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New York Times, Saturday, February 18, 2012

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : Homer's "dread monster"
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Matt Ginsberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Ginsberg. Saturday freshness: 71%
Notepad: This puzzle has two bonus answers in appropriate places. Can you find them?
Jim Horne notes:

I've highlighted them.

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© 2012, The New York Times2/18/12 ( No. 22,747 )
Across
1
Big chickens : ROASTERS
9
Seat cushions? : TUSHES
15
Loose : ONTHELAM
16
Like Fiennes's Shakespeare : INLOVE
17
Supply in a camper's first-aid kit : CALAMINE
18
Actress Matlin : MARLEE
19
W.W. II inits. : OPA
20
British meat pies : PASTIES
22
Soviet accords? : DAS
23
Maine's ___ Bay : CASCO
25
Locks : HAIR
26
Kind of cloud : OORT
27
Vertical: Prefix : ORTH
28
Anderson who wrote "My Life in High Heels" : LONI
29
1950s-'60s singer Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly : WANDA
30
Forum : Rome :: ___ : Athens : AGORA
32
Go on : NATTER
33
Exchange : SWAPOUT
36
Talking-tos : SERMONS
37
"Save the ___" (conservationists' catchphrase) : TIGERS
38
A park may have one : THEME
39
No challenge : ASNAP
40
See 51-Across : AROD
41
Stoked : AGOG
45
Grand : THOU
46
Stern contemporary : IMUS
47
Massey of "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" : ILONA
48
"This is a test. For the next 60 seconds ..." org. : EBS
49
Beats : RHYTHMS
51
Notable stat for 40-Across : RBI
52
Nickname for Warren Weber in an old sitcom : POTSIE
54
Rowdy : HOOLIGAN
56
"I'm a walking, talking ___": Larry David : ENIGMA
57
Resting : INREPOSE
58
Bee wine : NECTAR
59
Veteran : SEASONED
Down
1
Plain's opposite : ROCOCO
2
Commensurate (with) : ONAPAR
3
"It's about time!" : ATLAST
4
Doo-wop syllable : SHA
5
Grave, for one : TEMPO
6
"Confessions of a Drunkard" writer, 1822 : ELIA
7
Didn't have enough : RANSHORT
8
"The Brandenburgers in Bohemia" composer : SMETANA
9
Scrabble accessory : TIMER
10
Final pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, whose pyramid is near Cairo : UNAS
11
Canon type, briefly : SLR
12
Retain : HOLDONTO
13
Classic actress who played the principal in "Grease" : EVEARDEN
14
Reel : SEESTARS
21
Junior Jr. : III
24
Hat : CHAPEAU
26
Dish eaten with a spoon : OATMEAL
28
"___ on First" (1981 comedian's biography) : LOUS
29
Tune (up) : WARM
31
Hiking snack : GORP
32
Aid consideration : NEED
33
Big house : STATEPEN
34
Offensive formation : WISHBONE
35
Uncommitted : AGNOSTIC
36
Sacagawea, for one : SHOSHONE
38
"In actuality ..." : TRUTHIS
40
Minnesota senator Klobuchar : AMY
42
Homer's "dread monster" : GORGON
43
Not home? : ONBASE
44
Picked up : GAINED
46
Gossip opening : IHEAR
47
Key chain? : ISLES
49
Italian lyrical verse : RIMA
50
N.F.L. coach Jim : MORA
53
___ Friday : SGT
55
Bit of news in the financial sect. : IPO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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