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New York Times, Thursday, March 8, 2012

Author:
Bill Thompson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : Approached furtively
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Bill Thompson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Thompson. Thursday freshness: 93%
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© 2012, The New York Times3/8/12 ( No. 22,766 )
Across
1
Org. whose annual budget is classified information : NSA
4
Establishes : CREATES
11
Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
14
Parrot : APE
15
Pottery whose high iron content gives it a distinctive hue : REDWARE
16
Cry heard at Moe's bar : DOH
17
"Hee Haw," for one : VARIETYSHOW
19
Lennon reportedly described her as looking like "a bloke in drag" : ONO
20
Attended to pressing matters? : IRONED
21
Thought : IDEATED
23
Classroom array : DESKS
24
Noted Irish crystal : WATERFORD
26
"___ does not surpass nature, but only brings it to perfection": Cervantes : ART
27
Hägar's daughter in the comics : HONI
28
Looking up : ROSY
29
Mass exodus of a sort : DIASPORA
32
Air safety org. : FAA
34
Moral lapse that is reflected literally by the answers at 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across : BROKENPROMISE
38
Cabinet dept. : AGR
39
Wife of Orpheus : EURYDICE
41
One in a prompt box : CUER
44
"Hey ... over here!" : PSST
45
Capital of Australia: Abbr. : DOL
46
Physician with a D.O. degree : OSTEOPATH
49
Come from behind : RALLY
51
Mason's creator : GARDNER
52
Targets of some animal rights activists : RODEOS
53
Supermarket inits. : IGA
54
"When a Man Loves a Woman" singer : PERCYSLEDGE
57
Pal of Marshall, Lily, Robin and Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" : TED
58
"Got one's money's worth" at the smorgasbord : OVERATE
59
One-eighty : UIE
60
Sugar suffix : OSE
61
Tiresome : TEDIOUS
62
Old IBM products : PCS
Down
1
"Feliz ___" : NAVIDAD
2
Rack unit : SPARERIB
3
Ford's first minivan : AEROSTAR
4
Ontario natives : CREES
5
Like the SST fleet: Abbr. : RETD
6
Big name in the freezer aisle : EDY
7
Reactions to puppies : AWS
8
Faa'a International Airport location : TAHITI
9
Undermine : ERODE
10
"Ratatouille" setting : SEWER
11
"Likewise" : IDOTOO
12
Laser printer supplies : TONERS
13
Poorly made : SHODDY
18
Sign : INK
22
Lily-livered : AFRAID
24
Threadbare : WORN
25
One of four in "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house" : ANAPEST
27
Earth mover : HOER
30
Rode a thermal current : SOARED
31
U.P.S. delivery: Abbr. : PKG
32
Old fur trader's locale : FORT
33
Actress Adams : AMY
35
Thrill : RUSH
36
Approached furtively : SIDLEDUP
37
Environment-related : ECOLOGIC
40
Champs-___ : ELYSEES
41
Start of a line ending in a sum? : COGITO
42
Linguists' concerns : USAGES
43
Brokerage firm with talking baby ads : ETRADE
44
Got a 3 on the 17th at Sawgrass, e.g. : PARRED
47
Doped up, in a way : ONPOT
48
Pet ___ : PEEVE
49
Cameos, e.g. : ROLES
50
"Fables in Slang" humorist George : ADE
52
Queue after Q : RSTU
55
Dernier ___ : CRI
56
Ming of the N.B.A. : YAO

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

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