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New York Times, Monday, May 23, 2011

Author:
Steve Salitan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Down : One over par
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Steve Salitan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Salitan. Monday freshness: 62%
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© 2011, The New York Times5/23/11 ( No. 22,476 )
Across
1
Foamy coffee order : LATTE
6
Treble sign : GCLEF
11
Popular cooking spray : PAM
14
Ness of "The Untouchables" : ELIOT
15
Tehran native : IRANI
16
Plains tribe : OTO
17
Mickey Mantle wore it : NUMBERSEVEN
19
Crete or Curaçao: Abbr. : ISL
20
"Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE
21
Online chat components, for short : IMS
22
Sleeper's breathing problem : APNEA
24
One who's an overnight success : SHOOTINGSTAR
28
Full ranges : GAMUTS
31
Archaeological find : RELIC
32
Actor Sharif and others : OMARS
33
Former New York mayor Abe : BEAME
35
Petroleum : OIL
38
Seine tributary : OISE
39
Do-it-yourselfer's genre : HOWTO
40
"Black Swan" attire : TUTU
41
Cavity filler's deg. : DDS
42
Irish-born Tony winner Patrick : MAGEE
43
Frenzied : MANIC
44
Indian corn : MAIZE
46
"For shame!" : TSKTSK
47
Much-kissed rock : BLARNEYSTONE
51
The "L" in XXL : LARGE
52
Airport monitor abbr. : ARR
53
Only : SOLE
57
Common breast-pocket stain : INK
58
Common key chain adornment : RABBITSFOOT
62
___ Bo (exercise system) : TAE
63
Able to dance a jig, say : AGILE
64
Kind of column : IONIC
65
Spot concealed by makeup, maybe : ZIT
66
Ear features : LOBES
67
Garbage : TRASH
Down
1
Microscope part : LENS
2
'10 grad now, e.g. : ALUM
3
A metronome keeps it : TIME
4
"No doubt" : TOBESURE
5
Summer on the Seine : ETE
6
Thingamajig : GISMO
7
Peak of a wave : CREST
8
John : LAV
9
Reverse of WSW : ENE
10
Achieve through trickery : FINAGLE
11
Bridge hand assessment : POINTCOUNT
12
Bamboozled : ATSEA
13
Back biter? : MOLAR
18
Amazon and Orinoco, to natives : RIOS
23
Pitchfork-shaped letter : PSI
25
Shaker ___, O. : HTS
26
Really ticked : IRATE
27
Pixar's "Finding ___" : NEMO
28
With 37-Down, what 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across are all said to bring : GOOD
29
Surrounded by : AMID
30
Not a niche audience : MASSMARKET
33
One over par : BOGEY
34
Ram's mate : EWE
36
"Really?" : ITIS
37
See 28-Down : LUCK
39
Smog, e.g. : HAZE
40
Supposes to be : TAKESFOR
42
20 Questions category : MINERAL
43
AOL alternative : MSN
45
Country sharing a long border with Chile: Abbr. : ARG
46
Civil wrong : TORT
47
Sudden charge in football : BLITZ
48
Hawaiian veranda : LANAI
49
Valuable fur : SABLE
50
Hears, as a case : TRIES
54
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
55
Clark's gal in "Superman" : LOIS
56
Make an impression? : ETCH
59
Long, long ___ : AGO
60
Baby's dinner wear : BIB
61
Command to Fido : SIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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