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New York Times, Friday, April 6, 2012

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Down : Political writer ___ Bai
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431.66476%
Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Nothnagel. Friday freshness: 37%
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© 2012, The New York Times4/6/12 ( No. 22,795 )
Across
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Letter carrier : MAILBAG
8
Quaint place to live? : TOWNE
13
Extreme choice : ALLORNONE
16
Farmer's enemy : APHIS
17
Much-favored person : GOLDENBOY
18
Some subatomic particles : PIONS
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Retired : INBED
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___ Plus (razor brand) : ATRA
22
Home to a school of pre-Socratic philosophers : ELEA
23
Comedic duo? : CEES
24
Using an Rx, say : ONMEDS
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Ron who played Tarzan : ELY
27
Where your ship may come in : BAY
28
Loafs on the job : DOGSIT
30
Filling point : BRIM
34
"When I was a lad ..." : ONCE
36
Smooth : SUAVE
37
Six-time Tony winner of 1984 : LACAGEAUXFOLLES
40
Stump the crowd? : ORATE
41
Vet employer, maybe: Abbr. : SPCA
42
16-Across, e.g. : PEST
43
Rambled : WENTON
45
Bygone : OLD
46
86 or 99 on "Get Smart": Abbr. : AGT
47
Tangles : SNAFUS
49
Chip in a dish, e.g. : FLAW
53
Gush (over) : FAWN
55
Round nos. : ESTS
56
It's often backed up : PLANA
57
Foreign assistance org. since 1961 : USAID
59
Use advantageously, as an idea : SEIZEUPON
61
Big name in watches : SEIKO
62
Place to find subs : NAVALBASE
63
Rob of "Melrose Place" : ESTES
64
Discharged : EGESTED
Down
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Word with square or number : MAGIC
2
Helpless? : ALONE
3
"Can you beat that?!" : ILLBE
4
Bonanzas : LODES
5
Raised : BRED
6
Rule among true crime writers : ANN
7
Run wild : GOBANANAS
8
Physical "Psst!" : TAP
9
Grandnephew in 1960s TV : OPIE
10
Not marked up : WHOLESALE
11
Cat's gift : NINELIVES
12
Final words? : ESSAYTEST
14
Passing remark? : NOTMYCUPOFTEA
15
"Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!" speaker : EYRE
21
Attach (to) : ADD
24
Instrument with a bell : OBOE
25
Average : SOSO
29
[This is scary!] : GULP
30
Lose it : BLOWAFUSE
31
Contents of the rightmost column of a table : RAREGASES
32
Words of anticipation : ICANTWAIT
33
Political writer ___ Bai : MATT
35
Scoop : EXCLUSIVE
38
Prizm and Spectrum, once : GEOS
39
They're not hot for very long : FADS
44
Anchorage-to-Fairbanks dir. : NNE
48
Order: Abbr. : ASSN
49
Contents of many outtakes : FLUBS
50
Wash against gently : LAPAT
51
Win by ___ : ANOSE
52
Declined : WANED
54
Figure on the front of Olympic medals since 1928 : NIKE
56
Forward who wore #10 : PELE
58
Elements of some lists : DOS
60
Quickly turn back : ZAG

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

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