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New York Times, Thursday, July 30, 2009

Author:
Ashish Vengsarkar
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Record holders? (and a punny hint to this puzzle's anomalies)
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
193/5/20064/14/20225
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
8102512
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6013659%
Ashish Vengsarkar

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 41 Missing: {KXZ} Spans: 2 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Vengsarkar. Thursday freshness: 93%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/30/9 ( No. 21,814 )
Across
1
Facility : EEEE
5
<-- What this is, on a calendar : MAY
8
Signals : QQQQ
12
Jiltee of myth : MEDEA
14
Yamaha offering, in brief : ATV
15
Perform acceptably : CUTIT
16
Profanities (and a hint to this puzzle's anomalies) : FOURLETTERWORDS
19
Peer group? : IIII
20
Razz : TTTT
21
Liverpool-to-Portsmouth dir. : SSE
23
Buzzers : GNATS
25
Some exchanges, quickly : IMS
28
Arrives : GETSTHERE
30
Mean mien : SNEER
32
Scale range : ONETOTEN
33
Do what Jell-O does : JIGGLE
34
Alley of Moo : OOP
35
Patient responses : AHS
36
Geisha's accessory : FAN
37
Like : ALA
38
Many "Star Wars" fighters : DROIDS
40
Blood, e.g. : GANGSTER
42
Forward : SAUCY
43
Some people in a tree : ANCESTORS
44
Division of an office bldg. : STE
45
Wasn't straight : ARCED
46
Carry-___ : ONS
47
Garden sights : BBBB
49
Is behind : OOOO
51
Record holders? (and a punny hint to this puzzle's anomalies) : REPEATOFFENDERS
58
Sluggish : INERT
59
Whistle blower : REF
60
"American Idol" judge : ABDUL
61
"Man oh man!" : GGGG
62
___ admin (computer techie) : SYS
63
Hip : YYYY
Down
1
Voltaic cell meas. : EMF
2
Abbr. in a help-wanted ad : EEO
3
E-mail address ending : EDU
4
Like H. P. Lovecraft among all popular writers? : EERIEST
5
Show types : MATINEES
6
Part of a 2005 SBC merger : ATT
7
Actress Mimieux of "Where the Boys Are" : YVETTE
8
Offering, as a price : QUOTING
9
12 or 15 min. : QTR
10
Rx abbr. : QID
11
Peck parts: Abbr. : QTS
13
Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei : ALI
15
100 lbs. : CWT
17
Some musical notes : EIGHTHS
18
Football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
21
They may have niños and niñas : SENORAS
22
Exit : STEPOUT
24
Royal son of the comics : ARN
26
Nuclear unit : MEGATON
27
Merchants : SELLERS
28
Stuff on a shelf : GOODS
29
Kowtower : TOADY
30
Squeals : SINGS
31
Cans : REARS
33
Courtroom identification : JANEDOE
36
Starts of some sporting events : FACEOFFS
39
Big chip off the old block? : ICEBERG
40
Health supplement chain : GNC
41
Defended : STOODBY
43
Pergolas : ARBORS
45
Dance grp. at the Met : ABT
48
It goes over a plate : BAT
50
___ leash : ONA
51
Horse and buggy : RIG
52
Official lang. of Barbados : ENG
53
Part of a violin : PEG
54
Hardly macho : FEY
55
Actress Williams of the 1960s-'70s : EDY
56
___ Lopez (chess opening) : RUY
57
On the ___ : SLY

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

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