NY Times, Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Author: Victor Fleming / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.65)
Open squares: 88, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 66.5, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 21 of 21 for Mr. Fleming — solos: 13, collaborations: 8, Sundays: 4

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Across Down
1. Crunched numbers : DATA
5. The Jets' retired #12 : NAMATH
11. No. cruncher : CPA
14. Spew : EMIT
15. "Aladdin" setting : ARABIA
16. Post-shot syllable? : HIC
17. Entertainer born 12/1/45 in 25-Across : BETTEMIDLER
19. Book after Galatians: Abbr. : EPH
20. Union site : ALTAR
21. Earliest pope to receive the title "the Great" : LEOI
22. ___-à-porter : PRET
23. "High ___," 1941 film : SIERRA
25. Capital whose name means "sheltered bay" : HONOLULU
27. Hammer site : EAR
28. Something to prep for : EXAM
30. Rustic digs : CABIN
31. In a suitable way : APTLY
33. Like most customers : PAYING
34. With 36-Across, only official residence of a reigning monarch now in the United States : IOLANI
36. See 34-Across : PALACE
37. Actress Locke of "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" : SONDRA
38. Actor Robert of "The 39 Steps" : DONAT
39. Every seven days : AWEEK
40. With 37-Down, seven-time Wimbledon champ : PETE
41. Common pollutant : ASH
44. Measured base to peak, the world's tallest mountain : MAUNAKEA
46. Los Angeles fossil site : LABREA
49. Some hallucinogens, for short : PCPS
50. Daughter of Cronus : HERA
52. One talking in a forest, maybe : MACAW
53. Potential swimsuit embarrassment : RIP
54. Politician born 8/4/61 in 25-Across : BARACKOBAMA
56. Eroded, with "away" : ATE
57. Comparable with : AKINTO
58. "... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
59. Barrett of the original Pink Floyd : SYD
60. Went out, in a card game : GINNED
61. Lombardy town : LODI
1. Cheapen : DEBASE
2. English princess after whom a Virginia county is named : AMELIA
3. Nervous laugh : TITTER
4. It may smell like a rose : ATTAR
5. "China Beach" setting : NAM
6. Relative of a husk : ARIL
7. Seized the opportunity : MADEHAY
8. More than budding : ABLOOM
9. Marketing device : TIEIN
10. Guffaw syllable : HAR
11. Innocent-looking : CHERUBIC
12. Oil conduit : PIPELINE
13. German warning : ACHTUNG
18. Drop a pop-up, say : ERR
22. Dabble in : PLAYAT
24. Hartford-based Fortune 500 company : AETNA
26. Seat of Marion County, Fla. : OCALA
29. Year Caligula was assassinated : XLI
31. Priscilla and John : ALDENS
32. Cold comfort? : PARKA
33. Talk show group : PANEL
34. It's west of Davenport : IOWACITY
35. Outdid : ONEUPPED
36. Ante destination : POT
37. See 40-Across : SAMPRAS
38. Start of a letter to Landers : DEARANN
40. Look through a window, maybe : PEERIN
41. Five-time Kentucky Derby winner : ARCARO
42. Like pant legs : SEAMED
43. Theme of this puzzle : HAWAII
45. Uniform fabric : KHAKI
47. Te ___ : AMO
48. Early tower locale : BABEL
51. Opéra division : ACTE
54. Do a marketing job : BAG
55. Down for the count : KOD
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