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New York Times, Saturday, May 15, 2010

Author:
Trip Payne & Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Optic layer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1034463133
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
421.53160%
Trip Payne
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2297/11/199911/4/20182
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
741241679512
RebusCircleScrabbleFresh
981.5480%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. Payne. This is puzzle # 129 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 23%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/15/10 ( No. 22,103 )
Across
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Mimeographs, e.g. : DUPLICATORS
12
Breathless wonder : AWE
15
Paperless reading materials : ONLINEMEDIA
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Dentiform : tooth :: pisiform : ___ : PEA
17
1970s woe : STAGFLATION
18
Resident ignored by census takers : PET
19
Alliterative pro team name : TENNESSEETITANS
21
Shake, say : STIR
22
Actress Balsam who was once married to George Clooney : TALIA
23
Western wear : STETSONS
27
"___ vile" (epithet for Falstaff) : VARLET
28
Van Gogh's "Portrait of ___ Tanguy" : PERE
29
Nielsen count : VIEWERS
31
Inserts, often : ADS
32
Like arugula's flavor : PEPPERY
33
"You ___!" : BET
36
Possible causes of sleep apnea : TONSILS
37
Runner's place : BASE
38
Makes excessively large : BLOATS
41
Song involving an 8-Down, in part : ALOUETTE
43
Stock-buying venue : RANCH
44
Place for pick-ups : NAPE
45
Writer who doesn't need an agent : AUTHORPUBLISHER
52
Receiver of contributions, for short : IRA
53
"You needn't worry about that" : LEAVEITTOME
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Party staple : DIP
55
Had people over : ENTERTAINED
56
Ascertain : SEE
57
Ingredients in everything bagels : SESAMESEEDS
Down
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"After whom ___ thou pursue?": 1 Samuel : DOST
2
Green : UNTESTED
3
Snack brand : PLANTERS
4
Low-grade coal : LIGNITE
5
Concludes : INFERS
6
Locations for Pluto, sometimes : CELS
7
Part of a famous conjugation : AMAS
8
Something plucked in 41-Across : TETE
9
Slobbery cartoon character : ODIE
10
Fray : RIOT
11
Clean : SANITARY
12
Scandalize : APPALL
13
Twerp : WEENIE
14
Gradually destroys : EATSAT
20
Clippers' skippers, e.g. : TARS
23
Mineral ___ : SPA
24
Raw foodists don't need them : OVENS
25
Edges : NIPS
26
Alternative to grayscale : SEPIA
27
It's left in a book : VERSO
30
Fit : WELL
32
Results of road fatigue : POTHOLES
33
Item in Commissioner Gordon's office : BATPHONE
34
Favored : ESTEEMED
35
Simple top : TEE
36
Dash part : TACH
37
Epithet for the mouse in "To a Mouse" : BEASTIE
38
Do lines? : BRAIDS
39
Jo's suitor in "Little Women" : LAURIE
40
Available as evidence, maybe : ONTAPE
42
Quarterback nicknamed the Golden Arm : UNITAS
46
___ Fonck, top Allied fighter ace of W.W. I : RENE
47
Consoles, in a way : PATS
48
Optic layer : UVEA
49
Earthen embankment : BERM
50
Cigarette label word : LITE
51
"Chariots of Fire" beat it for Best Picture : REDS

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

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