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New York Times, Saturday, March 10, 2012

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : Took a mulligan on
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JQUZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 160 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 80%
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© 2012, The New York Times3/10/12 ( No. 22,768 )
Across
1
Regular fluctuation : EBBANDFLOW
11
Resourcefulness : WITS
15
Choose not to mess with : LEAVEALONE
16
Stop shooting : WRAP
17
Written between two rows of text : INTERLINED
18
"But men are men; the best sometimes forget" speaker : IAGO
19
Opposing : STANDINGAGAINST
21
"Jelly Roll, Bix and ___" (1994 history of early jazz) : HOAGY
22
Lamb's "___ From Shakespeare" : TALES
23
Empty space : GAP
24
___ of Denmark (James I's queen consort) : ANNE
25
Fiber-rich fruits : FIGS
26
Madrigal syllables : TRALA
28
Crumbled ingredient in "dirt pudding" : OREO
29
Takes the big cheese down to size? : GRATES
30
Surprising revelation : SHOCKER
34
Superior facility : PROWESS
35
"You have been ___" : WARNED
36
Salon selections : DYES
37
She bests Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia" : IRENE
38
Light : AIRY
39
Snide remark : GIBE
43
Items found in jackets : LPS
44
TV golf analyst who won three Masters : FALDO
46
What tickets may get you : FINES
47
Some movies on TV are shown in it : LETTERBOXFORMAT
50
Possible solution : IDEA
51
Approximately : GIVEORTAKE
52
Film genre : NOIR
53
Quick affair? : ONENIGHTER
54
One attracted to vinegar : GNAT
55
Terrible #2s : SORELOSERS
Down
1
"24" actress Cuthbert : ELISHA
2
Robert who won Oscars for both writing and directing "Kramer vs. Kramer" : BENTON
3
1942 invasion site : BATAAN
4
Pay back : AVENGE
5
Square : NERDY
6
"Burning Giraffes in Yellow" painter : DALI
7
More obdurate : FLINTIER
8
Much earlier : LONGAGO
9
Two stars of "Paper Moon" : ONEALS
10
One held in a trap : WEDGE
11
When the O.S.S. was formed : WWII
12
Reagan-era scandal : IRANGATE
13
Subjects of many notices stapled to telephone poles : TAGSALES
14
Part of a timing pattern on a football field : SPOTPASS
20
Winners of the longest postseason game in major-league history (18 innings, 2005) : ASTROS
25
Lead role in "Miracle on 34th Street" : FRED
27
Way to serve vegetables : RAW
28
1940s-'50s tough-guy portrayer Dennis : OKEEFE
29
Gandalf the ___ : GREY
30
Drinking to excess : SWILLING
31
Brought up incessantly : HARPEDON
32
Aeschylus trilogy : ORESTEIA
33
"This Week at War" airer : CNN
34
Mineral found in igneous rocks : PYROXENE
36
Took a mulligan on : DIDOVER
38
Typical lab rat, e.g. : ALBINO
39
Circumferences : GIRTHS
40
Yardbird : INMATE
41
Cylindrical vessel with a flat bottom : BEAKER
42
Compounds found in wine : ESTERS
45
Ancient Mycenaean stronghold : ARGOS
46
Do without : FORGO
48
Pointed, in a way : TART
49
Stymie : FOIL

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

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