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New York Times, Saturday, November 17, 2012

Author:
Tim Croce
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : "The Bartered Bride" composer
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Tim Croce

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVW} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Croce. Saturday freshness: 91%
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© 2012, The New York Times11/17/12 ( No. 23,020 )
Across
1
Extension of the law? : LONGARM
8
Side of a diner? : MASHED
14
Tragic mission : APOLLOI
15
Jerry-built : ILLMADE
16
First bishop of Crete, traditionally : STTITUS
17
Hot : RILEDUP
18
Pioneer of slapstick cinema : SENNETT
19
Old means of crowd control : RIOTACT
20
Strike out, say : EDIT
21
Genesis origin? : SEGA
23
Hamas rival : FATAH
24
Bush cabinet member : RICE
25
Dedication, e.g. : RITE
27
Tiny carps : NITS
28
Nickelodeon's "___ Declassified School Survival Guide" : NEDS
30
Last entrance to close, maybe : MAINGATE
32
C.P.A.'s study : TAXCODE
34
Not pummel : GOEASYON
37
2012 honor for "4000 Miles" : OBIE
41
42-Across's creator : BAUM
42
Princess in 41-Across books : OZMA
43
"Tepper ___ Going Out" (Calvin Trillin novel) : ISNT
45
Like the army that "eagle warriors" fought in : AZTEC
47
Hill people : POLS
49
Feature of "pasta" and "basta" : RIMA
50
Send a different way? : REFRACT
52
Many a bodybuilder's application : FAKETAN
54
Born Blonde maker : CLAIROL
55
Sleep aid : EYEMASK
56
Like many bullies : ALLTALK
57
Sling mud at : ASPERSE
58
Make a connection : RELATE
59
Party hearty : ROISTER
Down
1
"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" star : LASSER
2
Agreed to take part : OPTEDIN
3
"How rude!" : NOTNICE
4
Was fleetingly brilliant : GLINTED
5
Old one, in Oldenburg : ALTE
6
Crushes : ROUTS
7
He supplied Lex Luthor with red kryptonite : MISTERMXYZPTLK
8
Birth year of King Philip I : MLII
9
Not less than : ALLOF
10
"The Bartered Bride" composer : SMETANA
11
Joined the fight : HADATIT
12
School : EDUCATE
13
They're plumbed : DEPTHS
15
Case for a psychoanalyst : IRRATIONALFEAR
22
Adventurer Casanova : GIACOMO
26
Not go on : END
29
Bullet-catching place?: Abbr. : STA
31
Storm producer, once : GEO
33
Largest active volcano in Japan : ASO
34
Fast, graceful runner : GAZELLE
35
Mouth of a river : OUTFALL
36
Like some professors : EMERITA
38
Ancient double-deckers : BIREMES
39
Query upon witnessing a hanging? : ISITART
40
How hordes advance : ENMASSE
41
Where to get loaded after loading : BARCAR
44
Crude vessel : TANKER
46
Stone unit : CARAT
48
O.K. : SAYSO
51
King of verse : COLE
53
Zouave headgear : KEPI

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

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