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New York Times, Monday, February 18, 2013

Author:
Jeffrey Harris
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Down : Put ornaments on
TotalDebutLatest
48/30/20042/18/2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
03000001
ScrabDebutFresh
1.4796%
Jeffrey Harris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FQVY} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Harris. Monday freshness: 44%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/18/13 ( No. 23,113 )
Across
1
Thin opening : SLIT
5
Economist Smith who coined the term "invisible hand" : ADAM
9
Planet's path : ORBIT
14
Biblical ark builder : NOAH
15
"The ___ Ranger" : LONE
16
"Alfie" star Michael : CAINE
17
Zenith : ACME
18
Stringed instrument for a madrigal : LUTE
19
Kind of steak : TBONE
20
Home of the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil : GOBBLERSKNOB
23
Carry with effort : LUG
24
Drowsiness-inducing drug : OPIATE
28
Simply adorable : CUTEASABUTTON
32
"Oh, man!" : JEEZ
33
Zoo enclosures : CAGES
34
Maximum number of terms for a U.S. president : TWO
35
Hoedown females : GALS
36
High-pitched warble : TRILL
37
Speaker's stand : DAIS
38
Fitting : APT
39
Green with the 2010 hit "Forget You" : CEELO
40
Shiites or Sunnis : SECT
41
Underhanded commercial ploy : BAITANDSWITCH
44
Los Angeles district near Sherman Oaks : ENCINO
45
China's Chairman ___ : MAO
46
Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? : CONTROLGROUP
53
Lessen : ABATE
56
Dubuque's state : IOWA
57
In addition : ALSO
58
Arctic or Antarctic : POLAR
59
Singsongy cadence : LILT
60
Like games that head into overtime : TIED
61
Ones at the top of the corporate ladder : EXECS
62
"What ___ is new?" : ELSE
63
Concludes : ENDS
Down
1
Get caught on something : SNAG
2
Plumb crazy : LOCO
3
Poetic foot : IAMB
4
Low spirits, as experienced by St. Louis's hockey team? : THEBLUES
5
State without proof : ALLEGE
6
Gloomy : DOUR
7
Kitchen pests : ANTS
8
Timid : MEEK
9
Sea creature with suckers : OCTOPUS
10
See 43-Down : RABBIT
11
Who's Who entry, briefly : BIO
12
Quaint lodging : INN
13
Golf peg : TEE
21
Skating jump : LUTZ
22
___ Peace Prize : NOBEL
25
Add to an e-mail, as a file : ATTACH
26
"Specifically ..." : TOWIT
27
Deputy sheriff in "The Dukes of Hazzard" : ENOS
28
Boston N.B.A.'er : CELTIC
29
Like wealthy landowners : ACRED
30
Goes to sea : SAILS
31
Shining : AGLOW
32
Tokyo's home : JAPAN
35
Kaplan of "Welcome Back, Kotter" : GABE
36
Mortise's partner, in carpentry : TENON
37
Put ornaments on : DECORATE
39
Ones paddling down a river, say : CANOERS
40
Male deer : STAG
42
Breath mint brand : TICTAC
43
The White 10-Down's cry in "Alice in Wonderland" : IMLATE
47
Scrabble piece : TILE
48
Agitate : ROIL
49
Big-eyed birds : OWLS
50
Actress Lena : OLIN
51
Like thrift store merchandise : USED
52
Pea holders : PODS
53
Gorilla : APE
54
Emulate Muhammad Ali : BOX
55
Brewery product : ALE

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

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