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New York Times, Monday, March 22, 2010

Author:
Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Down : ___ center (community facility)
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Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 20 for Ms. Michaels. Monday freshness: 64%
Andrea Carla Michaels notes:

Again, I tried to branch out, this time with anagrams: LEAD, DALE, DEAL as anagrams of LADE. But I wish I had included something about LEDA "transforming" into something else, since according to myth went from human to swan. That would have made it a stronger reveal.

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© 2010, The New York Times3/22/10 ( No. 22,049 )
Across
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J.F.K.'s predecessor : DDE
4
Thesaurus creator : ROGET
9
Roil, as the waters : MUDDY
14
Film critic Reed : REX
15
Embarrass : ABASH
16
Licorice flavoring : ANISE
17
All around, as on a trip : OVERHILLANDDALE
20
Common cold cause : VIRUS
21
Spanish bulls : TOROS
22
Suffix with disk : ETTE
23
Young and feminine : GIRLIE
26
Money on a poker table : POT
29
"Hel-l-lp!" : SOS
30
Dashing actor Flynn : ERROL
31
Ho-hum sort : BORE
32
"Remember the ___!" : ALAMO
33
Horse color : SORREL
35
TV show with many doors : LETSMAKEADEAL
38
Last words of "Green Eggs and Ham" : SAMIAM
39
Get by logic : INFER
40
"___ a fool to ..." : IDBE
41
Passover meal : SEDER
42
Caboodle's partner : KIT
45
Sleepless princess' bane : PEA
46
Heat detector, e.g. : SENSOR
48
Walk a hole in the carpet, maybe : PACE
49
River of Arles : RHONE
51
Richard's partner in the Carpenters : KAREN
52
Move into first place in a race : TAKEOVERTHELEAD
57
Pillowcase accompanier : SHEET
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Celebrate boisterously : REVEL
59
Sense of self-importance : EGO
60
Rice field : PADDY
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Rascal : SCAMP
62
Fellows : MEN
Down
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Herds : DROVES
2
Danny of "Throw Momma From the Train" : DEVITO
3
Applies, as pressure : EXERTS
4
Stadium cheers : RAHS
5
Kabuki sash : OBI
6
Guy's date : GAL
7
Night school subj. : ESL
8
Buddy Holly's "___ Be the Day" : THATLL
9
"The Treasure of the Sierra ___" : MADRE
10
Reverse, as an action : UNDO
11
Scattering of an ethnic group : DIASPORA
12
Internet connection faster than dial-up : DSL
13
"___-haw!" (cry of delight) : YEE
18
Street, in Paris : RUE
19
"There is ___ in 'team'" : NOI
23
Former Texas senator Phil : GRAMM
24
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
25
First-year players : ROOKIES
27
Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
28
___ Aviv : TEL
30
"Born Free" lioness : ELSA
31
Title before Rabbit or Fox : BRER
32
End in ___ (come out even) : ATIE
33
More secure : SAFER
34
German/Polish border river : ODER
35
Stow, as cargo ... or an anagram of the last word of 17-, 35- or 52-Across : LADE
36
Started out (on), as a journey : EMBARKED
37
Prefix with skeleton : ENDO
38
Tiniest drink : SIP
41
Contemptuous looks : SNEERS
42
N.B.A.'s ___ Abdul-Jabbar : KAREEM
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Period of advancing glaciers : ICEAGE
44
Sinew : TENDON
46
Like Santa's suit after going through the chimney : SOOTY
47
Letter holder: Abbr. : ENV
48
Chum : PAL
50
Follow, as advice : HEED
51
Seaweed used as food : KELP
52
Recipe amt. : TSP
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"That's brilliant!" : AHA
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___ center (community facility) : REC
55
Energy inits. in the South : TVA
56
Bottom line? : HEM

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