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New York Times, Thursday, August 11, 2011

Author:
Parker Lewis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : Bugs
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Parker Lewis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Lewis. Thursday freshness: 34%
Jim Horne notes:

Wordplay has the remarkable story of this constructor and this puzzle.

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© 2011, The New York Times8/11/11 ( No. 22,556 )
Across
1
Took off : ROSE
5
Princess in a Nintendo game series : ZELDA
10
Ones trying to increase circulation, for short? : EMTS
14
So-called Family City U.S.A. : OREM
15
It might have an attachment : EMAIL
16
One who 26-Across : PEST
17
3, 6, 11, 18, 27 ... : XSQUAREDPLUSTWO
20
"Caught ___!" : YOU
21
Ship's doctor, in slang : BONES
22
Joint U.S./Canada military org. : NORAD
23
Journalist on a mission? : EMBED
25
Jacket part : LINING
26
Bugs : ANNOYS
28
Some chip dip, informally : GUAC
30
Small, low island : CAY
31
Totally baked : LOCO
32
Casting director? : FISHER
34
4, 2, 4/3, 1, 4/5 ... : TWENTYOVERFIVEX
40
Supports, with "up" : SHORES
41
Part of a slalom run : GATE
42
Lens holder, for short : CAM
45
Setting for Genesis 2:8-25 : EDEN
46
Scoffed : JEERED
48
Aladdin's home : ARABIA
50
Pop's ___ Vanilli : MILLI
51
Isn't lazy, say : TRIES
52
Gem : STONE
54
Alias : AKA
57
8, 1, -18, -55, -116 ... : NINEMINUSXCUBED
60
First major publisher of board games in the U.S. : IVES
61
Instruction sometimes followed by "repeat" : RINSE
62
Vehicle for Calvin and Hobbes : SLED
63
Smart : PERT
64
Neuters : SPAYS
65
Uncle ___ : BENS
Down
1
Classic theater name : ROXY
2
Thereabouts : ORSO
3
Any of the clues for 17-, 34- or 57-Across : SEQUENCE
4
Bird whose name is a Midwest school's initials : EMU
5
Complete losers : ZEROES
6
Improve : EMEND
7
Put on : LADE
8
Uncool sorts : DIPS
9
"___ right" : ALL
10
Printer brand : EPSON
11
Standard of assessment : METRIC
12
A language of South Africa : TSWANA
13
Fuddy-duddy : STODGY
18
Apt name for a nun? : ABBY
19
Org. that won the 1965 Nobel Peace Prize : UNICEF
24
Hindsights? : MOONS
25
"The Wizard Of Oz" co-star : LAHR
26
___-rock : ALT
27
The time for action, often : NOW
28
Presumption, in math : GIVEN
29
Inhales, perhaps : USES
32
Front for "front" : FORE
33
Brightest star in Orion : RIGEL
35
Belief in something bigger than oneself : THEISM
36
Speaker of "Luke, when gone am I, the last of the Jedi will you be" : YODA
37
In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... : VARIABLE
38
Common French word with two accents : ETE
39
Signed as an illiterate would : XED
42
Cause of feline friskiness : CATNIP
43
Show up : ARRIVE
44
Down East native : MAINER
46
Some spellings? : JINXES
47
Monopoly util. : ELEC
49
Ending with wilde- or harte- : BEEST
50
Old-fashioned : MOSSY
52
Do some barbering : SNIP
53
___ salad : TUNA
55
Gung-ho : KEEN
56
Contributes : ADDS
58
Form letters? : IRS
59
Kind of port : USB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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