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New York Times, Saturday, February 5, 2011

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Down : Run of TV's "My So-Called Life"
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJ} This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 61%
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© 2011, The New York Times2/5/11 ( No. 22,369 )
Across
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Food that makes a crunch : CRISPYTACO
11
Means to ease withdrawals : ATMS
15
Some Navy personnel : AIRCREWMEN
16
Eats : CHOW
17
Potential offices : SPAREROOMS
18
Cry with a swelled chest : TADA
19
Things sometimes seen on shoulders : AUTOS
20
Stay current (with) : KEEPSTEP
22
Took the place of : SPELLED
25
Final : NTH
26
Future alums: Abbr. : SRS
27
Not just check out : LEERAT
29
Allan who directed "Sands of Iwo Jima" : DWAN
31
Corn-filled state : HOKEYNESS
34
Mineral in the form of quartz or flint : SILEX
36
South-central U.S. city named for a woman in English literature : ENID
37
Common St. Tropez sight : YACHT
39
Jade : TIRE
40
About half of all dates : BEAUS
42
Actress who played Endora on TV's "Bewitched" : MOOREHEAD
44
New varsity team member, maybe: Abbr. : SOPH
45
Provokes : STEAMS
46
___ 21, Intl. Day of Peace : SEP
47
4x4, e.g. : ATV
49
Icing tool : SPATULA
53
Operations are performed in it : MATHQUIZ
56
Barbers shave them : NAPES
57
Band whose self-titled 1982 album was #1 for nine weeks : ASIA
58
Dramatic piano effects : GLISSANDOS
61
Dot-___ : COMS
62
"I'll be finished in a minute" : ALMOSTDONE
63
Sack starter : KNAP
64
Cocktail attire : TEADRESSES
Down
1
They can be made with adobes : CASAS
2
Shred : RIPUP
3
Provoked : IRATE
4
Moved to the top, perhaps : SCROLLEDUP
5
A boulevard in Memphis is named for him : PRESLEY
6
Saw attachment? : YER
7
Company quota : TWO
8
Confusedly : AMOK
9
Things that may be worn by someone sleeping with the fishes : CEMENTSHOES
10
Earliest stage : ONSET
11
Book that begins in Jerusalem : ACTS
12
"Not so!" : THATSALIE
13
Nowadays, with "the" : MODERNERA
14
Pulls the switch? : SWAPS
21
Many academics, for short : PHDS
23
Choice word? : EENY
24
Ohio town where "there's a happiness" in an old Glenn Miller song : DREAMSVILLE
28
Red wear for Speedy Gonzales : ASCOT
30
Holds off : WITHSTANDS
31
N.T. book : HEB
32
Run of TV's "My So-Called Life" : ONESEASON
33
Korean-made sedan since 2001 : KIAOPTIMA
35
Struck : XED
38
Piehole : TRAP
41
Nickname for a noted L.S.U. grad : SHAQ
43
Issue : EMANATE
46
X : SMACK
48
Draw a little at a time? : TUGAT
50
Common prom coifs : UPDOS
51
West African currency : LEONE
52
Zebra kin : ASSES
54
Door fixture : HASP
55
Alcopop brand : ZIMA
59
The Old ___ : SOD
60
Old atlas letters : SSR

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

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