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New York Times, Thursday, July 11, 2013

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Across : Boxer
TotalDebutLatest
595/23/19757/11/2013
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
41.592113367%
Henry Hook
Newton's cradle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Hook. Thursday freshness: 70%
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K
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© 2013, The New York Times7/11/13 ( No. 23,256 )
Across
1
Lose traction : SKID
5
Undignified : LOW
8
Vacuum cleaner brand : MIELE
13
Queen in "The Three Musketeers" : ANNE
14
U.S. city named for a Tennyson character : ENID
16
Let off the hook? : UNPEG
17
Self-referential, in modernspeak : META
18
___ 100 (annual list) : TIME
19
Active : GOING
20
Many traditionally have three balls : PAWNSHOPSIGNS
23
Gray in a novel painting : DORIAN
24
Skunk : POLECAT
27
In pre-swan mode : UGLY
28
Corroded : ATE
29
Sapporo sash : OBI
30
Bomb's opposite : SMASH
33
Optima maker : KIA
34
Boxer : PUG
35
What four balls may let you do : WALKTOFIRSTBASE
40
Fire : AXE
41
Irritate : VEX
42
Crude conveyance : OILER
43
Album fill, informally : PIX
44
"Indubitably" : YES
45
Hoarse cries : CAWS
47
Fleet Week locale : SEAPORT
49
Weakness : ANEMIA
52
Gizmo often with five balls that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy : NEWTONSCRADLE
55
Vivarin competitor : NODOZ
57
Inauguration recitation : OATH
58
Early occurrence in "Some Like It Hot" : RAID
59
Stop on a rock band's tour : ARENA
60
"Wedding Bell Blues" composer Laura : NYRO
61
Julie ___, host of TV's "Big Brother" : CHEN
62
Habitat for bitterns : MARSH
63
Rihanna's first #1 Billboard single : SOS
64
Mauna Loa coffee : KONA
Down
1
Hominy cereal : SAMP
2
Massage : KNEAD
3
Halved : INTWO
4
1960s secretary of state : DEANRUSK
5
Devastating : LETHAL
6
Lyonnaise : ONIONY
7
Bully's target, maybe : WIMP
8
Nonmagical one, in Harry Potter : MUGGLE
9
Combined : INONE
10
Pepsi-Cola mix? : EPISCOPAL
11
Tony winner Cariou : LEN
12
Early bird? : EGG
15
Lose hope : DESPAIR
21
Tourist attraction : SIGHT
22
Greek vowels : IOTAS
25
Invective, e.g. : ABUSE
26
Nast's symbol for Tammany Hall : TIGER
30
Quid-pro-quo arrangements : SWAPS
31
Glenn Close title role : MAXIE
32
Gin concoction : ALEXANDER
33
General Mills offering : KIX
36
Plain as day : OVERT
37
Decorate : FESTOON
38
Broadcasting aid : TOWER
39
State capital whose site was visited by Lewis and Clark : BISMARCK
44
"Holy moly!" : YOWZAH
45
World leader who co-wrote the book "How Far We Slaves Have Come!" with Mandela : CASTRO
46
Sweet chili peppers : ANCHOS
48
Day laborers : PEONS
50
Craters of the Moon National Monument locale : IDAHO
51
Xenophobe's aversion : ALIEN
53
Oppositionists : NAYS
54
"Hairspray" mom : EDNA
55
'60s war zone : NAM
56
60 minuti : ORA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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