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New York Times, Thursday, October 15, 2009

Author:
Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQVZ} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Fleming. Thursday freshness: 85%
Victor Fleming notes:

Hawaii's 50th birthday as a state was Fri., Aug. 21, 2009. Six months before that, I submitted this puzzle and thought it had been accepted for that day. That day, however, featured a Patrick Berry themeless. When my puzzle ran eight weeks later, the bloggers had a field day. Rex Parker had not "disliked a puzzle this much in a loooong time, ... A bunch of random !@#@ about HAWAII. How Does This Qualify As A Valid Theme???," he asked. "Ugh."

The Crossword Fiend wrote, "I wonder if Vic hoped for this puzzle to run around August 21, the 50th anniversary of Hawaii's statehood. There doesn't seem to be any particular rhyme or reason for running this theme now, but two months ago? Perfect." And a commenter at the Wordplay Blog remarked that "I thought this puzzle might have been timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Hawaii's statehood, but the actual date was Aug. 21. I wonder if this was originally intended to run on or near that date."

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© 2009, The New York Times10/15/9 ( No. 21,891 )
Across
1
Crunched numbers : DATA
5
The Jets' retired #12 : NAMATH
11
No. cruncher : CPA
14
Spew : EMIT
15
"Aladdin" setting : ARABIA
16
Post-shot syllable? : HIC
17
Entertainer born 12/1/45 in 25-Across : BETTEMIDLER
19
Book after Galatians: Abbr. : EPH
20
Union site : ALTAR
21
Earliest pope to receive the title "the Great" : LEOI
22
___-à-porter : PRET
23
"High ___," 1941 film : SIERRA
25
Capital whose name means "sheltered bay" : HONOLULU
27
Hammer site : EAR
28
Something to prep for : EXAM
30
Rustic digs : CABIN
31
In a suitable way : APTLY
33
Like most customers : PAYING
34
With 36-Across, only official residence of a reigning monarch now in the United States : IOLANI
36
See 34-Across : PALACE
37
Actress Locke of "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" : SONDRA
38
Actor Robert of "The 39 Steps" : DONAT
39
Every seven days : AWEEK
40
With 37-Down, seven-time Wimbledon champ : PETE
41
Common pollutant : ASH
44
Measured base to peak, the world's tallest mountain : MAUNAKEA
46
Los Angeles fossil site : LABREA
49
Some hallucinogens, for short : PCPS
50
Daughter of Cronus : HERA
52
One talking in a forest, maybe : MACAW
53
Potential swimsuit embarrassment : RIP
54
Politician born 8/4/61 in 25-Across : BARACKOBAMA
56
Eroded, with "away" : ATE
57
Comparable with : AKINTO
58
"... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
59
Barrett of the original Pink Floyd : SYD
60
Went out, in a card game : GINNED
61
Lombardy town : LODI
Down
1
Cheapen : DEBASE
2
English princess after whom a Virginia county is named : AMELIA
3
Nervous laugh : TITTER
4
It may smell like a rose : ATTAR
5
"China Beach" setting : NAM
6
Relative of a husk : ARIL
7
Seized the opportunity : MADEHAY
8
More than budding : ABLOOM
9
Marketing device : TIEIN
10
Guffaw syllable : HAR
11
Innocent-looking : CHERUBIC
12
Oil conduit : PIPELINE
13
German warning : ACHTUNG
18
Drop a pop-up, say : ERR
22
Dabble in : PLAYAT
24
Hartford-based Fortune 500 company : AETNA
26
Seat of Marion County, Fla. : OCALA
29
Year Caligula was assassinated : XLI
31
Priscilla and John : ALDENS
32
Cold comfort? : PARKA
33
Talk show group : PANEL
34
It's west of Davenport : IOWACITY
35
Outdid : ONEUPPED
36
Ante destination : POT
37
See 40-Across : SAMPRAS
38
Start of a letter to Landers : DEARANN
40
Look through a window, maybe : PEERIN
41
Five-time Kentucky Derby winner : ARCARO
42
Like pant legs : SEAMED
43
Theme of this puzzle : HAWAII
45
Uniform fabric : KHAKI
47
Te ___ : AMO
48
Early tower locale : BABEL
51
Opéra division : ACTE
54
Do a marketing job : BAG
55
Down for the count : KOD

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later.

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