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New York Times, Saturday, February 2, 2013

Author:
Gareth Bain
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Across : Highway sections
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211.5837%
Gareth Bain

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Bain. Saturday freshness: 47%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/2/13 ( No. 23,097 )
Across
1
HanesBrands brand : PLAYTEX
8
Exercise in a pool : DOLAPS
14
General goal? : VICTORY
15
Tribe whose name means "those with many tattoos" : ARAPAHO
17
Feeler, of sorts : TENDRIL
18
Title under which "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" originally charted, in 1952 : WIMOWEH
19
Name for the T. rex at Chicago's Field Museum : SUE
20
23-Across's target reader : TEEN
22
Chaps : FELLAS
23
Bygone 20-Across fashion magazine : COSMOGIRL
25
Musical intensifier : ASSAI
28
Mythical predator of elephants : ROC
29
Numerical prefix : OCTA
33
Stations : STOPS
34
Highway sections : STRETCHES
36
Skating gold medalist of 1928, 1932 and 1936 : HENIE
37
Figure in a beret : CHE
38
___ Derby, annual sporting event since 1866 : IRISH
39
Grub sellers : BAITSHOPS
41
___ Park : MENLO
42
Geneva-based org. encouraging healthy living : YMCA
43
One of 100 in un siglo : ANO
44
Word appearing 39 times in the King James Version of Matthew 1 : BEGAT
45
Composure : LEVELHEAD
49
Genre of the double-platinum box set "Songs of Freedom" : REGGAE
52
One going to court? : EARL
53
Utmost : NTH
56
Post, e.g. : AVIATOR
58
Napping : UNAWARE
60
Job-like : PATIENT
61
City where Jonah preached : NINEVEH
62
Cote d'Azur town : CANNES
63
Nightwear : TEDDIES
Down
1
E-1s and E-2s, in the Army: Abbr. : PVTS
2
Place : LIEU
3
High-school spots? : ACNE
4
Financial statement abbr. : YTD
5
They bite but don't have teeth : TORTOISES
6
Great Lakes natives : ERIES
7
Upward-flowing plant vessels : XYLEM
8
Black bird : DAW
9
Pore, e.g. : ORIFICE
10
Popular Debussy piece : LAMER
11
Fictional boxer a k a The Count of Monte Fisto : APOLLOCREED
12
Machine part connecting to a gearwheel : PAWL
13
New York Jets home from 1964 to 1983 : SHEA
16
Quizzical cries : OHS
21
Top of the charts? : NORTHPOLE
23
Amount of appreciation, maybe : CAPITALGAIN
24
Is piercing : GORES
25
"Shampoo" director : ASHBY
26
Tick off : STEAM
27
Sega mascot : SONIC
30
"I ___" : CHING
31
Unit of magnetic flux density : TESLA
32
Have ___ at : ASHOT
34
Latte go-with : SCONE
35
Hip-hop producer for Jay-Z, LL Cool J and Missy Elliott : TIMBALAND
40
"Try it!" : HAVEONE
46
Not left over : EATEN
47
Frequent : HAUNT
48
"Journey to ___" (recurring "Sesame Street" segment) : ERNIE
49
Criticize : RAP
50
"M*A*S*H" maneuver, for short : EVAC
51
Bhagavad ___ (Hindu scripture) : GITA
53
Riders on Direhorses in "Avatar" : NAVI
54
Certain diagram : TREE
55
Little chortles : HEHS
57
Some football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
59
Jump the broom, so to speak : WED

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

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