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New York Times, Saturday, July 7, 2012

Author:
Tim Croce
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : "Fingers crossed"
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Tim Croce

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Croce. Saturday freshness: 45%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/7/12 ( No. 22,887 )
Across
1
[If ya get what I mean ...] : WINKWINK
9
Person in upper sales? : DEALER
15
All together : ASONEMAN
16
Title bandit in a Verdi work : ERNANI
17
"Ixnay" : ITSANOGO
18
See 19-Across : CATNAP
19
Took an 18-Across : SLEPT
20
Long-___ : AWAITED
22
Wife of Angel Clare, in literature : TESS
23
All together : INSUM
24
Lundi ___ : GRAS
27
100% reliable : ASGOODASGOLD
30
Like the Three Stooges : WACKY
32
Stream past Memphis : NILE
33
Through : VIA
34
Worthy of being tossed : JUNKY
35
Shooting spot : SET
36
Smart one? : ALECK
38
N.C.A.A.'s Conference ___ : USA
39
Provider of some light fare : POPS
41
1,000 liters : STERE
42
1980s gangster sobriquet : THETEFLONDON
45
"Oh, O.K." : SURE
46
Kind of pressure : SINUS
47
Not be off : STAY
51
Kind of pressure : OSMOTIC
53
"Fingers crossed" : IHOPE
54
Ibsen title heroine : GABLER
56
Danish ancestor : OLDNORSE
58
Yanks are part of it : ALEAST
59
Woody Allen film subjects : NEUROSES
60
Be taken for : PASSAS
61
Complement from the chef? : SIDEDISH
Down
1
It's often tape-measured : WAIST
2
Agave fiber : ISTLE
3
Edges : NOSES
4
Hiker's purchase : KNAPSACK
5
Stopped working : WENT
6
Texter's P.O.V. preceder : IMO
7
Where Tara Lipinski upset Michelle Kwan : NAGANO
8
Has the material mastered : KNOWSONESONIONS
9
One with an important point? : DECIMAL
10
Form of "sum" : ERAT
11
Insect pupa sold as turtle food : ANTEGG
12
Jeep alternative : LANDROVER
13
Disney doe : ENA
14
Reason to do patchwork? : RIP
21
What a dodger might face : AUDIT
23
1982 Donald Fagen hit subtitled "What a Beautiful World" : IGY
25
She asked "What IS an un-birthday present?" : ALICE
26
Home to Ellsworth A.F.B. : SDAK
28
Means of audio-visual connection : SKYPE
29
N.Z. was a member of it : SEATO
30
Chinese martial arts, collectively : WUSHU
31
Many gastrointestinal tract residents : ANAEROBES
34
Extrudes : JUTS
35
Floor exercise maneuver : SPLIT
37
Preventer of photographic glare : LENSHOOD
40
In some way : OFSORTS
41
1960s org. revived in 2006 : SDS
43
Newtons per ampere-meter : TESLAS
44
Scientific research centers? : NUCLEI
48
Leotards cover them : TORSI
49
Areas for some kneelers : APSES
50
"Oh, for goodness' sake!" : YEESH
52
Neighbor of Apache Junction : MESA
53
Apropos of : INRE
54
Orthodontist's concern : GAP
55
Copying : ALA
57
One not going out with a bang? : DUD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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