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New York Times, Thursday, August 30, 2012

Author:
Stu Ockman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
14-Across : Bilgewater
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Stu Ockman

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 14 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWX} Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Ockman. Thursday freshness: 94%
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© 2012, The New York Times8/30/12 ( No. 22,941 )
Across
1
Vigorously pursuing something : ATIT
5
Huggers : ARMS
9
Parisian pig : PORC
13
Vein glory? : LODE
14
Bilgewater : TOSH
15
Profess : AVER
16
Popular kind of 31- and 37-Across : FREERANGE
18
Das ___ Testament : NEUE
19
Christmas in Italia : NATALE
20
Excavation locale of an ancient Egyptian capital : AMARNA
22
French composer Saint-Saëns : CAMILLE
23
"Look at the facts!" : FACEIT
24
First of its kind? : ADAM
25
"Marvy!" : NEATO
26
Droughty : BONEDRY
30
Real stunner? : PHASER
31
With 37-Across, dairy aisle purchase : OOOOOO
33
Tee sign abbr. : YDS
34
Traffic caution : SLO
37
See 31-Across : OOOOOO
38
Gold diggers : MINERS
40
He goes to town in a 1936 movie : MRDEEDS
45
Draw ___ on : ABEAD
46
1997 title role for Peter Fonda : ULEE
47
___ Diggory, young wizard in the Harry Potter books : CEDRIC
49
It's more than the sum of its parts : GESTALT
52
Currency pegged to euros : KRONER
53
It may be hard to prove in court : INTENT
54
Muddlement : DAZE
55
Holder of 31- and 37-Across : EGGCARTON
58
Pair in a dead man's hand : ACES
59
Feeling of gloom : PALL
60
"Je vous en ___" : PRIE
61
Predilection : BENT
62
Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, for two : ELIS
63
Actor George of "CSI" : EADS
Down
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Big-nosed character of 1980s TV : ALF
2
Home wrecker : TORNADO
3
Visionary : IDEAMAN
4
Start of a round : TEETIME
5
Even a tiny bit : ATALL
6
Actress Blakley of "Nashville" : RONEE
7
Rangers' home in N.Y.C. : MSG
8
Stack of papers : SHEAF
9
Cure-all : PANACEA
10
One way to prepare 31- and 37-Across : OVEREASY
11
Together again : REUNITED
12
They make things up : CREATORS
17
"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-___" (Irish lullaby) : RAL
21
What a young buck might want to prove : MANHOOD
22
Object of some whistles : CAB
27
Desperate : DOORDIE
28
Short marsupials? : ROOS
29
"___-hoo!" : YOO
30
Less than fair : POOR
32
Pah lead-in : OOM
34
Precisely : SMACKDAB
35
Longtime Las Vegas entertainer : LIBERACE
36
Number of 31- and 37-Across in a 55-Across : ONEDOZEN
39
Wholehearted : EARNEST
41
One of the Muses : EUTERPE
42
South Korean model : ELANTRA
43
Arm raiser : DELTOID
44
___ for life : SET
48
Brunch item : CREPE
49
Tenor Beniamino ___ : GIGLI
50
S.A.S.E.'s, e.g. : ENCLS
51
Stop: Abbr. : STA
56
Partner to do-si-do with : GAL
57
Wii forerunner : NES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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