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New York Times, Saturday, June 15, 2013

Author:
Ned White
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Major cleanups follow them
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251/16/20109/11/20191
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CircleScrabbleFresh
21.5876%
Ned White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FGJWX} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. White. Saturday freshness: 65%
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© 2013, The New York Times6/15/13 ( No. 23,230 )
Across
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Place to pick vegetables : SALADBAR
9
With 25-Across, it has a huge trunk : BAOBAB
15
C-worthy : ADEQUATE
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Ancient abstainer : ESSENE
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Buzzer sounded during a match : VUVUZELA
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Small house of the Southwest : CASITA
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Whence Parmenides : ELEA
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Bubkes : ZILCH
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See 23-Across : ONIT
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With 22-Across, quits dragging : STEPS
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See 9-Across : TREE
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Special recognition? : ESP
28
They result when solidly hit baseballs are caught : LOUDOUTS
31
Royale maker : REO
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Major cleanups follow them : DISASTERS
35
Starting catcher in every All-Star Game from 1964 to 1967 : TORRE
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Name meaning "God is with us" : EMANUEL
38
Go : HEADOUT
40
Four French quarters? : ANNEE
41
They're likely to result in broken limbs : ICESTORMS
43
Claptrap : ROT
44
Prey for gray wolves : MULEDEER
46
It has a Bridges and Tunnels div. : MTA
47
"Home away from home" sloganeer : ELAL
48
"Until next time" : SEEYA
52
Vindictive Quaker of fiction : AHAB
54
Like unabridged dictionaries : THICK
57
Angel, e.g., for short : ALER
58
Wonder Lake's national park : DENALI
60
It stays the same : CONSTANT
62
Site of a 1944 British Army defeat : ARNHEM
63
Nourishing stuff : ALIMENTS
64
Treating badly : MEANTO
65
"S.N.L." segment : SATURDAY
Down
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Takes into account? : SAVES
2
No longer in the minority : ADULT
3
Bad thing to be breached : LEVEE
4
Water board : AQUAPLANE
5
Old brand that promised "white white washes without red hands" : DUZ
6
Guthrie's follower at Woodstock : BAEZ
7
Hun king, in myth : ATLI
8
Frequent tour guide : REALTOR
9
Saxophone great Sidney : BECHET
10
White sheet insert? : ASA
11
Fêmur, por exemplo : OSSO
12
Goof : BEINERROR
13
Herpetologist's supply : ANTISERUM
14
Six Gallery reading participants : BEATPOETS
21
Like some garlic and egos : CRUSHED
24
"I goofed ... big whoop" : SOSUEME
26
Heir restoration targets? : ESTATES
29
Gas hog, briefly : UTE
30
Lock remover of old? : DELILAH
32
Formal opening : DEARMADAM
33
Answering machine notification : IMNOTHERE
34
1836 siege leader : SANTAANNA
36
Sole mate? : ODOREATER
39
Journal ender : ESE
42
Some Toyotas : CELICAS
45
Last month : ULTIMO
49
Ethiopian grazer : ELAND
50
Gossip girl : YENTA
51
Like craft fairs : ARTSY
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German way : BAHN
55
Buzz on "The Simpsons," e.g. : COLA
56
Use a ball winder : KNIT
59
Cry from some judges : LET
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Conference USA member, for short : SMU

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

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