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New York Times, Saturday, September 11, 2010

Author:
Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Trees in the mint family
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Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 65%
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T
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E
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L
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B
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D
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M
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© 2010, The New York Times9/11/10 ( No. 22,222 )
Across
1
1956 film that earned an Oscar nomination for 11-year-old Patty McCormack : THEBADSEED
11
Bond girl opposite Lazenby : RIGG
15
Victorian conveyance : VELOCIPEDE
16
Lofty beginning? : ACRO
17
Campaign setting for Moshe Dayan : SUEZCRISIS
18
Grant consideration : NEED
19
Follower of directions : ERN
20
What a lei person might pick? : UKE
21
Sneeze triggers : TICKLES
23
Trees in the mint family : TEAKS
25
Player of Clouseau's superior : LOM
27
Yoga posture : ASANA
28
A catnap may not provide it : REMSLEEP
31
"McMillan & Wife" network : NBC
32
Protagonist bound for Mordor : FRODO
34
Basis of many positive IDs : DNA
35
The Warta's outlet : ODER
36
It often messes tresses : RAIN
37
"Candid Camera" co-host Jo Ann : PFLUG
39
Ancient humor : BILE
40
Situation a teen wants cleared up? : ACNE
41
"__ maior, minor cessat" : UBI
42
Boot : EJECT
44
Eldest of an Alcott quartet : MEG
45
Strongly protesting : UPINARMS
47
Whitewater navigator? : STARR
49
Post-Manhattan Project org. : AEC
50
Hardly wholesome : SEAMY
54
Boho-chic accessory : HOBOBAG
56
"___ plaintive anthem fades": Keats : THY
58
Try one's suit on? : WOO
59
Film critic Gleiberman : OWEN
60
One often picked up after a split : REBOUNDGUY
63
Become inseparable : MELD
64
Person not credited for a save? : UNSUNGHERO
65
East End greeting : ELLO
66
High point of 1980 news : MTSTHELENS
Down
1
Hospital room fixture : TVSET
2
3,600 secondes : HEURE
3
Classmate of Felicity on "Felicity" : ELENA
4
Name attached to some 1836 "Sketches" : BOZ
5
Like defendants : ACCUSED
6
Dagger : DIRK
7
What barkers bark : SPIELS
8
Some wiring whizzes: Abbr. : EES
9
Paste container? : EDITMENU
10
First name in '50s comedy : DESI
11
They're often closed in an emergency : RANKS
12
Like the Great Geysir : ICELANDIC
13
What may encircle a rising chopper? : GREENBELT
14
Churchyard, quaintly : GODSACRE
22
Budgeting concern : CAP
24
Coin with the monogram of King Harald V : KRONE
26
Traditional : OLDLINE
29
Handle final details of : MOPUP
30
Itching : EAGER
32
First-class flight amenity : FACETOWEL
33
Trigger familiarity : RINGABELL
35
Struggling with middle management? : OBESE
36
Emphasizes with vehemence : RAMSHOME
38
One on a big case : FBIAGENT
43
Playwright who co-founded the Abbey Theatre : JMSYNGE
45
L.A.-based music magazine : URB
46
Misbehave : ACTOUT
48
Many a Beethoven work : RONDO
51
"That's a shame" : AWGEE
52
Emulate Electra : MOURN
53
Shows great instability : YOYOS
55
Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. : ARUM
57
"What the ...?" : HUNH
61
Some four-year degs. : BSS
62
FedEx rival : DHL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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