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New York Times, Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Actor in 1960s TV's "77 Sunset Strip"
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Bernice Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {HJQXZ} This is puzzle # 143 for Ms. Gordon. Tuesday freshness: 57%
Jim Horne notes:

Bernice Gordon constructed this crossword at the age of 97. Her first NYT puzzle was published in 1952.

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© 2011, The New York Times8/30/11 ( No. 22,575 )
Across
1
Hungry mouth : MAW
4
Person assisting a worship service : LECTOR
10
Jockey's whip : CROP
14
Lincoln, the Rail-Splitter : ABE
15
Place for a bookcase : ALCOVE
16
Auto company whose name is Latin for "listen" : AUDI
17
Title of respect : SRI
18
Longtime New York theater critic : CLIVEBARNES
20
Emphatic follow-up to yes or no : SIRREE
22
Corporate dept. that may include labs : RANDD
23
Actor in 1960s TV's "77 Sunset Strip" : EDDBYRNES
26
Nary a soul : NOONE
29
Tropical citrus fruit : UGLI
30
Fleischmann's product : OLEO
32
Wilson of "Midnight in Paris" : OWEN
33
Spanish king : REY
34
Popular card game since 1954 : MILLEBORNES
37
Speck : DOT
38
Org. issuing many refunds : IRS
39
TV/film/stage actor once married to actress Meredith Baxter : DAVIDBIRNEY
45
Informer : RAT
48
International furniture retailer : IKEA
49
Facility : EASE
50
Madame Chanel : COCO
51
Italian city famous for its cheese : PARMA
53
Big dog : STBERNARD
56
Yankee great Roger : MARIS
58
Came ashore : LANDED
59
Prime cooking spot : FRONTBURNER
63
___ de mer : MAL
64
"___ She Sweet" : AINT
65
"That's it for me" : IMDONE
66
Get along in years : AGE
67
Memo : NOTE
68
Conflict waged between navies : SEAWAR
69
___ diem : PER
Down
1
Rubber man? : MASSEUR
2
Cut : ABRIDGE
3
In an odd manner : WEIRDLY
4
___ Davenport, long-running "Doonesbury" character : LACEY
5
Aunt ___ of "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
6
Start of the third century : CCI
7
"Mazel ___!" : TOV
8
Be in charge of : OVERSEE
9
Singer McEntire : REBA
10
Nowadays they usually have power locks and windows : CARDOORS
11
Decrepit : RUNDOWN
12
Pindar creation : ODE
13
Fraternity letters : PIS
19
The Atlantic's Cape ___ : ANN
21
Baseball stat : RBI
24
___ pros. (court record abbr.) : NOL
25
Building extension : ELL
27
Born, in Brittany : NEE
28
Naval officer below lieut. : ENS
31
Annual theater award : OBIE
34
Quaintly stylish : MOD
35
Barry Manilow's "Could ___ Magic" : ITBE
36
Suffix with contradict : ORY
37
Old Mitsubishi model : DIAMANTE
39
Fondue feature : DIP
40
Alias : AKA
41
First U.S. state to abolish slavery : VERMONT
42
"It seems evident that ..." : IASSUME
43
Alphabet trio : RST
44
Beak : NEB
45
Motorist's guide : ROADMAP
46
Farmland spread : ACREAGE
47
Real young 'un : TODDLER
50
Piers Morgan's channel : CNN
52
Realm of beauty : ART
54
Justice Kagan : ELENA
55
Less done, as steak : RARER
57
Long-legged wader : IBIS
59
Ceiling addition : FAN
60
___ de la Plata : RIO
61
Nutritional allotment, for short : RDA
62
At once : NOW

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

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