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New York Times, Friday, January 28, 2011

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Japanese brew
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861.65583%
Kevin G. Der

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 1.86 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Der. Friday freshness: 67%
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© 2011, The New York Times1/28/11 ( No. 22,361 )
Across
1
Run in two places at once : SIMULCAST
10
Savannah growth : COPSE
15
Nut's suggestion : CRAZYIDEA
16
Home of Creighton University : OMAHA
17
Station finder : RADIODIAL
18
Iron Age people : MEDES
19
Mythical mortal who helped raise Dionysus : INO
20
Aye's opposite, poetically : NEER
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Used the name : WENTBY
22
See 49-Down : MIND
24
Out of top form : RUSTY
26
1925 Literature Nobelist : SHAW
27
Cartoon series : PANELS
29
Middle of summer? : EMS
31
Frog-eating bird : ANI
32
Tangle : SNAFU
33
Temperature, e.g. : VITALSIGN
36
Herpetologist's supply : ANTIVENOM
38
Some island dwellers : CASTAWAYS
41
French for "clog" : SABOT
45
Washington Irving hero, informally : RIP
46
Father, e.g.: Abbr. : REL
47
Vigil locale : SHRINE
48
What some veterans recall : IRAQ
50
Japanese brew : ASAHI
53
Burst : TEEM
54
X'd : STRUCK
56
More than surprise : DAZE
58
What you may do when you're beat : NAP
59
Sunbathing spot : PATIO
60
Bob Fosse specialty : JAZZDANCE
62
Not rounded : EXACT
63
Minor restrictions : AGELIMITS
64
Two-bit : DINKY
65
Dead duck's cry : WERETOAST
Down
1
Doesn't blow dough : SCRIMPS
2
Like much oil : IRANIAN
3
One often seen with her child : MADONNA
4
Magazine holder : UZI
5
Lord ___ (overseer of Scottish heraldry) : LYON
6
Press releases? : CIDERS
7
Literally, "to God" : ADIEU
8
Brands ... or carrier of brands : SEARS
9
___ vez (Mexican "maybe") : TAL
10
Take place : COME
11
Forecaster's concerns : OMENS
12
Dish topped with crushed peanuts and lime : PADTHAI
13
Ball of wax : SHEBANG
14
Romp : EASYWIN
21
Longtime Rolling Stones bassist : WYMAN
23
Trim, in a way : DEFAT
25
Parisian thinkers? : TETES
28
Like the Bay of Rainbows : LUNAR
30
Washing machine sound : SLOSH
33
Glasses for a scientist : VIALS
34
It creeps up : IVY
35
Upper-class? : SMART
37
Small change : TWEAK
38
Like rice in some cereal treats : CRISPED
39
On-demand flier : AIRTAXI
40
One of 300 at Thermopylae : SPARTAN
42
Stretches between Ryder Cups : BIENNIA
43
Plays without a break : ONEACTS
44
Nautical danger : TEMPEST
47
Thing often heard in short order? : SIZZLE
49
With 22-Across, genius's asset : QUICK
51
It may become a cliché : ADAGE
52
"Animal House" figure : HAZER
55
President after Auriol : COTY
57
Better papers? : EDIT
60
Hook connection point : JAW
61
"Just ___" ("Hold on") : AMO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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