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New York Times, Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Author:
Keith Talon
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Big beer buy
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Keith Talon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Talon. Tuesday freshness: 95%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/11/10 ( No. 22,099 )
Across
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Defeat, barely : EDGE
5
Word on a bar worker's jar : TIPS
9
Gem : JEWEL
14
Pasta or potato, for short : CARB
15
Savoie sweetheart : AMIE
16
Still in the game : ALIVE
17
Brag : CROW
18
Beekeeper played by Peter Fonda : ULEE
19
Recurring melody : MOTIF
20
Tiger and Elin Woods's 37-Across order? : ONTHEROCKS
23
Super, slangily : PHAT
24
Sign on a locked lavatory : INUSE
25
Vast amounts : OCEANS
27
It might start "E FP TOZ LPED" : EYETEST
30
Party that's a wow : BLAST
31
Posh : LUXE
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One pitied by Mr. T : FOOL
33
Doo-___ music : WOP
36
Actor's rep: Abbr. : AGT
37
Cocktail called "the elixir of quietude" by 4-Down : MARTINI
40
1950s campaign nickname : IKE
41
___'easter : NOR
42
Apple originally marketed to schools : EMAC
43
New car sticker fig. : MSRP
44
Figure of Greek myth with a statue at Rockefeller Center : ATLAS
46
1889 statehood achievers, with "the" : DAKOTAS
49
Ringtoss game : QUOITS
51
A marathon has about 26 of these : MILES
52
Runnin' Rebels' sch. : UNLV
53
Paula Abdul's 37-Across order? : STRAIGHTUP
58
"Later, amigo!" : ADIOS
60
French cleric : ABBE
61
Foot: Prefix : PEDI
62
It's not good to run one : FEVER
63
Potter's oven : KILN
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Mineral in hemoglobin : IRON
65
The hapless Corleone : FREDO
66
Things that modest people lack : EGOS
67
"Peter Pan" fairy, for short : TINK
Down
1
Shoe company founded in Denmark : ECCO
2
"Phooey!" : DARN
3
Small cavern, in poetry : GROT
4
"The Elements of Style" updater : EBWHITE
5
Sign after Aries : TAURUS
6
"Please help me with directions!" : IMLOST
7
Jigsaw puzzle element : PIECE
8
Be "it," in a game : SEEK
9
Wing it, musically : JAM
10
Skips the dos before the I do's? : ELOPES
11
O. Henry's 37-Across order? : WITHATWIST
12
Aquafina rival : EVIAN
13
Some turns and boxing punches : LEFTS
21
Opposite WSW : ENE
22
Wise old Athenian : SOLON
26
City known as Colombia's sports capital : CALI
27
Pizazz : ELAN
28
"Car Talk" dubbed it "the worst car of the millennium" : YUGO
29
Popeye's 37-Across order? : EXTRAOLIVE
30
Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er ___" : BOI
32
Consumer protection agcy. : FTC
34
Vegetable in Cajun cuisine : OKRA
35
Livens, with "up" : PEPS
37
Cheesy sandwich : MELT
38
Collect : AMASS
39
Dorm figures, for short : RAS
43
Frenzied place at a rock club : MOSHPIT
45
Recorded for later viewing : TIVOED
46
Cisco Kid's horse : DIABLO
47
"The X-Files" figures : ALIENS
48
Big beer buy : KEG
49
Hearty drink : QUAFF
50
Hypnotized or anesthetized : UNDER
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Head honcho : MRBIG
54
Help oneself to : TAKE
55
Garr of "Tootsie" : TERI
56
Noodles with tempura : UDON
57
Medium-rare steak color : PINK
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B'way success sign : SRO

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

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