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New York Times, Thursday, March 5, 2009

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Down : Circulation concern
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {HQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 135 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 28%
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© 2009, The New York Times3/5/9 ( No. 21,667 )
Across
1
Great Bear Lake locale : CANADA
7
Blacken : DEFAME
13
Basic pool exercise : ONELAP
14
Lover of Aida : RADAMES
15
Word of warning : BEWARE
16
Potent pitcherfuls : SANGRIAS
17
Out of action : SIDELINED
19
Cold weather wear : PARKA
22
___-majesté : LESE
23
3-D camera maker : IMAX
27
Coconut yield? : IDEA
28
Suckling site : UDDER
29
Sensitive : SORE
30
Put out : EMANATED
32
Rocket first tested in 1957 : ATLAS
33
With 16-Down, annual March event : IDITARODTRAIL
36
Title woman in a Jim Carrey movie : IRENE
37
Gracious introduction? : GOODNESS
39
Schlep : CART
40
Ridged material : SERGE
42
Certain domino number : TREY
43
"What ___?" : ELSE
44
Learn a lot quickly : CRAM
45
Fishing tool : SPEAR
46
Big job for a driller : ROOTCANAL
49
It may be revealed by a tree : PEDIGREE
52
Bingeing : ONAJAG
56
Jim Palmer and teammates : ORIOLES
57
Fall away : RECEDE
58
Squinted (at) : PEERED
59
Childish answer : ARETOO
Down
1
Ear part : COB
2
Hydrocarbon suffix : ANE
3
Unheard of : NEW
4
Setting for much of the 33-Across/16-Down : ALASKANINTERIOR
5
"Beavis and Butt-head" spinoff : DARIA
6
Made like : APED
7
Tony- and Emmy-winning actress Blythe : DANNER
8
Beat by a point or two : EDGE
9
What the Athabaskan word for the beginning of 33-Across means : FARDISTANTPLACE
10
Friend of 24-Down : AMI
11
Start of an apology : MEA
12
Cousin of -enne : ESS
14
Cultivate : RAISE
16
See 33-Across : SLEDDOGRACE
18
Like some statesmen : ELDER
19
Representation of a budget, often : PIE
20
Fleet person : ADMIRAL
21
Circulation concern : READERS
24
"The School for Wives" playwright : MOLIERE
25
Part of the Uzbekistan border : ARALSEA
26
Choice marks? : XES
28
Actress Hagen : UTA
31
Got down : ATE
32
Dull finish? : ARD
34
Sermon subject : DOGMA
35
It may provide one's sole support : TOE
36
Knock off : ICE
38
Six-Day War participant: Abbr. : SYR
40
Picked up a point or two : SCORED
41
Some lithographs : ERTES
45
More moderate : SANER
47
Eye : OGLE
48
Bayes who sang and co-wrote "Shine On, Harvest Moon" : NORA
49
Jump off the page : POP
50
"___ I let fall the windows of mine eyes": Shak. : ERE
51
Bite the dust : DIE
53
A.F.C. East player : JET
54
Bother : ADO
55
___ Metro (bygone car) : GEO

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

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