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New York Times, Thursday, August 25, 2011

Author:
Patrick Blindauer & Francis Heaney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Down : Embassy worker: Abbr.
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677/21/20059/4/201922
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261.5930243%
Patrick Blindauer
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30142001
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111.548260%
Francis Heaney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 47 for Mr. Blindauer. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Heaney. Thursday freshness: 41%
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© 2011, The New York Times8/25/11 ( No. 22,570 )
Across
1
See, say : SENSE
6
___ pyramid, four examples of which are seen in this puzzle : FOOD
10
Real-estate abbr. : BSMT
14
French affair : AMOUR
15
Friend of Zoe and Abby : ELMO
16
"Don't you know there's ___ on?" : AWAR
17
Loudly berated : SCREAMEDAT
19
"Say ___" (1940 hit) : SISI
20
Fanny : SEAT
21
Lena who played Irina Derevko on "Alias" : OLIN
22
Tech company in the Dow Jones Industrial Average : CISCO
23
"Signs point to ___" (Magic 8 Ball answer) : YES
24
Go home empty-handed, say : LOSE
25
Welding bands? : ARCS
26
Lepidopterist's tool : NET
27
Whack : CLOBBER
30
Tailors' allowances : EASES
33
1971 Tom Jones hit : SHESALADY
35
Has no doubt about : KNOWS
36
Ben-___ : HUR
37
Patty Hearst alias : TANIA
38
Pioneer carrier : CONESTOGA
40
Harold of the Clinton White House : ICKES
41
How many stupid things are done : ONADARE
42
Abbr. after N. or S. : DAK
43
Backsplash unit : TILE
44
Some talk on political talk shows : SPIN
46
PC key : ESC
49
John who starred in Broadway's original "Carousel" : RAITT
51
Break down, in a way : WEEP
52
Fair : EXPO
53
All at the front? : OMNI
54
Conductor's place : TROLLEYCAR
56
Foreign farewell : CIAO
57
Old Testament king : SAUL
58
Shoddy stuff : DRECK
59
Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
60
"South Park" boy : KYLE
61
Tennis great born in Serbia : SELES
Down
1
Fresh : SASSY
2
Compère : EMCEE
3
Ephron and Roberts : NORAS
4
Ingredient in some English pudding : SUET
5
Laundry detergent brand : ERA
6
Has a hunch : FEELS
7
"Some Enchanted Evening," e.g. : OLDIE
8
Gulf of ___ : OMAN
9
Flyspeck : DOT
10
Straightforward fashion choice : BASICBLACK
11
Site of many clandestine accounts : SWISSBANK
12
Gender abbr. : MASC
13
Charlie's Angels, e.g. : TRIO
18
Like some points : MOOT
22
Like many a Malkovich : CROATIAN
24
Dietary dictum for one with hypertension : LESSSALT
25
Lou Gehrig's disease, for short : ALS
26
Reissue : NEWEDITION
27
Michael of "Superbad" : CERA
28
Falco of "Nurse Jackie" : EDIE
29
Scandinavian rugs : RYAS
30
Kitchenware brand : EKCO
31
Presently : ANON
32
Light classical pieces : SONATINAS
33
Clog, e.g. : SHOE
34
O, symbolically : HUG
39
Otto - cinque : TRE
42
Embassy worker: Abbr. : DIPL
44
City whose name sounds like a fish : SEOUL
45
"___ the Conqueror" (Max von Sydow film) : PELLE
46
Do well : EXCEL
47
Zone (out) : SPACE
48
Blush stoppers : CORKS
49
Almond ___ (candy brand) : ROCA
50
"The Pregnant Widow" author Martin : AMIS
51
"King Kong" co-star, 1933 : WRAY
52
Heroine who says "I resisted all the way: a new thing for me" : EYRE
54
Shaming sound : TSK
55
Mad people, e.g.: Abbr. : EDS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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