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New York Times, Saturday, December 15, 2012

Author:
Will Nediger
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Its central deity is Amaterasu
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Will Nediger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 Scrabble average: 1.88 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Nediger. Saturday freshness: 31%
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H
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F
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N
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D
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C
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R
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© 2012, The New York Times12/15/12 ( No. 23,048 )
Across
1
Java application? : HALFANDHALF
12
E-mails a dupe : CCS
15
Swearing-in figure : INAUGURATOR
16
Onetime giant in decking : ALI
17
Raphael, e.g. : NINJATURTLE
18
It may have no stars : PAN
19
Film producer Fayed : DODI
20
Birthplace of the phonograph : MENLOPARK
22
Ruling group : INS
23
Heads across the pond : WCS
25
Standing by : ONICE
26
Cold front? : CEE
27
Gran Paradiso, e.g. : ALP
29
Prepares to be discharged : AIMS
31
It goes over the tongue : SHOELACE
34
Guitar-spinning group : ZZTOP
35
City of a quarter million founded on a ranch site : CHANDLERARIZONA
37
___ fit : HISSY
38
Shred : RIPAPART
39
Prefix with Germanic : INDO
40
Three-sided carrier : HOD
41
Peak periods : UPS
42
Piña colada topping? : TILDE
44
Web site crasher? : FLY
45
M quarter : CCL
48
Specifically : TOBEEXACT
51
Composer Siegmeister : ELIE
52
Greetings : HIS
53
Bit of ancient art : CAVEDRAWING
56
___ polar (animal del Ártico) : OSO
57
Singer who founded Righteous Babe Records : ANIDIFRANCO
58
Victor over H.H.H. : RMN
59
It competed with Mail Boxes Etc. : FEDEXKINKOS
Down
1
Origin of the word "cheetah" : HINDI
2
F-, for one : ANION
3
Secures : LANDS
4
It blew in 1707 : FUJI
5
Ottoman dignitary : AGA
6
Real fan : NUT
7
Makeup of some kits : DRUMS
8
Storied slacker : HARE
9
Routing abbr. : ATTN
10
Move with a bobbing motion : LOLLOP
11
Common cooler : FREON
12
Charge storer : CAPACITOR
13
Home of Pomona College : CLAREMONT
14
Settle : SINK
21
Big squares : PIAZZAS
23
Overgrown, say : WEEDY
24
Mobile : CELL
26
Wii, for one : CONSOLE
27
Nose-burning : ACRID
28
One may be taken in faith : LEAP
30
Facial site : SPA
31
Its central deity is Amaterasu : SHINTOISM
32
Claims : HASDIBSON
33
Like sports cars, briefly : AERO
34
Full of energy : ZIPPY
35
Eastern energy : CHI
36
1980s Argentine president Alfonsín : RAUL
40
Hydrocarbon in gasoline : HEXANE
43
1-Across may be added to it : DECAF
44
Neighbor of McGuire A.F.B. : FTDIX
45
Can : CLINK
46
A third of quince : CINCO
47
Toy snappers : LEGOS
48
Dweller in the hall Bilskirnir : THOR
49
Like a 6-Down : AVID
50
Turn over : CEDE
51
Actor McGregor : EWAN
54
N.Y.C.'s ___ Bridge : RFK
55
Talent agent Emanuel : ARI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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