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New York Times, Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Big Bopper hit
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121.651577%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Silk. Wednesday freshness: 56%
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© 2011, The New York Times2/23/11 ( No. 22,387 )
Across
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Audibly in shock : AGASP
6
Rack item : HAT
9
Can't stomach : ABHOR
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State-run revenue source : LOTTO
15
1945 flag-raising site, briefly : IWO
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Arledge who pioneered Monday night football : ROONE
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Grammy winner James and others : ETTAS
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Horror film star Chaney : LON
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Widely known : FAMED
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Big Bopper hit : CHANTILLYLACE
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[as printed] : SIC
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Common gout site : TOE
25
Title for Paul McCartney : SIR
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Actor McShane of "Deadwood" : IAN
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Barrier with a diamond pattern : CHAINLINKFENCE
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Thurman of film : UMA
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Baseballer-turned-spy Berg : MOE
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Unaccompanied : LONE
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Place to get a bucket of balls : RANGE
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In a funk : LOW
40
Like some paper and coats : LINED
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"Understood" : ISEE
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Sock-in-the-gut reaction : OOF
43
Mauna ___ : KEA
44
Group overseeing Notre Dame Cathedral : CHURCHOFFRANCE
49
H.M.S. part : HER
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Just fine : AOK
51
California town name starter : LOS
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Rock's ___ Rose : AXL
54
Remote possibility ... or a hint to 20-, 29- and 44-Across : OUTSIDECHANCE
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Yawl's pair : MASTS
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"No dice!" : NIX
61
Weighed down : LADEN
62
Russian pancakes : BLINI
63
First Liston/Clay fight result, in brief : TKO
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Republican-turned-Democrat Specter : ARLEN
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It's a plus : ASSET
66
Anthem contraction : OER
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Like a neglected lawn : WEEDY
Down
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Smart guys? : ALECS
2
Notre Dame's architectural style : GOTHIC
3
Tack on : ATTACH
4
Satirist Freberg : STAN
5
When racehorses are at the gate : POSTTIME
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Jewish campus group : HILLEL
7
M.P.'s quarry : AWOL
8
Press secretary under George W. Bush : TONYSNOW
9
Kennel outburst : ARFARF
10
Old U.K. carrier : BOAC
11
Follow a signal to : HOMEINON
12
Admit ___ : ONE
13
Badly chafed : RED
21
Inner Hebrides isle : IONA
22
___ button (Facebook icon) : LIKE
27
Oxy 5 target : ACNE
28
___-to-know basis : NEED
30
Boring tool : AUGER
31
"Bye for now!" : IMOFF
32
___ González affair of 2000 : ELIAN
36
Rolling in it : RICH
37
1975 Wimbledon winner : ASHE
38
Phobic disorder, e.g. : NEUROSIS
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Check out : LOOKINTO
40
Ordinance aimed at pet owners : LEASHLAW
42
Shouts of surprise : OHOS
43
Ray who built McDonald's into a giant : KROC
45
Watch a kitty : CATSIT
46
Limb-bending muscle : FLEXOR
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Thing to snuff : CANDLE
48
Go over : EXCEED
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1974 title role for Dustin Hoffman : LENNY
55
___ Reader (alternative magazine) : UTNE
56
Flood barrier : DIKE
57
Rhine feeder : AARE
58
Wharton deg. : MBA
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Capp and Capone : ALS

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

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