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New York Times, Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : Occasion for a proctor
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 65%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/19/9 ( No. 21,834 )
Across
1
___ unto itself : ALAW
5
Brown fur : STOAT
10
Is shy, in a way : OWES
14
Game Gear company : SEGA
15
Philanderer, in slang : TOMCAT
17
Our genus : HOMO
18
Madre's hermanos : TIOS
19
To this point, in verse : ERENOW
20
Intravenous hookup : DRIP
21
Hamid Karzai, starting in 2004 : AFGHANPRESIDENT
24
Uppity type : SNOOT
25
Org. concerned with firing practices? : NRA
26
One of four generations in a photo : GREATGRANDPARENT
34
Iranian cash : RIALS
35
Occasion for a proctor : EXAM
36
Overly : TOO
37
"Must've been something ___" : IATE
38
Like "King Lear" : TRAGIC
41
Keep an appointment : SHOW
42
When juillet and août occur : ETE
43
Get rid of : SHED
44
Vacant, in a way : INANE
45
Driver's electric convenience : GARAGEDOOROPENER
50
Old Ford model : LTD
51
Like 26-Down : NORSE
52
Frances Hodgson Burnett kid-lit novel ... and a hint to 21-, 26- and 45-Across : THESECRETGARDEN
59
Piltdown man, notably : HOAX
60
Longtime label for 38-Down : ARISTA
61
Like a hottie : SEXY
62
Rocker Quatro : SUZI
63
Father ___, leper priest of Molokai : DAMIEN
64
"Ain't it the truth!" : AMEN
65
Siesta time, maybe : TRES
66
Has-___ (ones who are washed up) : BEENS
67
Like some sums : TIDY
Down
1
Wirehair of film : ASTA
2
Son of Eric the Red : LEIF
3
All worked up : AGOG
4
Stock transaction made to claim a tax deduction : WASHSALE
5
Court worker, for short : STENOG
6
Sluggishness : TORPOR
7
Mobster's code : OMERTA
8
Dots over eyes? : ACNE
9
New Mexico skiing locale : TAOS
10
"Mercy!" : OHDEAR
11
Dog-eared : WORN
12
Discharge : EMIT
13
Conciliatory bribe : SOP
16
Promo container that's a twofer : TWINPAC
22
See 39-Down : ANTS
23
Apothecary weight : DRAM
26
"Peer Gynt" composer : GRIEG
27
Gaucho's gear : RIATA
28
What "-vore" means : EATER
29
Like some ions: Abbr. : NEG
30
Early sixth-century date : DXI
31
Patriot Allen : ETHAN
32
Nary a soul : NOONE
33
Air controller's place : TOWER
38
Jerry Garcia's band, for short : THEDEAD
39
With 22-Down, stinging insects : RED
40
Hubbub : ADO
41
Shows disdain for : SNEERSAT
43
Snorkel and colleagues: Abbr. : SGTS
44
Res ___ loquitur : IPSA
46
"Dynasty" vixen : ALEXIS
47
Infant's bodysuit : ONESIE
48
Raising a stink? : ROTTEN
49
Hammond products : ORGANS
52
Historic site option : TOUR
53
Give a paddling, maybe : HAZE
54
Kvetcher : CRAB
55
White coat : RIME
56
Moore of film : DEMI
57
Deleted, with "out" : EXED
58
Part of Rockefeller Ctr.'s address : NYNY
59
V-J Day pres. : HST

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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