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New York Times, Thursday, December 8, 2011

Author:
Daniel A. Finan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : They're standard
TotalDebutLatest
151/4/20091/26/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
9021300
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
171.6411578%
Daniel A. Finan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Finan. Thursday freshness: 94%
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P
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K
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© 2011, The New York Times12/8/11 ( No. 22,675 )
Across
1
Gambol about : PRANCE
7
[See circled letters] : EVENONE
14
Tart, in a way : LEMONY
15
Schubert masterpiece : AVEMARIA
16
Renée of silent films : ADOREE
17
'84 Super Bowl victor : LARAIDER
18
[See circled letters] : ITEMTORECYCLE
20
Pinches : NABS
21
It comes in a chicken variety : POX
22
Niña's title: Abbr. : SRTA
25
Prefix with center : EPI
26
"Psst!" : HEY
27
Dash reading: Abbr. : MPH
30
Blotto : LIT
31
S'pose : RECKON
33
Emotional outburst : PAROXYSM
35
[See circled letters] : GREENVICE
37
Uncivilized : BARBARIC
40
Headquarters for UBS and Credit Suisse : ZURICH
44
Flock female : EWE
45
Sequence with two hyphens: Abbr. : SSN
46
Anderson who directed "Fantastic Mr. Fox" : WES
47
Bird sound : COO
48
Very willing : GLAD
50
Half-___ (coffee order) : CAF
51
Rockefeller Center muralist : SERT
52
[See circled letters] : COMMERCIALCOW
57
Went downhill : GOTWORSE
59
Neighbor of Suriname : GUYANA
60
Male gland : PROSTATE
61
Santa's little ___ : HELPER
62
[See circled letters] : ABREEZE
63
Rendezvous : TRYSTS
Down
1
Less convoluted : PLAINER
2
Bureaucratic hoops : REDTAPE
3
Roundish with an irregular border : AMOEBIC
4
They're standard : NORMS
5
Online tech news resource : CNET
6
Epiphanies : EYEOPENERS
7
Fire drill activity, briefly : EVAC
8
So so? : VERY
9
Old Apple product marketed to schools : EMAC
10
Gets perfectly : NAILS
11
Ward worker : ORDERLY
12
Einstein's "never" : NIE
13
Good listener? : EAR
15
"A Clockwork Orange" narrator : ALEX
19
N.H.L. great Patrick : ROY
23
"My country, ___ ..." : TIS
24
Balance provider, for short : ATM
26
Parts of el día : HORAS
27
Big D cager : MAV
28
Struggle over a purse : PRIZEFIGHT
29
Start of a spelling? : HOCUS
32
Anti-Bond org. : KGB
33
___ Park (Pirates' stadium) : PNC
34
Gen ___ : XER
36
A in German class? : EIN
37
Do a dog trick : BEG
38
Cobbler's need : AWL
39
It has many rods : REACTOR
41
Ones at the pole positions? : ICECAPS
42
Princess' headwear : CORONET
43
Active military conflicts : HOTWARS
46
W.W. II female : WAC
49
Use a divining rod : DOWSE
50
Algonquian tribe : CREE
51
How a card sharp plays : SLYLY
53
Bit of dust : MOTE
54
Jason who sang "I'm Yours," 2008 : MRAZ
55
90° from sur : ESTE
56
Violinist Leopold : AUER
57
No. with a decimal : GPA
58
Celestial body : ORB

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

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