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New York Times, Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Author:
Michael Black
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
62-Across : Overhauled
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Michael Black

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Black. Wednesday freshness: 96%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/14/10 ( No. 22,163 )
Across
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"Roger that" sayer : CBER
5
Cakes with a kick : BABAS
10
"A ___ on you!" : POX
13
___-kiri : HARA
14
Laughing gas, for one : OXIDE
15
Mixologist's instruction : POUR
16
Fine-tune, as a script : EDIT
17
Finland-based communications giant : NOKIA
18
Wee bit : IOTA
19
"Yada yada yada" : ETC
20
Ironic weather forecast? : SUNONMONDAY
22
KFC servings : THIGHS
24
Alluringly slender : SVELTE
25
What to do at a drive-thru window : ORDER
26
Do some cardio : JOG
29
Thin as ___ : AREED
30
It's under a foot : SOLE
31
Bullet-point item : DETAIL
33
Ironic marriage plan? : WEDONTHURSDAY
38
Grows darker : LATENS
39
Ride for Hawkeye or Radar : JEEP
41
Chipped in : ANTED
45
"Making something out of nothing and selling it," per Frank Zappa : ART
46
Like dogs in packs : FERAL
47
Carrier crew : SEAMEN
49
Classic Sinatra topper : FEDORA
50
Ironic exam schedule? : SATONFRIDAY
54
Nellie who circled the world : BLY
55
"How could ___ this happen?" : ILET
56
Agent Swifty : LAZAR
57
Dust jacket bits : BIOS
58
Ruing the workout, maybe : SORE
59
Where élèves study : ECOLE
60
Prom night worry : ACNE
61
Helpful connections : INS
62
Overhauled : REDID
63
Army NCO : SSGT
Down
1
Orange munchies : CHEETOS
2
Ball field error : BADTHROW
3
Monty Python member : ERICIDLE
4
Unpopular mobster : RAT
5
Boss's good news : BONUS
6
Neural transmitter : AXON
7
Steven ___, subject of "Cry Freedom" : BIKO
8
Point before "game," maybe : ADIN
9
Clothes lines : SEAMS
10
Sometimes-dyed dog : POODLE
11
Bested at Nathan's on July 4, e.g. : OUTATE
12
Got an inside look at? : XRAYED
15
Yearning sort : PINER
20
Stock unit: Abbr. : SHR
21
Cameo shapes : OVALS
23
Turned right, like Dobbin : GEED
26
Midrange Volkswagen : JETTA
27
None of the above : OTHER
28
All skin and bones : GAUNT
31
Paternity test factor : DNA
32
Quarterly payment recipient, for short : IRS
34
Of yore : OLDEN
35
Spun 45s, say : DJED
36
Gym class set to music : AEROBICS
37
Like many magazine subscriptions : YEARLONG
40
Jungle gym, swings, etc. : PLAYSET
41
Home of St. Francis : ASSISI
42
"S.N.L." alum Kevin : NEALON
43
Home runs, in slang : TATERS
44
Be melodramatic : EMOTE
46
Palin parodist : FEY
48
Buc or Niner : NFLER
49
Got along : FARED
51
Where "They're off!" may be heard : RACE
52
Preppy shirt brand : IZOD
53
"The Persistence of Memory" artist : DALI
57
Many undergrad degs. : BAS

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4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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