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New York Times, Saturday, September 8, 2012

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Faux pas
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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321.591,28194%
Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 49%
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© 2012, The New York Times9/8/12 ( No. 22,950 )
Across
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One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives" : GABY
5
Spelled : STOODINFOR
15
Book with the chapter "How They Dress in Tahiti" : OMOO
16
Emulated Anne Frank : KEPTADIARY
17
Take one's lumps? : TONG
18
Black piecrust component : OREOCOOKIE
19
Conditioner's cousin : CREAMRINSE
21
Mockingbird prey : BEES
22
Timon of Athens, e.g. : HERMIT
23
Trattoria order : PENNE
24
President who won 97.6% of the vote in 2007 : ASSAD
25
Cameo voicer on Weird Al Yankovic's "I Lost on Jeopardy" : PARDO
29
Took off the table? : ATE
30
Crime lab tool : TWEEZERS
32
George III descriptor : MAD
33
"O thou pale ___ that silent shines": Burns : ORB
36
Second : INSTANT
37
Player who followed in Player's footsteps : ELS
38
Measure of thanks? : MIL
39
People who need to find a john? : VICECOPS
41
Coin introduced by Louis IX : ECU
42
Word from on high : EDICT
43
Ones taking off? : APERS
47
Home of the Rugby League's Rhinos : LEEDS
49
Quarter : BILLET
50
Pursuit of Pan : ECHO
51
Sensor in a CD player : PHOTODIODE
55
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doo-wop group from Baltimore : THEORIOLES
57
Backsplash piece : TILE
58
Volunteer : TENNESSEAN
59
Milked : USED
60
Obama and Clinton, for example : EXSENATORS
61
Baseball throws : PEGS
Down
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___ journalism : GOTCHA
2
Title shared by works of Ovid and D. H. Lawrence : AMORES
3
Faux pas : BONERS
4
Roll in a locker : YOGAMAT
5
Sporty hybrid : SKORT
6
Polo of "Little Fockers" : TERI
7
Dentist's request : OPEN
8
Little Thief's people : OTOS
9
Relative of a carp : DACE
10
Mating call? : IDO
11
Tantalus' daughter : NIOBE
12
It may be assumed : FAKENAME
13
Partner of Connecticut and Vermont : ORIENTAL
14
Starters in some fields : RYESEEDS
20
Labor group : MIDWIVES
23
Like some envelopes : POSTPAID
25
"Home Alone" co-star : PESCI
26
Texcoco denizen : AZTEC
27
Turn another color, say : REACT
28
Character inspired by Fu Manchu : DRNO
31
So-called "Wheat Capital of the United States" : ENID
33
Frittata, e.g. : OMELETTE
34
General Mills offering : RICECHEX
35
University of Delaware athletes : BLUEHENS
40
Separate : SPLITUP
44
Nancy Drew's aunt : ELOISE
45
Cincinnati baseballer of old : REDLEG
46
Stable assets : STEEDS
48
Family name in an 1869 romance : DOONE
49
Smee and others : BOSNS
51
Knights' Square site : PISA
52
Myriad : HOST
53
Imperial offering : OLEO
54
Jag : TEAR
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___ Faire (re-enactors' event, informally) : REN

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

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