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New York Times, Saturday, August 20, 2011

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Brian Cimmet and Patrick Blindauer
Blog:
6-Across : Store
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 62 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 96%
Notepad: This crossword was the playoff puzzle at Lollapuzzoola 4, a tournament held in New York City on Aug. 6, conducted by Brian Cimmet and Patrick Blindauer. The champion, Jeffrey Harris, completed it in less than 9 minutes.
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H
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O
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G
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A
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N
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W
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Y
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M
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G
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S
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R
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L
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D
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W
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P
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R
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Q
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M
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E
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M
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B
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© 2011, The New York Times8/20/11 ( No. 22,565 )
Across
1
Indian home : HOGAN
6
Store : STASHAWAY
15
Gloucester and Kent, in "King Lear" : EARLS
16
1822 Walter Scott novel about Capt. Clement Cleveland : THEPIRATE
17
Its calling code is +39 : ITALY
18
President Harding's Laddie Boy and others : AIREDALES
19
Elvis's and Mariah's record number of weeks at Billboard's #1 : SEVENTYNINE
21
Big mouth : MAW
22
Carmen Sandiego cover-up? : TRENCHCOAT
23
8 on the Beaufort scale : GALE
24
Until June 25, 2011, its first three digits had geographical significance: Abbr. : SSN
25
"Tempest" Golden Globe nominee Julia : RAUL
26
Purple : LURID
27
Lived in King James's era? : DWELT
29
"Jason Lives," e.g. : PARTVI
30
Notes in passing? : REQUIEM
33
Like the word "its," often : MISUSED
34
Crows : EXULTS
35
Ice cream case selections : PINTS
36
Take what one oughtn't : POACH
37
Weapon that comes in easy-to-carry and hard-to-carry varieties : MACE
38
Lacuna : GAP
41
Snarling, say : RUDE
42
Ursi maritimi : POLARBEARS
45
Place that shows placing and showing: Abbr. : OTB
46
Miami or Amsterdam, for example : GATEWAYCITY
47
Uniform shade : OLIVEDRAB
49
"Let's ___ there" : NOTGO
50
Something one might be forced to wear at work : FAKESMILE
51
Top : ONEUP
52
Deal incentive : SWEETENER
53
Some of them are flukes : WORMS
Down
1
Withdrawals that may incur substantial penalties? : HEISTS
2
Tom Mix vehicles : OATERS
3
Second Commandment word : GRAVEN
4
Wrench handle? : ALLEN
5
"It's Gonna Be Me" band of 2000 : NSYNC
6
Emergency directive? : STAYCALM
7
Become sparse : THINOUT
8
From above : AERIAL
9
Blown : SPENT
10
Mask : HIDE
11
Constellation between Scorpius and Triangulum Australe : ARA
12
Supercenters, e.g. : WALMARTS
13
More than gnawed at : ATEALIVE
14
Celebratory chant at Chicago's Grant Park on 11/4/08 : YESWEDID
20
Basketball long shots : THREES
23
Mavens : GURUS
26
In a bad place? : LAST
27
Sweet, to Scipio : DULCE
28
Dating : WITH
29
Sebastián ___ (president of Chile beginning in 2010) : PINERA
30
Reprimands : REPROOFS
31
Gary Cooper played one in "Man of the West" : EXOUTLAW
32
Certain ATV : QUADBIKE
33
Dickens character whose first name is Wilkins : MICAWBER
35
Blonde picked up at a bar? : PALEALE
37
"We feel your pain" sloganeer : MOTRIN
38
Ankle covering : GAITER
39
Kind of eraser : ARTGUM
40
"Hearts and minds" activities, in military slang : PSYOPS
42
Luke's mother in "Star Wars" : PADME
43
Already : BYNOW
44
Tightwads' prefix : ECONO
46
Exploit : GEST
48
Capital of Victoria : VEE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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