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New York Times, Friday, August 27, 2010

Author:
Corey Rubin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Across : Five-spots
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Corey Rubin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Rubin. Friday freshness: 13%
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© 2010, The New York Times8/27/10 ( No. 22,207 )
Across
1
Lanai's county : MAUI
5
Five-spots : ABES
9
Deep-sea exploration pioneer : BEEBE
14
With 17-Across, encouragement for a trailing team : ITSNOTOVERUNTIL
17
See 14-Across : THEFATLADYSINGS
18
Normal muscle tension : TONUS
19
Search : SCAN
20
It originated at Zurich's Cabaret Voltaire in the 1910s : DADA
21
Get blitzed : LOSE
22
Ignored, with "out" : TUNED
24
Actress Chandler and others : ESTEES
26
Occasions to use pepper? : RIOTS
31
Caesarean section? : ISAW
34
See 46-Down : ORE
35
A.A.A. listings : BANDBS
36
Parts of e-mail addresses : ATSIGNS
38
Baking need : DRYHEAT
39
Tiki bar order : MAITAI
40
Golfer who turned pro at age 15 : WIE
41
Things locked into place : OARS
42
Newswoman Lesley : STAHL
43
Wharf fare? : PRAWNS
45
1948 Literature Nobelist : ELIOT
47
Vienna-based grp. with no European members : OPEC
50
Opposite of yours, in Tours : AMOI
54
___'acte : ENTR
55
Apothecary's stock : VIALS
57
With 60-Across, risky "Jeopardy!" declaration : LETSMAKEITATRUE
60
See 57-Across : DAILYDOUBLEALEX
61
Out with the junk, say : ATSEA
62
It's risky to build a house on this : SPEC
63
In case : LEST
Down
1
A baker might have a hand in it : MITT
2
Massachusetts city called Tool Town : ATHOL
3
"I swear I ___ art at all": "Hamlet" : USENO
4
Give the flavor of : INFUSEWITH
5
Court fig. : ATT
6
Gives a shot in the arm : BOLSTERS
7
Hurricane survivor, maybe : EVACUEE
8
Lots are in lots : SEDANS
9
Something to take a pass on : BUS
10
Often-referenced but never-seen wife on "Scrubs" : ENID
11
Site of Vulcan's smithy : ETNA
12
Stars' city, informally : BIGD
13
The bride in Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" : ELSA
15
Relief providers : OASES
16
Slugger Sandberg : RYNE
23
Transporter of heavy loads : DRAY
25
Lydman of the N.H.L. : TONI
27
Like many laid-up Brits : INHOSPITAL
28
Concert halls : ODEA
29
Apparatus for pull-ups? : TBAR
30
They had Machmeters, briefly : SSTS
31
Pedigree alternative : IAMS
32
Recap figure : STAT
33
Java setting : ASIA
35
Java, e.g. : BREW
37
One might make waves : GALE
38
Venomous venting : DIATRIBE
40
Put to paper : WROTEUP
43
Types a little to the left : PINKOS
44
Bright spots in the sky : NOVAE
46
With 34-Across, slag furnace input : LEAD
48
1960s Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Wheeler : EARLE
49
Things pieced together : CLUES
50
1985 Oscars co-host with Fonda and Williams : ALDA
51
Nut part : MEAT
52
Its products go up and down : OTIS
53
1-Across, for one : ISLE
56
Send explicit come-ons by cell phone : SEXT
58
R&B singer with the hit "It's All About Me" : MYA
59
R&B group with the hit "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" : TLC

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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