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New York Times, Friday, May 30, 2008

Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : Process of molecular synthesis
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Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QWZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Last. Friday freshness: 35%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/30/8 ( No. 21,388 )
Across
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Elaborate procedure : RIGMAROLE
10
Creep : JERK
14
Soapmaking compound : OLEICACID
15
Playful trickster : PIXIE
16
Living end : BEESKNEES
17
In with : AMONG
18
Where to find lifesavers, for short : ERS
19
"The Wandering Heir" novelist, 1872 : READE
20
Settles : SINKS
21
"The Big Lebowski" director : COEN
22
River in Hades : LETHE
24
Occupies : STAYSAT
27
Not view innocently : LEERAT
30
Something to take in court : STAND
31
Orsk is on it : URAL
33
Rabbit punch landing site : NAPE
34
Shape-shifting giant of myth : LOKI
35
"Just in Time" composer : STYNE
36
Call in the game Battleship : DTEN
37
"Without ___" (Grateful Dead album) : ANET
38
Four-legged film star of the '30s : ASTA
39
Let out : FREED
40
The classical elements, e.g. : TETRAD
42
Luxor Temple sight : OBELISK
44
Bouncing off the walls : HYPER
46
Animal some believe to be the source of the unicorn myth : ORYX
47
Big bang creator : NTEST
49
Keys : ISLES
51
Org. that can't be lax about LAX? : FAA
54
"The Fog of War" director Morris : ERROL
55
Old comedian known for his unique piano-playing style : CHICOMARX
57
Squalid : SEAMY
58
"Oh well" : CESTLAVIE
59
Disclosure on eHarmony : TYPE
60
"My parents are gonna kill me!" : IAMSODEAD
Down
1
Something to put on before trying? : ROBE
2
He played one of TV's Sopranos : ILER
3
Goes right : GEES
4
Fire starter? : MIS
5
Peter who wrote "The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde" : ACKROYD
6
Eastern royals : RANEES
7
Sealab inhabitants : OCEANAUTS
8
Invented things : LIED
9
Old bomb : EDSEL
10
Follower of Sha Na Na at Woodstock : JIMIHENDRIX
11
Clears : EXONERATES
12
Flames shoot in it : RINK
13
They're tapped : KEGS
15
Belt : PASTE
21
Question while eying someone else's plate : CANITRYSOME
23
Publication with an annual "Green Issue" : ELLE
24
Pit : STONE
25
Be a whipping boy : TAKETHERAP
26
"___ Forget" (Harbach/Kern tune) : TRYTO
28
Sneak ___ : APEEK
29
Lean : TEND
30
Plane wing part : SLAT
32
Process of molecular synthesis : ANABOLISM
35
She had a 1993 hit with "No Ordinary Love" : SADE
39
Eschew aid : FLYSOLO
41
Well : APTLY
43
Assembles : ERECTS
45
Golden Globe-nominated actress for "The Opposite of Sex," 1998 : RICCI
47
Leaves home? : NEST
48
One before four : TREY
50
Jets used to be seen there : SHEA
51
Top pick, slangily : FAVE
52
Scena segment : ARIA
53
Dumped : AXED
56
Unbalanced : MAD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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