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New York Times, Friday, May 7, 2010

Author:
Tyler Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Down : They're all abuzz
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
227/4/20003/31/20115
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2163334
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.6013148%
Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Hinman. Friday freshness: 83%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/7/10 ( No. 22,095 )
Across
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Not just a mess-up, in modern lingo : EPICFAIL
9
Necessary : NEEDBE
15
Alternative to Holiday Inn : LAQUINTA
16
First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian : ANDREA
17
Picker-uppers? : ANTENNAS
18
Steps taken on a farm? : STILES
19
Ball holders : TEES
20
Nickname since 1959 : ALOHASTATE
22
"___ you!" : ITS
23
Fern feature : SPORE
24
Voiceless, in phonetics : SURD
25
National capital on a river of the same name : OTTAWA
27
Dinner ___ : DATE
30
Union opponent : REB
31
Big company located in Times Square : NASDAQ
32
Salesperson who may give you a ring : AVONLADY
34
Knock out, in a way : DRUG
36
Film character who lives to be 877 : YODA
37
Swiss cheese ingredient : COWSMILK
41
Step on the way to the Olympics, maybe : TRIALS
45
Old Spanish queen : ENA
46
With 35-Down, something meant to be shaken : SNOW
47
Naturally bright : SUNLIT
48
High-school put-down : NERD
50
Drainage area : BASIN
52
Big inits. in camping : KOA
53
Musician nicknamed El Rey : TITOPUENTE
56
Guilt symptom : PANG
57
Support in a stadium : ROOTON
58
Staple of classic rock, informally : ZEPPELIN
60
Still : ATREST
61
Spread out over time, in a way : AMORTIZE
62
Welcome cry for the seasick : LANDHO
63
Slurs : ASPERSES
Down
1
Rapture : ELATION
2
C.I.A. director under Obama : PANETTA
3
Battery used to measure brightness? : IQTESTS
4
Providers of tips for improving one's English? : CUES
5
Five bones : FIN
6
"True Blood" actress : ANNAPAQUIN
7
___-Ethiopian War, 1935-36 : ITALO
8
His #2 was retired in 1997 : LASORDA
9
Org. with the motto "For the benefit of all" : NASA
10
Docs with penlights : ENTS
11
Shortens, maybe : EDITS
12
Big name in radio advice : DRLAURA
13
Really embarrassed, perhaps : BEETRED
14
Passed effortlessly : EASEDBY
21
Emotionally tough to take : HEAVY
23
They're all abuzz : SWARMS
26
Elaborates : ADDS
28
Treat on a stick : TOOTSIEPOP
29
Evasive maneuver : ENDRUN
33
Gone flat? : LAIN
35
See 46-Across : GLOBE
37
Key : CENTRAL
38
The tiniest bit : ONEIOTA
39
Opposite of pacific : WARTORN
40
Annual celebration with candles : KWANZAA
42
They're basic : ALKALIS
43
Put on a pedestal : LIONIZE
44
Symbol of chastity : STAGNES
49
Lavished gifts (on) : DOTED
51
Cuts off : STEMS
54
Deluxe : POSH
55
"Come ___ these yellow sands": "The Tempest" : UNTO
56
Czech-born N.H.L.'er Sykora or Prucha : PETR
59
Lead-in to wash : PRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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