25
Audibly amazed : AGASP
26
Penguin's habitat? : GOTHAMCITY
27
Line opener : ROTOROOTER
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Series of selling points : SPIEL
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With relevance : APTLY
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Winter malady : STREP
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Acts as if money were no object : SPLURGES
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Little props : TEES
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Seltzer starter : ALKA
38
He starred as Gatsby in 1974 : REDFORD
40
Pin something on : ACCUSE
41
Cookware cover : TEFLON
43
Very, to Verdi : MOLTO
44
Ovidian infinitive : ESSE
45
Either side of an Oreo : DISC
46
Fan's pub : ZINE
47
Young Frankenstein married her : INGA
48
Kind of review : PEER
51
Fujairah's locale: Abbr. : UAE
52
Hanger in a clothing shop : TAG

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

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