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New York Times, Monday, July 30, 2012

Author:
Rosemarie Dolan and Christopher Geach
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Telephone wire, for a bird
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Rosemarie Dolan
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Christopher Geach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Dolan. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Geach. Monday freshness: 50%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/30/12 ( No. 22,910 )
Across
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Translucent mineral in sheets : MICA
5
Telephone wire, for a bird : PERCH
10
Trudge : SLOG
14
Santa ___ (hot desert winds) : ANAS
15
Hodgepodges : OLIOS
16
Prefix with plane : AERO
17
Alternative name for 42-Down : DARKKNIGHT
19
Buzzing annoyance : GNAT
20
Greek god of the ocean : POSEIDON
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Go together perfectly : MATCH
22
Buddy : PAL
23
"___ the twain shall meet" : NEER
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Capital of the Philippines : MANILA
25
Prefix with lateral : UNI
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QBs pass for them : TDS
27
Treat, as leather : TAN
28
Moon landing vehicle, for short : LEM
29
Upside-down six : NINE
31
Mustachioed plumber of Nintendo games : MARIO
33
Alternative name for 42-Down : CAPEDCRUSADER
39
Having pricked ears : ALERT
40
Like 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. : EVEN
42
Twice, in music : BIS
45
Foxlike : SLY
46
Insult, slangily : DIS
49
"Am ___ blame?" : ITO
50
Middle part of a Shakespearean play : ACTIII
52
What an aphrodisiac may produce : LUST
53
Schlep : LUG
54
Call playful names, say : TEASE
55
Topple : FALLOVER
57
Central : MAIN
58
Alternative name for 42-Down : BRUCEWAYNE
60
Farming prefix : AGRO
61
Green military cap : BERET
62
Geese flying formations : VEES
63
Robin's haven : NEST
64
Numerical data : STATS
65
Opposite of subtracts : ADDS
Down
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"What, me worry?" magazine : MAD
2
Hysterical : INAPANIC
3
Area between Georgia and Virginia : CAROLINA
4
Questions : ASKS
5
Paid (up) : PONIED
6
Says "o'er" for "over," e.g. : ELIDES
7
Severity : RIGOR
8
Lawyer Roy of the McCarthy hearings : COHN
9
F.D.R.'s successor : HST
10
Carl who hosted "Cosmos" : SAGAN
11
Protein-rich vegetarian soup : LENTIL
12
Future revealer : ORACLE
13
Hometown of 42-Down : GOTHAM
18
___ State (Ohio university) : KENT
21
Craze : MANIA
22
So-called "lowest form of humor" : PUN
24
Fourth rock from the sun : MARS
27
Letter after sigma : TAU
30
Eco-friendly org. : EPA
31
Actor with the catchphrase "I pity the fool!" : MRT
32
Poem of praise : ODE
34
___ the Cow (mascot) : ELSIE
35
Store where you might take a number : DELI
36
Weep : CRY
37
Glaring malevolently : EVILEYED
38
Didn't keep, as a gift : RETURNED
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Eggy Christmas drink : NOG
42
Comics debut of 1939 : BATMAN
43
Big freeze : ICEAGE
44
Flight between floors : STAIRS
46
Melodious : DULCET
47
Keys : ISLETS
48
Stash : STOW
51
"War ___ the answer" : ISNOT
52
First lady before Michelle : LAURA
55
Worry : FRET
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"___-voom!" : VAVA
58
Air gun ammo : BBS
59
Road curve : ESS

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

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