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New York Times, Friday, August 30, 2013

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
57-Down : "Two, three, four" lead-in
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JKQ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 57%
Will Shortz notes:
PEER ASSESSMENTS running across the bottom row is a little cheap, and I didn't care much for ATTS and EGERIA. Still, overall this is a ... read more
David Steinberg notes:
I submitted the original version of this puzzle in October 2011, when I was 14. Will rejected it in January 2012 because of a few ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
"...when I was 14" What more is there to say? I appreciate how much Will values both younger constructors and older constructors, ... read more
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© 2013, The New York Times8/30/13 ( No. 23,306 )
Across
1
First female candidate to win the Ames Straw Poll : MICHELEBACHMANN
16
War paths : STRATEGICROUTES
17
It airs in the morning, ironically : THELATELATESHOW
18
Case builders: Abbr. : ATTS
19
Copy from a CD : RIP
20
Understood : SEEN
21
Show featuring special agents : NCIS
22
Red Cloud, e.g. : SIOUX
24
Player of the bad teacher in "Bad Teacher" : DIAZ
26
Rear : CAN
27
Possible rank indicator : EPAULET
29
Overseas relig. title : STE
30
Big name in car monitors : ONSTAR
32
Beat it : SCRAMMED
34
"Keep dreaming!" : ASIF
36
Word after a splat : OOPS
37
Like some lovers' hearts : AFLUTTER
41
Strikes : XESOUT
45
She may be fawning : DOE
46
Colorful cover-ups : SERAPES
48
Brandy letters : VSO
49
Grilling test : ORAL
51
Misses abroad: Abbr. : SRTAS
52
Newborn abroad : BEBE
53
___ Hedin, discoverer of the Trans-Himalaya : SVEN
55
Folman who directed the 2013 film "The Congress" : ARI
56
Comcast Center hoopster : TERP
57
Alternative to a breakfast burrito : HUEVOSRANCHEROS
61
Big source for modern slang : URBANDICTIONARY
62
Some critical comments from co-workers : PEERASSESSMENTS
Down
1
Yellowstone setting: Abbr. : MST
2
Odysseus, e.g. : ITHACAN
3
Dopes : CRETINS
4
Knocks off : HALTS
5
Control tower info : ETAS
6
Re-serve judgment? : LET
7
Female adviser : EGERIA
8
Ill-humored : BILIOUS
9
Norwegian Star port of call : ACAPULCO
10
Old oscilloscope part, briefly : CRT
11
Turns over in one's plot? : HOES
12
Was reflective : MUSED
13
Its adherents are in disbelief : ATHEISM
14
Formula one? : NEONATE
15
Neighbor of Victoria: Abbr. : NSW
21
Top kick, for one: Abbr. : NCO
22
Puck and others : SPRITES
23
Some exact likenesses : XEROXES
25
Part of Queen Elizabeth's makeup? : ZED
27
Certain league divisions : EASTS
28
Forerunners of discs : TAPES
31
Kind of cross : TAU
33
They may be returned with regrets: Abbr. : MSS
35
458 Spider and F12 Berlinetta : FERRARIS
37
Production : ADO
38
Definitely : FORSURE
39
Give some space, say : LEAVEBE
40
Grind : RATRACE
42
Stormed : OVERRAN
43
Modern mouse hole? : USBPORT
44
Ring bearer, maybe : TOE
47
Emulates Homer : PAINTS
50
Actor Burton : LEVAR
52
Competitor of Lauren and Klein : BEENE
54
Numerical prefix : NONA
56
First name in footwear : THOM
57
"Two, three, four" lead-in : HUP
58
Org. with a clenched fist logo : SDS
59
Org. created right after the cold war : CIS
60
MS-DOS component: Abbr. : SYS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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