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New York Times, Friday, February 18, 2011

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Down : Evasive answer
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Minimum word length: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 139 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 74%
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© 2011, The New York Times2/18/11 ( No. 22,382 )
Across
1
Crossbar supporter : GOALPOST
9
2009 "Survivor" setting : SAMOA
14
Attempt : HAVEAGOAT
16
Like wearing socks on your hands : INANE
17
"Be that as it may ..." : ATANYRATE
18
Four-time presidential candidate : NADER
19
"Isn't that so?," to Rousseau : NESTCEPAS
20
Roman leader? : GRECO
21
Sci-fi beeper : ARTOO
22
Old doctor's supply : LEECHES
24
Milquetoast of old comics : CASPAR
28
Stop order? : HALT
29
Return a letter, say : BACKSPACE
32
Venezuela's ___ Margarita : ISLA
33
2008 greatest hits album that includes the song "Proud Mary" : TINA
34
Palindromic name high on the Forbes billionaires list : SOROS
35
Indicator of second thoughts : STET
36
Statement of resignation : ALAS
37
Peevish : IRRITATED
39
Knife injury : GASH
40
Touch screen toucher : STYLUS
41
Certifies : ATTESTS
43
They support TV viewers : SOFAS
48
Take temporarily : LEASE
49
Creator of strange worlds : FANTASIST
53
Unseen "Mork & Mindy" character : ORSON
54
Totals : AMOUNTSTO
55
Common praenomen among Roman emperors : GAIUS
56
Bright school member : NEONTETRA
57
Blank ___ : SLATE
58
Considers beneath one's notice : SNEERSAT
Down
1
African soccer powerhouse popularly known as the Black Stars : GHANA
2
Gun show? : OATER
3
Stop order? : AVAST
4
Slower than adagio : LENTO
5
Bird in a Sean O'Casey title : PAYCOCK
6
Baddie in Perrault's tales : OGRE
7
It may be found in a dish : SOAP
8
"Toodles" : TATA
9
Expose to flame : SINGE
10
Disorderly sort? : ANARCHIST
11
Got a move on : MADEHASTE
12
Like early life : ONECELLED
13
Balloon, e.g. : AEROSTAT
15
Early radio transmitter : TESLACOIL
23
1974 Billboard hit with Spanish lyrics : ERESTU
25
Run interference for, e.g. : ASSIST
26
Game animal? : SPORTSFAN
27
Evasive answer : PARRY
29
Involving both sides : BILATERAL
30
1997 animated film set in Russia : ANASTASIA
31
Quits gambling : CASHESOUT
33
More than a quarter of native Filipinos, ethnically : TAGALOGS
38
"The Mambo Kings" co-star : ASSANTE
42
Somehow know : SENSE
44
Mixer maker : OSTER
45
Handmade things? : FISTS
46
Word in Kansas' motto : ASTRA
47
Fur source : STOAT
50
___ Research Center (NASA lab in Silicon Valley) : AMES
51
It comes before one : NOON
52
Make less sharp, maybe : TUNE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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