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New York Times, Saturday, May 18, 2013

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Some holiday honorees: Abbr.
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {HXZ} Spans: 8, (2 quad stacks) This is puzzle # 68 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Saturday freshness: 44%
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A
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V
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N
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J
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C
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Y
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M
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C
K
Y
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O
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M
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D
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© 2013, The New York Times5/18/13 ( No. 23,202 )
Across
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What you may charge with : AVAILABLECREDIT
16
Indicator of how accurate a numerical guess is : PERCENTAGEERROR
17
Bringer of peace : ENTENTECORDIALE
18
The look of love? : STARSINONESEYES
19
One built for Broadway : SET
20
Intel processor? : NSA
21
Pliers part : JAW
24
"The Chronicles of Clovis" author : SAKI
26
Running dog : LACKEY
32
Opposite of extremely : ATAD
34
Curing stuff, symbolically : NACL
36
Heffalump's creator : MILNE
37
Title gambler in a 1943 Cary Grant film : MRLUCKY
39
Northern game preceder : OCANADA
41
Waits awhile : BIDES
42
Eagles tight end Igwenagu : EMIL
44
Make canning impossible? : QUIT
45
Much commercial production : SPOTTV
47
Flat : ONED
49
Some holiday honorees: Abbr. : STS
50
Start of a Vol. 1 heading : ATO
52
Post-W.W. II fed. agcy. : AEC
54
Tone poem that calls for four taxi horns, with "An" : AMERICANINPARIS
63
Past pump preference : REGULARGASOLINE
64
Packing it in : FEEDINGONESFACE
65
Information information : STREETADDRESSES
Down
1
Some of them have learned to sign : APES
2
Blowout locale? : VENT
3
"Thou ___ lady": King Lear : ARTA
4
They might design roses : ICERS
5
Visual aids : LENSES
6
Like bazookas : ANTITANK
7
1930s bomber : BTEN
8
Not windy at all : LACONIC
9
Painter Schiele and composer Wellesz : EGONS
10
Life is one : CEREAL
11
Their caps have a stylized "C" : REDS
12
Language related to Wyandot : ERIE
13
Transporter of beer barrels : DRAY
14
Captive of Heracles : IOLE
15
Quarter of doce : TRES
21
Window parts : JAMBS
22
Like some anchors and sails : ATRIP
23
Not just another face in the crowd? : WALDO
25
"The Inspector General" star, 1949 : KAYE
27
Org. that publishes Advocacy Update : AMA
28
Quarter of vingt : CINQ
29
"Revolver" Grammy winner Voormann : KLAUS
30
Split up : ENDIT
31
"Deirdre" playwright : YEATS
33
Certain recital piece : DUET
35
Kind of chop : LOIN
38
Chi setting : CST
40
One of several Procter & Gamble products : CLEANSER
43
Chandra, in Hindu belief : MOONGOD
46
Like a lot without a lot : VACANT
48
Boot : DEPOSE
51
Porsche 911 model : TARGA
53
___-foot jelly : CALFS
54
Many masters respond to them : ARFS
55
Cross : MEET
56
Hohenberg's river : EGER
57
Like line jumpers : RUDE
58
First name in '70s tennis : ILIE
59
Martin Buber's "___ Thou" : IAND
60
Shore indentations : RIAS
61
Thomas H. ___, the Father of the Western : INCE
62
Calls on : SEES

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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