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New York Times, Saturday, August 8, 2009

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Across : "Close ..."
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 37 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Tracey. Saturday freshness: 77%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/8/9 ( No. 21,823 )
Across
1
Crack squad : ATEAM
6
Club for bulking up? : SAMS
10
Wound, in a way, as a fellow G.I. : FRAG
14
Patterson who played the title role on TV's "Private Benjamin" : LORNA
15
One of Laban's daughters : LEAH
16
Four-time Grammy winner Schifrin : LALO
17
He said "You are free and that is why you are lost" : FRANZKAFKA
19
Spanish seers? : OJOS
20
Offensive action : ASSAULT
21
Pitcher Orlando Hernández's nickname : ELDUQUE
23
Author ___ Easton Ellis : BRET
24
Capital of the Buryat Republic : ULANUDE
25
Little auk : DOVEKIE
28
Cousin of an Omaha : PONCA
29
Home of the Knockmealdown Mountains : IRELAND
30
Did course work? : STEERED
33
Inspirational delivery: Abbr. : SER
34
1989 Broadway monodrama : TRU
35
Like some eye surgery : CORNEAL
40
Test control : PLACEBO
44
See 57-Across : AUTRY
45
Moves in a tired way? : ROTATES
46
"The Great Gatsby" setting : JAZZAGE
48
Figures at a pileup : EMTS
49
Stumps : PUZZLES
50
2003 Anthony Swofford Gulf war memoir made into a 2005 film : JARHEAD
54
Even around the Seine? : EGAL
55
"Close ..." : NOTEXACTLY
57
With 44-Across, Champion rider : GENE
58
Old royal residence in 29-Across : TARA
59
Pianist with 15 Grammys : COREA
60
Cramped urban dwellings, briefly : SROS
61
Easy to get into : OPEN
62
One who was recently a child : TWEEN
Down
1
Starting code word : ALFA
2
Places for some aeries : TORS
3
Succession of history : ERAS
4
Title girl of a 1906 L. Frank Baum novel : ANNABEL
5
One of 58 Chopin compositions : MAZURKA
6
Like fruit crates : SLATTED
7
W.W. I military grp. : AEF
8
Second chances for students : MAKEUPS
9
Its bulbs are milder than garlic : SHALLOT
10
Move in an attention-getting way : FLOUNCE
11
"The Jewel in the Crown" begins it, with "The" : RAJQUARTET
12
One way to think : ALOUD
13
"Check it out for yourself" : GOSEE
18
German mathematician who lent his name to a "bottle" : KLEIN
22
Zealand resident : DANE
25
Drum alternative, vehicularly : DISC
26
Kind of mud pie : OREO
27
Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524 : VERRAZZANO
31
Player of Det. Eames on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" : ERBE
32
Some acts : DUOS
36
Is an affectionate pooch : NUZZLES
37
Indication that there's more: Abbr. : ETAL
38
Silver: Prefix : ARGENTO
39
Some old-fashioned bars : LYESOAP
40
Real-life death penalty opponent played by Sarandon in "Dead Man Walking" : PREJEAN
41
Folklorist/musicologist Alan : LOMAX
42
Draw : ATTRACT
43
Good profit source : CASHCOW
46
Some high-tech images : JPEGS
47
A boring person might have one : AUGER
51
Being abroad : ETRE
52
Way to turn a ship : ALEE
53
Cannon shot on a set? : DYAN
56
___ corde (music direction) : TRE

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

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