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New York Times, Saturday, December 3, 2011

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Down : Derisive acts
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {GKQZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 56%
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© 2011, The New York Times12/3/11 ( No. 22,670 )
Across
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Timberlands, e.g. : SNOWBOOTS
10
Cow : DAUNT
15
Chocolate source : CACAOTREE
16
G.P.A. helper : EASYA
17
Grammy-winning pianist born in the U.S.S.R. : EMANUELAX
18
Makes it : LASTS
19
Cooler : PEN
20
Onetime fad doll : TROLL
21
Implied : TACIT
22
Just so : TOAT
24
Big name in tableware : ONEIDA
26
East End abode : OME
27
Split : ENDIT
29
Bank : SAVE
30
O, e.g. : ALER
31
Realized : REAPED
33
Unafraid : FEARLESS
35
Ryan of "Boston Public" : JERI
37
Weapon of old : SNEE
38
Saqqara attractions : PYRAMIDS
42
One of a familiar septet : EUROPE
46
Go-getter : DOER
47
Contractors usually have them : VANS
49
Briefly visit : POPIN
50
"Pore ___ Is Daid" ("Oklahoma!" song) : JUD
51
Marsh denizens : HERONS
53
Ship : SEND
54
Bright spots : ATRIA
56
Nice place for studying? : ECOLE
58
PX shopper : NCO
59
Unstable particles : MUONS
60
One who storms off, maybe : SORELOSER
62
"The Other Side of Oz" autobiographer : EBSEN
63
U.C. Irvine athletes : ANTEATERS
64
Biblical spot? : SEEST
65
Polite acceptance : YESPLEASE
Down
1
Symbol of power : SCEPTER
2
"Like what, say" : NAMEONE
3
Song that ends "Protégera nos foyers et nos droits" : OCANADA
4
Weary-looking : WAN
5
Spell : BOUT
6
County NE of El Paso : OTERO
7
Group that sang the 1962 hit "The Wah Watusi," with "the" : ORLONS
8
Tasseographer's bit : TEALEAF
9
Tabloid topics : SEXLIVES
10
Source of some blues : DELTA
11
Tiny battery : AAAA
12
2000 terrorist target : USSCOLE
13
Popular news site, with ".com" : NYTIMES
14
Sommeliers, at times : TASTERS
23
Place of change? : TIPJAR
25
Silas of the Continental Congress : DEANE
28
Overflow : TEEM
30
Some Oldsmobiles : ALEROS
32
___ home : DRIVE
34
Start another tour : REUP
36
"It seems to me ..." : IDARESAY
38
"The Children of Men" novelist : PDJAMES
39
Company sold in 2006 for $1.65 billion - 21 months after it was founded : YOUTUBE
40
Aid when going to court : REDROSE
41
Syrupy treat : SNOCONE
43
Far-out locale : OPENSEA
44
They're gripping : PINCERS
45
O.K. : ENDORSE
48
Derisive acts : SNORTS
51
Wants : HASNT
52
Drop off : SLEEP
55
California's Mission Santa ___ : INES
57
Commercial name that means, literally, "skyward" : ELAL
61
Taxonomic suffix : OTE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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