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New York Times, Friday, March 15, 2013

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Down : Act to retain one's property at auction
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Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 18 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 8, (4 double stacks) Grid has diagonal symmetry. Average word length: 6.68 This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. Krozel. Friday freshness: 99%
Jim Horne notes:

Joe Krozel has made a habit of pushing the envelope. This grid has a mere 18 blocks. As of this puzzle, there have been nine NYT crosswords in history with 19 or fewer blocks. Mr. Krozel constructed seven of them.

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© 2013, The New York Times3/15/13 ( No. 23,138 )
Across
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One looking out for #1 : EGOTIST
8
Fair way to be judged : ONMERIT
15
Doris Day film with the song "Ten Cents a Dance" : LOVEMEORLEAVEME
17
Peoria resident's representation : AVERAGEAMERICAN
18
They often pass through needles : SERA
19
Place for a butler : MANOR
20
Spanish body of water : LAGO
21
___ corde (piano pedaling direction) : TRE
22
Rounded-up numbers? : HERDS
23
Driver's invitation : HOPIN
24
Flashes : INSTANTS
26
What a biblical black horseman symbolizes : FAMINE
27
Opposed to : NOTWITH
28
Matadors' red capes : MULETAS
29
People might leave them in tears : RIOTS
30
Often-toasted seed : PINENUT
31
Year "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published : MCMII
32
Like many sluggish drains : GUNKY
33
Govt. issuance : LIC
35
Life : ELAN
36
Spheres : AREAS
37
Cobble, e.g. : PAVE
38
Small grouse : NIT
39
Things in lava lamps : BLOBS
40
Honey badger : RATEL
41
Hostile : INIMICAL
43
Amino acid in proteins : SERINE
44
Tried to reach higher : STOODONONESTOES
46
Secretly plots to harm : CONNIVESAGAINST
47
More mad : INSANER
48
"Jazz" artist : MATISSE
Down
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Pliable protein : ELASTIN
2
1991 entrant for the Democratic presidential nomination : GOVERNORCLINTON
3
Unduly high appraisals : OVERESTIMATIONS
4
Lead-in to flops : TERA
5
Springsteen's "___ Rocker" : IMA
6
Divisions : SEGMENTS
7
How David Bowie's character fell, in a 1976 sci-fi film : TOEARTH
8
"Miami Vice" Emmy winner : OLMOS
9
Aye's opposite, in verse : NEER
10
Scratch : MAR
11
It's not a good sign : EVILOMEN
12
Rundowns : RECAPITULATIONS
13
What prosaic minds lack : IMAGINATIVENESS
14
Exchange for a Hamilton : TENONES
16
Politician Paul and others : RANDS
22
Big exporter of mangoes : HAITI
23
Comets' head : HALEY
25
"... ___ the bush" : TWOIN
26
Blue states : FUNKS
28
___ Gerais (Brazilian state) : MINAS
30
Some brick buildings : PUEBLOS
31
Crescent-shaped bodies : MENISCI
32
"Does the name Quasimodo ring a bell?," e.g. : GROANER
34
Big name in frozen pizza : CELESTE
36
What a Pullman kitchen is built into : ALCOVE
37
Work after the first? : PARTII
39
Act to retain one's property at auction : BIDIN
40
Convened anew : RESAT
42
"First name" in the Louvre : MONA
43
Zaxxon maker : SEGA
45
'60s service site : NAM

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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