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New York Times, Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Author:
Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Margarine
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
562/20/200612/9/202334
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
5383313183
RebusScrabbleFresh
31.6268%
Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Peterson. Tuesday freshness: 77%
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© 2008, The New York Times12/30/8 ( No. 21,602 )
Across
1
Pretense : SHAM
5
Big name in grills : WEBER
10
Youngster : TYKE
14
Actress Petty : LORI
15
Light on one's feet : AGILE
16
Commuter option : RAIL
17
Slugger Rodriguez : ALEX
18
Foaming at the mouth : RABID
19
Nocturnal hunters : OWLS
20
Incentive aimed at golden agers : SENIORDISCOUNT
23
Massachusetts tourist spot : HYANNIS
24
Bit of work : ERG
25
Powerful Pontiac : GTO
26
Key element : LINCHPIN
31
Chocolate-coated candy : JUNIORMINTS
35
Hubbub : ADO
36
Before too long : ANON
37
Laptop key : ESC
38
Margarine : OLEO
39
Modern navigational aid, for short : GPS
40
1949 Orson Welles film : THETHIRDMAN
44
Easy dupes : SCHNOOKS
46
Thoroughfare : WAY
47
School of thought : ISM
48
Designed to increase traction : NONSLIP
52
Ivan Turgenev novel ... and a hint to 20-, 31- and 40-Across : FATHERSANDSONS
56
Squander : BLOW
57
Ammo unit : ROUND
58
Sicilian hot spot : ETNA
59
Norse trickster : LOKI
60
In readiness : ONICE
61
Power co. : UTIL
62
Clinical study : TEST
63
Marathon handout : WATER
64
Look to be : SEEM
Down
1
Reduce drastically, as prices : SLASH
2
Needing darning, maybe : HOLEY
3
Fight site : ARENA
4
Adding, as an ingredient : MIXINGIN
5
Samurai, e.g. : WARRIOR
6
Antiquated exclamation : EGADS
7
Nickname of Israel's Netanyahu : BIBI
8
Some Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
9
Insignificant amount : REDCENT
10
Slop container : TROUGH
11
Sign of fatigue : YAWN
12
"Braveheart" getup : KILT
13
Overhead RRs : ELS
21
Not duped by : ONTO
22
Tolkien brutes : ORCS
26
Most of Santa's mail : LISTS
27
Creep (along) : INCH
28
Conceal in the hand : PALM
29
"What's the big ___?" : IDEA
30
Midday : NOON
31
Sporty cars, briefly : JAGS
32
Potentially offensive : UNPC
33
Light snack : NOSH
34
Humbly patient : MEEK
38
He devised the Trojan horse : ODYSSEUS
40
Nonsense, to a Brit : TOSH
41
Where touch typists begin : HOMEROW
42
"Hmmm ..." : IWONDER
43
Cape Town currency : RAND
45
Chowderhead : NITWIT
48
Jack of "Twin Peaks" : NANCE
49
Tony winner Lenya : LOTTE
50
Certain navel : INNIE
51
Song of David : PSALM
52
Arctic mass : FLOE
53
"Thumbs-up" responses : AOKS
54
Barrett or Jaffe : RONA
55
Spades, for example : SUIT
56
Diner order, briefly : BLT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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