NY Times, Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Author: Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel / Will Shortz
Wordplay crossword blog commentary | Analyze | Turn on Clue Tracker
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q V Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.34)
Open squares: 84, Cheater squares: 4, Freshness Factor™: 71.6, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 23 of 28 for Mr. Collins — solos: 21, collaborations: 7, Sundays: 1
This is puzzle 22 of 30 for Mr. Krozel — solos: 22, collaborations: 8, Sundays: 1

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© 2009, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Source of the line "Frailty, thy name is woman!" : HAMLET
7. Some believers : DEISTS
13. Poor thing about a slouch : POSTURE
14. Vacation destinations : RESORTS
16. Dressed for a white-tie affair : INTAILS
17. Order in the court : ALLRISE
18. Some urban digs : COOPS
19. Shooter on the playground : TAW
21. Old Al Capp strip "___ an' Slats" : ABBIE
22. He preceded Joan at Woodstock : ARLO
23. Former org. protecting depositors : FSLIC
25. Water collector : SUMP
26. Mens ___ (criminal intent) : REA
27. One who is no longer entitled : ALIENOR
29. Golf club part : TOE
30. Set off, in a big way : DETONATE
32. Bigger-than-life persona : LEGEND
34. With 35-Across, one who has done the circled things, combined, more often than any other major-league player : PETE
35. See 34-Across : ROSE
36. Attempts to strike : HITSAT
39. Georgia birthplace of Erskine Caldwell : MORELAND
43. Want ad abbr. : EOE
44. Cheese dish : RAREBIT
46. Hotel addition? : IER
47. U.S.N. brass: Abbr. : ADMS
49. Photographic flash gas : XENON
50. Latin wings : ALAE
51. Lab tube : PIPET
53. Action stopper : CUT
54. "Can ___ Witness" (Marvin Gaye hit) : IGETA
55. ___ Sánchez, co-director of "The Blair Witch Project" : EDUARDO
57. Turned a blind eye toward : IGNORED
59. Last of the French? : DERNIER
60. Lemonlike fruit : CITRONS
61. Spoke rudely to : SASSED
62. Classic brand of liniment : SLOANS
1. Mother, on the second Sunday in May : HONOREE
2. Whence Elaine, in Arthurian lore : ASTOLAT
3. Highest peak in the Philippines: Abbr. : MTAPO
4. Baseball All-Star Tiant : LUIS
5. Goethe's "The ___-King" : ERL
6. Where to take an exam : TESTSITE
7. Attract : DRAWIN
8. Fish that may be caught in a cage : EEL
9. Puerto Rico, por ejemplo : ISLA
10. Gathers on a surface, chemically : SORBS
11. Reason for a medley, perhaps : TRIBUTE
12. Apostle called "the Zealot" : STSIMON
13. Enterprise-D captain : PICARD
15. Permeated, with "into" : SEEPED
20. On the safe side : ALEE
23. Political proposal from some conservatives : FLATTAX
24. Fill, as with a crayon : COLORIN
27. Lend ___ : ANEAR
28. Kind of button : RESET
31. Special ___ : OPS
33. Breast enlargement material : GEL
35. Branch of technology : ROBOTICS
36. Like some spoonfuls : HEAPED
37. Salt add-ins : IODIDES
38. Japanese restaurant offering : TEMPURA
39. Restaurant offering : MENU
40. Bank controller : AILERON
41. Tidies : NEATENS
42. Rastafarian's do, for short : DREADS
45. 34 & 35-Across's 4,256 career hits, e.g. : RECORD
48. Penn and others : SEANS
50. Pythagoras' square : AGORA
52. Speaker of the diamond : TRIS
54. Digging : INTO
56. Near failure : DEE
58. Apt name for an ichthyologist? : GIL
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