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New York Times, Monday, May 24, 2010

Author:
Bob Johnson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Down : Ancient Athenian sculptor
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Bob Johnson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Johnson. Monday freshness: 67%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/24/10 ( No. 22,112 )
Across
1
Cow's offspring : CALF
5
U.C.L.A. player : BRUIN
10
Bank no. : ACCT
14
Margarine : OLEO
15
Copy, for short : REPRO
16
What's seen in "Saw" : GORE
17
Football alignment named for its shape : TFORMATION
19
"___ a Song Go Out of My Heart" : ILET
20
Impertinent : SASSY
21
Bed-and-breakfast : INN
22
Muslim's God : ALLAH
23
Elvis ___ Presley : ARON
25
Drug that's a downer : OPIATE
26
Top choice : PICKOFTHELITTER
31
Sign in a boardinghouse window : TORENT
32
"Yes, captain!" : AYEAYE
33
Good "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for STRING BIKINI : ANI
34
Drano ingredient : LYE
35
Undeveloped : RAW
38
Heckle or Jeckle of cartoons : MAGPIE
42
Lay waste to : RAVAGE
45
"Light" dessert? : CHERRIESJUBILEE
48
Went nuts : LOSTIT
49
School near Windsor Castle : ETON
50
11th-century conqueror of Valencia : ELCID
51
Number on a golf hole : PAR
53
Starbucks size that's Italian for "twenty" : VENTI
57
Fruity drinks : ADES
58
Sci-fi hero in the 25th century : BUCKROGERS
60
Circus shelter : TENT
61
Stan's pal in old films : OLLIE
62
Puccini's "Nessun dorma," for one : ARIA
63
Captain Hook's henchman : SMEE
64
To the point, ironically : BLUNT
65
Classic theater name : ROXY
Down
1
Foldable beds : COTS
2
___ Romeo (Italian car) : ALFA
3
Ones born before Virgos : LEOS
4
Abandon : FORSAKE
5
Item under a blouse : BRA
6
Color again, as the hair : RETINT
7
Go ___ smoke : UPIN
8
Do a post-washing chore : IRON
9
Oui's opposite : NON
10
Nimbleness : AGILITY
11
Property securing a loan : COLLATERAL
12
Manufacture : CREATE
13
Restraining cord : TETHER
18
Ancient Athenian sculptor : MYRON
22
Samoan capital : APIA
24
Frequent, in poetry : OFT
25
Cheer for a bullfighter : OLE
26
School org. : PTA
27
Charged particle : ION
28
It might be marked off with police tape : CRIMESCENE
29
Rutherford B. ___ : HAYES
30
Ogle : EYE
34
Big fib : LIE
36
Biographical datum : AGE
37
Itsy-bitsy : WEE
39
Skilled entertainer : ARTISTE
40
Where to enter this puzzle's answers : GRID
41
Indy 500 service area : PIT
42
Same old same old : RUT
43
From the beginning: Lat. : ABOVO
44
The "sour" in sweet-and-sour : VINEGAR
45
Shoe grippers : CLEATS
46
Poker variety : HOLDEM
47
Sleeveless jacket : JERKIN
51
Word on a door handle : PULL
52
Org. protecting individual rights : ACLU
54
Literary Wolfe : NERO
55
"___ are for kids" (ad slogan) : TRIX
56
"___, old chap!" : ISAY
58
Go up and down, as in the water : BOB
59
On Social Security: Abbr. : RET

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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