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New York Times, Friday, June 3, 2011

Author:
Jeffrey Wechsler
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Voicer of Underdog on TV
TotalDebutLatest
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Jeffrey Wechsler

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJKQ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Wechsler. Friday freshness: 24%
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© 2011, The New York Times6/3/11 ( No. 22,487 )
Across
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Launch time? : SPACEAGE
9
Found to be legal, in a way : CARDED
15
Voicer of Underdog on TV : WALLYCOX
16
Voicer of Ego in "Ratatouille" : OTOOLE
17
Children's song that's based on an old work song melody : ALOUETTE
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Like many countries' rulers : METRIC
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The unwashed : PLEBS
20
She hid Zeus from Cronus : RHEA
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Suffix with señor : ITA
23
Generic addressees : SIRS
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Chilly shower setting? : BATESMOTEL
27
Kind of milk : OAT
28
Set upon : HAVEAT
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"King Richard II" lord : ROSS
30
Subject of a museum in eastern Colorado : UTE
31
Is no longer : USEDTOBE
33
Without any embroidery : TERSE
35
Passes out slowly : OOZES
39
Misanthrope who says "We are all born mad. Some remain so" : ESTRAGON
45
In ___ (embryonic) : OVO
46
Alternative to being tapped : PSST
49
It might make drinkers blush : WINERY
50
Convention lengthener? : EER
51
Great ape? : RICHLITTLE
53
It often goes out with a bang : STAR
54
"I think," briefly : IMO
55
Literally, "barley" : ORZO
56
They're no rain-makers : CIRRI
57
Many a khan : MONGOL
59
Wheatworm, e.g. : NEMATODE
62
Crate : ENCASE
63
Chemist's relatives? : ISOTOPES
64
Thought : DEEMED
65
Other side : OPPONENT
Down
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Exchanges : SWAPSOUT
2
Ease : PALLIATE
3
Winner of gold in four consecutive Olympics, 1956-68 : ALOERTER
4
Set for juggling : CLUBS
5
They're seen on both sides of bridges : EYES
6
More than talk : ACT
7
Confounded : GOT
8
Like effort and influence : EXERTED
9
Wakes : COMESTO
10
Superior group : ATEAM
11
Gobbledygook : ROT
12
Tasty triangle : DORITO
13
Superior groups : ELITES
14
They might provide coverage for racecars : DECALS
21
Track meet event : HEAT
24
Coll. acquisitions : BAS
25
Mediterranean or Baltic: Abbr. : AVE
26
Kind of pie or cake : OREO
28
They can be saturated : HUES
32
Really thin : BONY
34
Biblical 912-year-old : SETH
36
Spinning device giving the illusion of motion : ZOETROPE
37
Principal player in "Grease" : EVEARDEN
38
Superlatively sad : SORRIEST
40
Spun : TWIRLED
41
Brand of munchables : RITZ
42
Composer Vivaldi : ANTONIO
43
Do stuff : GEL
44
Part of the underground economy? : ORE
46
Ready : PRIMED
47
She had a 1959 hit with "I Loves You, Porgy" : SIMONE
48
Wall fixture : SCONCE
52
Laissez-faire : LOOSE
53
Keep hush-hush : SITON
56
Foe of Caesar : CATO
58
What a floozy might show off : GAM
60
Picking up power? : ESP
61
Job for a barber : MOP

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

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