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New York Times, Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Down : "___ little sugar" (recipe directive)
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 150 for Mr. Kahn. Wednesday freshness: 34%
Jim Horne notes:

Dick Clark died on April 18, six weeks before this tribute was published.

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© 2012, The New York Times5/30/12 ( No. 22,849 )
Across
1
TV sitcom boy who liked to fish : OPIE
5
Theater prize : OBIE
9
Essence : BEING
14
See 40-Across : BANDSTAND
16
63-Across, for one : EMCEE
17
With 38- and 59-Across, typical opinion about a record on 40-/14-Across : ITSGOTAGOODBEAT
19
Nautical hazard : SHOAL
20
Flop : BOMB
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Subject of a hanging without a trial : ART
22
African capital : RABAT
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Miscalculate : ERR
26
Grp. on a raid : ATF
29
Org. in Robert Ludlum novels : CIA
30
Catherine I of Russia, e.g. : TSARINA
34
Labor leader Cesar : CHAVEZ
36
World's Oldest ___ (nickname for 63-Across) : TEENAGER
37
Prefix with flop : TERA
38
See 17-Across : AND
39
Juicy fruit : SLOE
40
With 14-Across, long-running TV show popularized by 63-Across : AMERICAN
43
Buffalo's Mets-affiliated team : BISONS
45
"Buck Rogers" and others : SERIALS
46
Prevailed : WON
47
Cologne compass point : OST
48
"Is that ___?" : ANO
49
Little squealer? : SHOAT
51
Many a beneficiary : SON
53
Ebb : WANE
55
Former Giants QB Phil : SIMMS
59
See 17-Across : YOUCANDANCETOIT
62
Step in : ENTER
63
Late beloved TV personality : DICKCLARK
64
Audibly stunned : AGASP
65
Saloon choices : ALES
66
Genesis figure : ENOS
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Tokyo ties : OBIS
2
Lane : PATH
3
___ many words : INSO
4
Award for mystery writers : EDGAR
5
Giant who swung for the fences : OTT
6
Start of a children's rhyme : BAABAA
7
Gold bar : INGOT
8
Biblical land whose name means "red" in Hebrew : EDOM
9
King or queen : BED
10
Cause to blush, maybe : EMBARRASS
11
Cake finisher : ICER
12
In order : NEAT
13
Understand : GET
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Comfort : SOLACE
18
Too weighty : OBESE
23
Hollywood, with "the" : BIZ
25
Bled : RAN
26
Pretend to be : ACTAS
27
With 51-Down, "14-Across Boogie," on 40-/14-Across : THEME
28
Sea follower? : FARER
30
___ talks (annual idea conferences) : TED
31
Nanook's home : IGLOO
32
Las Vegas signs : NEONS
33
"Give it ___!" : AREST
35
Zoning board issues : VARIANCES
36
C&W channel, once : TNN
38
Standard batteries : AAS
41
Actor McShane : IAN
42
Funny one : CLOWN
43
Heckle, in a way : BOO
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Right away : INASEC
46
From what place : WHENCE
49
___ mail : SNAIL
50
King or queen : TITLE
51
See 27-Down : SONG
52
"I'm ___ here!" : OUTA
54
"___ little sugar" (recipe directive) : ADDA
56
Complain : MOAN
57
A Barcelona museum is dedicated to his work : MIRO
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Nasdaq listings: Abbr. : STKS
59
Vote of approval : YEA
60
Dada pioneer : ARP
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Bank printings: Abbr. : CKS

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