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New York Times, Saturday, July 9, 2011

Author:
Caleb Madison
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Across : "Wait for it ..."
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Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJVW} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Madison. Saturday freshness: 18%
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O
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L
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© 2011, The New York Times7/9/11 ( No. 22,523 )
Across
1
Pick for a pendant : OPAL
5
In reserve : HELD
9
Jets used to make touchdowns there : SHEA
13
Stinky : RIPE
14
Group with a 1977 hit banned by the BBC, with "the" : SEXPISTOLS
16
Polo alternative : IZOD
17
The basics : BRASSTACKS
18
Narc's measures: Abbr. : OZS
19
Perniciousness : HARM
20
1982 A.L. Rookie of the Year : RIPKEN
21
Go on and on : NATTER
23
Sucker : GULL
24
"Wait for it ..." : DRUMROLLPLEASE
30
Windfall : BOON
31
Deadening agent : OPIATE
32
Media inits. since 1970 : NPR
33
Coin with two stalks of wheat on its reverse : RUPEE
35
Mouse handler's aid : PAD
36
Row : RUNIN
38
"I hated it" : UGH
39
Is significant enough : COUNTS
42
Titanic-taloned terrorizers : ROCS
43
Film starring Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe : THELONGGOODBYE
46
U.N.C. Charlotte's athletic conf. : ATEN
47
"We're on!" : ITSAGO
49
Writer and director of "Julie & Julia," 2009 : EPHRON
52
Take advantage of a broken line : PASS
54
"Forget it!" : NIX
55
Radially symmetric creature : SEAANEMONE
57
Plot element? : ACRE
58
It may be combed for hairs : CRIMESCENE
59
Lean : RELY
60
Beat reporters?: Abbr. : EKGS
61
640 57-Acrosses: Abbr. : SQMI
62
Catonian infinitive : ESSE
Down
1
Bellatrix's constellation : ORION
2
It may spin overhead : PIZZADOUGH
3
Qur'an part : APOSTROPHE
4
Set the bar : LED
5
Mann's title : HERR
6
It has its problems : EXAM
7
Breakable records : LPS
8
Upset : DISRUPT
9
Corner item : STAPLE
10
Ham option : HOCK
11
Actress Sommer : ELKE
12
N.E.A. member?: Abbr. : ASSN
14
Chain using lots of 2-Down : SBARRO
15
"Tropic Thunder" director and co-star : STILLER
19
Line on a jumper : HEM
22
Earworm, e.g. : TUNE
23
"I'd be delighted!" : GLADTO
25
Question the truth of : OPPUGN
26
Sixth-century Chinese dynasty : LIANG
27
Soreness causes : ANNOYANCES
28
Sporty ensemble? : SPICEGIRLS
29
Kite kin : ERNS
30
Polo alternative : BRUT
34
Environmental transition area : ECOTONE
37
Downtowns, e.g. : URBS
40
Knot-tying result : ONENESS
41
"Obviously" : SOISEE
44
They used to play at the Big A : LARAMS
45
Tippler's trouble : DTS
48
Aster relative : OXEYE
49
Suffix with 1-Across : ESCE
50
Private jet, e.g. : PERK
51
"Caveat: Realism, Reagan and Foreign Policy" writer : HAIG
52
Scanning work, often : POEM
53
10 in un decennio : ANNI
56
John Wayne cop film : MCQ
57
Were present? : ARE

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

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