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New York Times, Monday, April 4, 2011

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : Pleasant excursion
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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CircleScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
91.611220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 53 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 53%
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© 2011, The New York Times4/4/11 ( No. 22,427 )
Across
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U.S. labor leader Eugene : DEBS
5
Hamlet and Ophelia, by nationality : DANES
10
Bank no. : ACCT
14
Lobbying org. for seniors : AARP
15
Pep : VERVE
16
Like unripe apples : SOUR
17
Mass exodus of expertise : BRAINDRAIN
19
Opposed : ANTI
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"In just this way" : LIKESO
21
Lipton drink : TEA
23
Part of a shark seen above the water : FIN
24
Golf's ___ Cup : RYDER
25
Hiker's carryall : BACKPACK
27
Sock part : TOE
28
Gumbo vegetable : OKRA
31
Good for farming : ARABLE
32
Discontinues : ENDS
34
Charged particles : IONS
36
Beginning : ONSET
37
Upside-down maneuver : HANDSTAND
40
Fireplace residue : ASHES
43
Avoid : SHUN
44
Feels lousy : AILS
48
Wins every game in a series : SWEEPS
50
One-named Irish Grammy winner : ENYA
52
___ v. Wade : ROE
53
Salon work : HAIRCARE
55
Biological duplicate : CLONE
57
Sighing sounds : AHS
58
Top-notch : ACE
59
Pleasant excursion : OUTING
61
Performer who doesn't say a word : MIME
63
Recommended by cardiologists : HEARTSMART
66
Distinctive style : ELAN
67
Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
68
Water, in Juárez : AGUA
69
Tiny bell sound : DING
70
Swarms (with) : TEEMS
71
Transmit : SEND
Down
1
Smidgen : DAB
2
Toward the beginning : EARLYON
3
In cornrows : BRAIDED
4
Really high heel : SPIKE
5
VHS tape displacers : DVDS
6
Aviation-related prefix : AERO
7
Org. that sticks to its guns? : NRA
8
Argentina-based musical : EVITA
9
Iroquois tribe for which one of the Finger Lakes is named : SENECA
10
Quick ___ flash : ASA
11
Chatty discussions : CONFABS
12
Manicurist's target : CUTICLE
13
Doodad : TRINKET
18
Tyrannical Roman emperor : NERO
22
Ohio tire city : AKRON
24
Road no. : RTE
25
Gaelic spirit whose wailing portends death : BANSHEE
26
"Bear" that's not really a bear : PANDA
29
Relatives : KIN
30
Curtain hangers : RODS
33
See-through : SHEER
35
Stupefy : STUN
38
Org. that runs shelters for dogs and cats : ASPCA
39
Unspecified number : ANY
40
Conscience-stricken : ASHAMED
41
Language of Kenya : SWAHILI
42
Trophy for a great college gridder : HEISMAN
45
When bronze was supplanted in toolmaking : IRONAGE
46
Period extending well into the future : LONGRUN
47
Visualize : SEE
49
Scented bag in a dresser drawer : SACHET
51
Is in a play : ACTS
54
Pee Wee who befriended Jackie Robinson : REESE
56
Some beans, informally : LIMAS
59
City near Provo : OREM
60
Tribe once in the Provo area : UTES
62
Language of Kenya: Abbr. : ENG
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Gobbled down : ATE
65
Small amount : TAD

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

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