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New York Times, Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Author:
Joon Pahk
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Down : Recede
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joon pahk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVW} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. pahk. Wednesday freshness: 85%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/15/9 ( No. 21,799 )
Across
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It may be hand-picked : BANJO
6
Not express : LOCAL
11
"The word" : MUM
14
Deep blue : OCEAN
15
Earthy tone : OCHRE
16
Brian who produced or co-produced seven U2 albums : ENO
17
Feeling of nonfulfillment : FRUSTRATION
19
"Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" network : NPR
20
Went for, at an auction : FETCHED
21
Playing marbles : AGATES
23
Case of bad spelling? : HEX
24
Frequent home acquisition : MORTGAGE
26
Fill in for : ACTAS
29
Big ___ : SUR
30
Friend of Falstaff : HAL
31
Szyslak of Springfield : MOE
32
"Come on, pack your stuff ...!" : LETSGO
35
Signs : INKS
38
Statement about 17-, 24-, 49- and 59-Across : ITMAYBETAKENOUT
41
"Baseball Tonight" network : ESPN
42
Hall-of-Fame QB/kicker George : BLANDA
43
With 45-Down, "Trust No One" series : THE
44
Fandango offerings, slangily : TIX
46
"___ Dalloway" : MRS
47
Arterial implant : STENT
49
Burgers and fries, often : FASTFOOD
52
Orch. section : STR
53
Aggrieved person's cry, maybe : UNFAIR
54
Bill & ___ Gates Foundation : MELINDA
58
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" actress Vardalos : NIA
59
Item that may have a date stamp : LIBRARYBOOK
62
Comprehended : GOT
63
Like 36 piano keys : EBONY
64
Original Thanksgiving fare : MAIZE
65
Cosine of 2 pi : ONE
66
Where Moses received the Law : SINAI
67
Kingly title in Spanish : ELREY
Down
1
Big Broadway hit : BOFF
2
It might be a lot : ACRE
3
Neither masc. nor fem. : NEUT
4
Violinist Heifetz : JASCHA
5
Surreptitiously : ONTHESLY
6
Whites or darks, say : LOAD
7
Mo. of Indigenous Peoples Day : OCT
8
Christogram part : CHI
9
Bellowing : AROAR
10
Extent : LENGTH
11
Internal memo? : MENTALNOTE
12
Let off the hook? : UNPEG
13
Robert who won a Tony for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" : MORSE
18
Kingly title in Latin : REX
22
Another time : AGAIN
24
Colonel suspected of murder : MUSTARD
25
Hearts, e.g. : ORGANS
26
French girlfriend : AMIE
27
Barracks lineup : COTS
28
Maybe takes one risk too many : TEMPTSFATE
29
Sailor's patron : STELMO
33
Recede : EBB
34
Rubber-stamped : OKD
36
Former baseball commissioner Bowie : KUHN
37
"Leave it in" mark : STET
39
"Clear Light of Day" author Desai : ANITA
40
Town near New London, Conn. : EASTLYME
45
See 43-Across : XFILES
48
Like "Survivor" councils : TRIBAL
49
Bat used for fielding practice : FUNGO
50
Chloride or carbonate : ANION
51
Graceful African antelope : ORIBI
52
Homily: Abbr. : SER
54
Polite request for permission : MAYI
55
Hard-boiled, in a way : NOIR
56
Nod off : DOZE
57
"The House Without ___" (first Charlie Chan mystery) : AKEY
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___ mot : BON
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Uracil-containing macromolecule : RNA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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