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New York Times, Saturday, July 14, 2012

Author:
Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Destination for many a quilter
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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Brad Wilber
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6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Wilber. This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Peterson. Saturday freshness: 61%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/14/12 ( No. 22,894 )
Across
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Destination for many a quilter : CRAFTFAIR
10
One with a supporting role? : BRACE
15
Forty-niners' song : OHSUSANNA
16
Fresh : LIPPY
17
War with little or no active warfare : SITZKRIEG
18
River from the Graian Alps : ISERE
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"Little" sister in "Hairspray" : INEZ
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Backpacker's bagful : GORP
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Pirate's shoulder, stereotypically : PERCH
22
Land on the Arctic Circle: Abbr. : NOR
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Nobelist Bloch or Lorenz : KONRAD
25
French town fortified by Charlemagne : STLO
26
City whose name means "eat" : ESSEN
28
Absorb : SOPUP
30
Carrier whose theme is "Rhapsody in Blue": Abbr. : UAL
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Head, or heading: Abbr. : DIR
33
Way out : RECOURSE
35
Went ballistic : HADAFIT
39
Inexperience : RAWNESS
40
Honor for an ace : AIRMEDAL
42
"How I Met Your Mother" guy : TED
43
Skipper's syllable : TRA
44
Add some stuffing to : REPAD
46
Is imminent : LOOMS
50
Persian language? : MEWS
52
Keep spinning, as yarns : RETELL
54
Stack of chips, sometimes : BET
55
Ticket specification : ADULT
57
Band parodied by Weird Al Yankovic's "Dare to Be Stupid" : DEVO
58
Homeroom response : HERE
59
Report in the funny papers? : KAPOW
60
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author : ERICCARLE
62
Expedite some union business? : ELOPE
63
Triumphantly boastful : COCKAHOOP
64
Racket-raising Richards : RENEE
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Attire for Little Lord Fauntleroy : KNEEPANTS
Down
1
0, for 90º : COSINE
2
Massive chargers : RHINOS
3
Goldilocks and others : ASTERS
4
Nap kin : FUZZ
5
"How could you?!" : TSK
6
Red River city : FARGO
7
Parts of galvanic cells : ANIONS
8
Off : INERROR
9
Option for printing archival copies : RAGPAPER
10
It's hardly a trend : BLIP
11
Stops lying : RISES
12
Opening : APERTURE
13
Revival meeting? : CPRCLASS
14
Halloween costume parts : EYEHOLES
23
Assailant without a gun : KNIFER
24
Bit of old European money : DUCAT
27
Edible red ball : EDAM
29
Rice served after him : POWELL
32
Line-item veto target, often : RIDER
34
Command to return to a former state : UNDO
35
One may supply boaters : HATMAKER
36
Pet kept by Wilson, Harding and Coolidge : AIREDALE
37
Tap : DRAWUPON
38
Obsolescent music option : TAPEDECK
41
In a bit : LATERON
45
38-Down, for one : DEVICE
47
Fairy king : OBERON
48
Red selection : MERLOT
49
Gets in hot water? : STEEPS
51
Geometry calculation : SLOPE
53
"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" writer : LOCKE
56
Too cute, in Cambridge : TWEE
58
"Good one!" : HAHA
61
Restrict, in a way : CAP

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

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