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New York Times, Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"I merely went skating at Rockefeller Center, and now I'm ___!"
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 201 for Mr. Berry. Grid flow: 33.1 Wednesday freshness: 37%
Jeff Chen notes:
Curious! PB has 201 puzzles in the NYT Shortz era now, but this is just his fourth Wednesday. He takes phrases synonymous with "in ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Yes, only the 4th Wednesday for Mr. Berry. The only reason he has even one Monday and Tuesday is that he needed six consecutive days ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times8/5/15 ( No. 24,011 )
Across
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King of rhyme : COLE
5
Antelope with twisty horns : ELAND
10
Crunched material : DATA
14
Name shared by five Norwegian kings : OLAV
15
Lowest field rank : MAJOR
16
It's big in movies : IMAX
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"I merely agreed to serve beer at some pubs, and now I'm ___!" : BEHINDBARS
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Corresponding : SAME
20
Where the biennial Vinexpo is held : BORDEAUX
21
Fruits at an oasis : DATES
22
China and environs, with "the" : EAST
23
Shade similar to lilac : MAUVE
25
"I merely bought myself a McMansion, and now I'm ___!" : INTHEBIGHOUSE
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Epic poem segment : CANTO
31
Helpfulness : USE
32
Stop shooting : WRAP
33
Cannes confirmation : OUI
34
"I merely went skating at Rockefeller Center, and now I'm ___!" : ONICE
36
Name on a collectible campaign button : IKE
37
Dying rebuke : ETTU
39
Inside-the-Beltway expert : POL
40
Actor Davis of "Get on the Bus" : OSSIE
42
"I merely went to my yoga class, and now I'm ___!" : DOINGASTRETCH
46
Put in one's name (for) : APPLY
47
The Charleses' pet : ASTA
48
Brother of Prometheus : ATLAS
50
Giving voice to : UTTERING
54
Pen knife? : SHIV
55
"I merely paddled my canoe against a current, and now I'm ___!" : UPTHERIVER
57
Slimy mud : OOZE
58
Person who picks his work? : MINER
59
Prefix meaning "billionth" : NANO
60
Former CBS News chief Friendly : FRED
61
Looks searchingly : PEERS
62
What rats may do to baseboards : GNAW
Down
1
Kind of salad : COBB
2
Fleischmann's offering : OLEO
3
Bert of "The Wizard of Oz" : LAHR
4
Unmistakable : EVIDENT
5
Linear punctuation mark : EMDASH
6
Film director Neil : LABUTE
7
Sophocles play set during the Trojan War : AJAX
8
Negative connector : NOR
9
Advanced deg. holders : DRS
10
Claim no knowledge of : DISAVOW
11
Ineptly done : AMATEURISH
12
Spiritless : TAME
13
Plane dividers : AXES
18
"Boss!" : NEATO
21
Response to an obvious statement : DUH
23
Category for leftovers: Abbr. : MISC
24
Miracle Mets player Tommie : AGEE
25
Format, as a disk : INITIALIZE
26
Assembled : BUILT
27
H. H. Munro's pen name : SAKI
28
Sport played on a piste : EPEE
29
Open to everyone, in a way : COED
30
Road runner : AUTO
34
Aunt in the "Judy Moody" book series : OPAL
35
Curious to a fault : NOSY
38
Just dirt, say : UNPAVED
40
Web-footed creature : OTTER
41
Unnerving : SCARING
43
Savior of lost souls, for short? : GPS
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To some extent : RATHER
45
Aromatic compounds in wine : ESTERS
48
Since : ASOF
49
Red-bearded god : THOR
50
Magazine founder Eric : UTNE
51
Novelist Turgenev : IVAN
52
Singer of "99 Luftballons" : NENA
53
Mushroom : GROW
55
Chest protector wearer : UMP
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Messy missile : PIE

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

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