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New York Times, Saturday, June 19, 2010

Author:
Samuel A. Donaldson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Down : Humdrum
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
4110/2/20088/14/202411
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
102597161
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
241.6324669%
Samuel A. Donaldson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 26 Missing: {GQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Donaldson. Saturday freshness: 90%
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C
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P
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O
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J
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© 2010, The New York Times6/19/10 ( No. 22,138 )
Across
1
Place to use a rake : CRAPSTABLE
11
Twilled, e.g. : WOVE
15
Shrine dedicatee : HOLYPERSON
16
Have ___ (be connected) : ANIN
17
Plans to harm : EVILINTENT
18
Attends : ISAT
19
Think again : RECONSIDER
20
Closer's triumph : SAVE
21
The "I" of E. I. du Pont : IRENEE
22
Person getting into one's head? : RUSTLER
24
No mere jaunt : TREK
27
She loved Endymion : SELENE
28
See people : POPES
32
Like many objections : SUSTAINED
34
Use excessively, briefly : ODON
35
Takes form : JELLS
36
Words said with a look of innocence : NOTI
37
What an investor builds : PORTFOLIO
39
Took back : REWON
40
See 23-Down : URCHIN
41
Peak on the Pakistani-Chinese border : KTWO
43
Examines closely : PEERSAT
45
Poles are found in it : EUROPE
50
___ fide : MALA
51
Moniker for a ballplayer with a bat named Wonderboy : THENATURAL
54
Indexing abbr. : ETAL
55
Drives directly to the final destination? : HOLESINONE
56
QB O'Donnell : NEIL
57
Start of some pitches : ASSEENONTV
58
Decorative items : URNS
59
Kind of pliers : NEEDLENOSE
Down
1
Precious, in Poitiers : CHERI
2
Exploration vehicle : ROVER
3
Dennis the Menace's mom : ALICE
4
Traffic guide : PYLON
5
Small organs : SPINETS
6
Less easygoing : TENSER
7
Class in which some basic strokes are learned : ARTI
8
Teacher's deg. : BSED
9
One not mixing well : LONER
10
Charges : ENTRUSTS
11
It often grows in winter : WAISTLINE
12
End of some pitches : ONSALENOW
13
Café de Paris setting : VIAVENETO
14
Added to the database : ENTEREDIN
23
With 40-Across, meal for a wolf eel : SEA
25
Donkey, in Düsseldorf : ESEL
26
Ilia ___, figure skater who won Olympic gold in 1998 : KULIK
28
Result of some hovering : POPUPMENU
29
Something good for the sole? : ODOREATER
30
Like some 58-Across : PORCELAIN
31
Spellbinds : ENTHRALLS
33
8:00-9:00, say : SLOT
35
Swift, e.g. : JONATHAN
38
Hi-___ : FIS
39
Humdrum : ROUTINE
42
Pop maker : WEASEL
44
"___ Magic Changes" ("Grease" song) : THOSE
46
Yammer : RUNON
47
Home of an America East Conference team : ORONO
48
Fly holders : PANTS
49
Professeur's concern : ELEVE
52
Instead : ELSE
53
Triage consideration : NEED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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