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New York Times, Thursday, June 28, 2012

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : General Motors product
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JXZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 196 for Ms. Gorski. Thursday freshness: 79%
Jim Horne notes:

Types of TIME FRAME the entire grid.

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© 2012, The New York Times6/28/12 ( No. 22,878 )
Across
1
You might give this to someone you don't like : HARD
5
When to have a nosh : SNACK
10
Football break : HALF
14
Baseball brother : ALOU
15
Out of port : TOSEA
16
Requiem Mass word : IRAE
17
Part : ROLE
18
Floppy disk? : PAPERPLATE
20
General Motors product : VOLT
21
Understanding responses : AHS
22
Joined in secret : ELOPED
23
Pond youngster : EFT
24
Rehab problem : DTS
25
Cardinal of Rome? : UNO
26
"Exodus" figure : ARI
27
Calculus calculations : SLOPES
29
Betray, in a way : SNITCHON
31
Letters that should never be published? : TYPOS
32
Temporary gift : LOAN
33
___ Kong : HONG
34
Window, of sorts ... or a hint to completing 10 answers in this puzzle : TIMEFRAME
37
Rat-___ : ATAT
40
Sistine Chapel chap : ADAM
41
Good grilling? : BARBQ
45
Steps in a salon : RINSINGS
47
French cake : GATEAU
48
Alphabet trio : RST
49
Presidential inits. : DDE
50
Casual greetings : YOS
51
Chorus line kickoff? : TRA
52
"Same here!" : IDOTOO
54
Some condensation : DEW
55
Cambodian cash : RIEL
56
Singer with the 1990 #1 album "To the Extreme" : VANILLAICE
58
Con : ANTI
59
"___ gets halfway around the world ..." : ALIE
60
Apple sales : IMACS
61
Applesauce eponym : MOTT
62
Period for preparation : LEAD
63
Dark hours : NIGHT
64
School recess : PLAY
Down
1
Autumn, typically : HARVEST
2
Without much warmth : ALOOFLY
3
Desk cover : ROLLTOP
4
"I Got You Babe," e.g. : DUET
5
Cathedral facing New York's Rock Center : STPATS
6
___ Ark : NOAHS
7
Egyptian lowlife? : ASPS
8
Can opener? : CEE
9
1935 Garbo role : KARENINA
10
University of Hawaii campus locale : HILO
11
Wyoming tribe : ARAPAHO
12
Eventually : LATERON
13
When a zookeeper makes the rounds with a bucket : FEEDING
19
Map (out) : PLOT
24
Lucy's man : DESI
25
Render harmless : UNARM
28
Mrs. ___, "Beauty and the Beast" character : POTTS
29
Sectionals, e.g. : SOFAS
30
Con : CHEAT
32
Dove's perch : LEDGE
35
Instrument in a Picasso painting : MANDOLIN
36
Some Wharton alums : MBAS
37
Flight board listing : ARRIVAL
38
Actress Ashley of "High School Musical" : TISDALE
39
Willa Cather title heroine : ANTONIA
42
Eye cream additive : RETINOL
43
1970s cop show : BARETTA
44
Focused face-to-face contact : QUALITY
46
Poster subject, maybe : IDOL
47
Advice heeded by a pioneer : GOWEST
50
"Bleah!" : YECCH
53
Even : TIED
54
TV screen meas. : DIAG
55
Up, with "up" : RAMP
57
Ethel Waters's "___ Blue?" : AMI

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

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