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New York Times, Thursday, August 9, 2012

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Place to take binoculars
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Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQWZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 60 for Mr. Krozel. Thursday freshness: 66%
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© 2012, The New York Times8/9/12 ( No. 22,920 )
Across
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Droplet : BEAD
5
They're seen on the neck : FRETS
10
Small step : ATOB
14
Turning point : AXLE
15
Caravan parking spot? : OASIS
16
Club of song : COPA
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It comes out of a trunk : LIMB
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Up : RISEN
19
Part of FEMA: Abbr. : EMER
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"There's no hope!" : ITSUSELESS
22
Objet ___ : DART
23
With 24- and 45-Across, game represented by this completed puzzle's grid : TIC
24
See 23-Across : TAC
25
Imitator of Bush the elder on "S.N.L." : DANACARVEY
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Salmon variety : COHO
33
Spoil : RUIN
34
Teacher's note on a failing test : SEEME
35
"... and she bare ___": Ruth 4:13 : ASON
36
Rat-___ : ATAT
37
Line at an airport : TAXIS
38
Mad Libs specification : NOUN
39
Be blue : MOPE
40
"The First Time ___ Saw Your Face" (Roberta Flack #1 hit) : EVERI
41
River of York : OUSE
42
Chemical suffixes : ANES
43
Common restaurant fish : REDSNAPPER
45
See 23-Across : TOE
46
Turn blue, maybe : DYE
47
Mini-terrors : IMPS
49
Handle online : SCREENNAME
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Common restaurant fish : SOLE
57
Force out : EXILE
58
Old-timey oath : EGAD
59
Calendar heading: Abbr. : TUES
60
Like a mouse : TIMID
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Tear apart : REND
62
Flat sound : SSSS
63
Fearful sort : SISSY
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Turning heads, perhaps : SEXY
Down
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Island with a Hindu majority : BALI
2
Way out : EXIT
3
Form of relief : ALMS
4
Society add-ons : DEBUTANTES
5
Rain man? : FORECASTER
6
Skateboard park feature : RAIL
7
In ___ (actually) : ESSE
8
Relationships : TIES
9
Employee data: Abbr. : SSNS
10
Whizzed through : ACED
11
Classic Andy Warhol subject : TOMATOSOUP
12
Place to take binoculars : OPERAHOUSE
13
1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics : BARTCONNER
21
Dog command : SIC
25
Playmakers? : DRAMATISTS
26
Independent : AUTONOMOUS
27
"Fame" actress : NIAPEEPLES
28
Tear apart, old-style : REAVE
29
In distress : VEXED
30
Gulf moguls : EMIRS
31
"You betcha!" : YESINDEEDY
32
Aids for camp chefs : CANOPENERS
44
Objectivist Rand : AYN
48
School period: Abbr. : SESS
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They usually end at six : SETS
50
Roman 112 : CXII
51
Eyeglass holders : RIMS
52
New Haven alumni : ELIS
53
Writer James : AGEE
54
Language known to native speakers as Gaelg : MANX
55
It's a small whirl after all : EDDY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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