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New York Times, Thursday, October 20, 2011

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : Fastener in a punched hole
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 This is puzzle # 151 for Mr. Berry. Grid flow: 6.8 Thursday freshness: 74%
Notepad: "CROSS" WORD CONTEST — All the puzzles this week, from Monday to Saturday, have been created by one person, Patrick Berry. Have your solutions handy, because the Saturday puzzle conceals a meta-challenge involving the solution grids of all six. When you have the answer to the meta-challenge, mail it to: crossword@nytimes.com. Twenty-five correct solvers, chosen at random, whose entries are received by 6:00 p.m. E.T. Sunday, Oct. 23, will receive copies of "Will Shortz Picks His Favorite Puzzles: 101 of the Top Crosswords From The New York Times" (puzzle list.) Only one entry per person, please. The answer and winners' names will appear on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Wordplay.
Jim Horne notes:

Rebus squares are BLACK in one direction and WHITE in the other. The top entry corresponds to the Across answer.

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© 2011, The New York Times10/20/11 ( No. 22,626 )
Across
1
Steamy places : SPAS
5
"EastEnders" network : BBC
8
Toothpaste ingredient : WHITENER
12
Some soot : LAMPBLACK
14
Fellah or fedayee : ARAB
16
The Venerable ___ (old English historian) : BEDE
17
Then, to Thierry : ALORS
18
Insincere flattery, in slang : BANANAOIL
20
Request to an interviewee : BESEATED
22
"Harry and Tonto" star : CARNEY
23
"___, 'tis true I have gone here and there": Shak. : ALAS
24
Burlesque bit : SKIT
25
1980s Rowan Atkinson sitcom series set in various historical periods : BLACKADDER
28
Material you might look through : VEIL
29
Every last bit : ALL
32
Items wrapped in friction tape : WIRES
33
Many arcade-goers : TEENS
34
Gift upon arrival, maybe : LEI
35
Winged god : AMOR
36
Like zebra crossings : BLACKANDWHITE
37
Livery delivery : FOAL
38
Follow a pattern, say : SEW
39
Jimmy of "The West Wing" : SMITS
40
Title role for Joe Pesci : VINNY
41
House sitter? : HEN
42
Mates : PALS
43
Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Five Easy Pieces" : KARENBLACK
44
Sticks out : JUTS
45
Eat in style : DINE
46
Biased : ASLANT
49
Pod-bearing plant : BEANTREE
53
Started one's shift : CLOCKEDIN
55
Hunger enhancer, sometimes : AROMA
56
Typical romance novel love interest : HUNK
57
"What rotten luck!" : RATS
58
Nest-building pests : BLACKANTS
59
It's whipped to make mousse : EGGWHITE
60
Bud drinker? : BEE
61
Former life : PAST
Down
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Sarcophagus lid : SLAB
2
Like Death's horse : PALE
3
One of the Minor Prophets : AMOS
4
Butter knife, e.g. : SPREADER
5
Nurslings : BABES
6
Fastener in a punched hole : BRAD
7
Pink-slip : CAN
8
Famously polite Old West stagecoach robber : BLACKBART
9
Unreactive element : NEON
10
Sedgwick in Warhol films : EDIE
11
Bank : RELY
13
January department store events : WHITESALES
15
Iconic AC/DC album with the song "You Shook Me All Night Long" : BACKINBLACK
19
Filed things : NAILS
21
Organic sealant : TAR
24
Bird feeder tidbits : SEEDS
25
Cover-up : WHITEWASH
26
Mann of rock : AIMEE
27
Go under : DROWN
28
Volcano features : VENTS
29
Unlucky in love, say : ALONE
30
Country singer Rimes : LEANN
31
Untainted by corruption : LILYWHITE
33
Call option? : TAILS
36
Some nerve tissue : WHITEMATTER
37
It's worthy of condemnation : FIRETRAP
39
Gumption : SPUNK
40
Woman of letters? : VANNAWHITE
43
Sorento manufacturer : KIA
44
Star of 2010's "Gulliver's Travels" : JACKBLACK
45
Packed with ideas, as an essay : DENSE
46
Soreness : ACHE
47
Shot of liquor : SLUG
48
Protracted : LONG
49
Snack : BITE
50
Novelist Jaffe : RONA
51
First-aid experts, briefly : EMTS
52
Defender in a bridge column : EAST
54
Lightly apply : DAB

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

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