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New York Times, Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Author:
Chris A. McGlothlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
___ and 15-Across (get-to-know-you gathering)
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Chris A. McGlothlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. McGlothlin. Tuesday freshness: 86%
Jim Horne notes:

Not only are the crossing theme answers symmetric, the Down part precedes the Across part in each case, from THEN & THERE to FAST & LOOSE.

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© 2012, The New York Times7/10/12 ( No. 22,890 )
Across
1
Rockefeller Center statue : ATLAS
6
Word with jump or bunny : SKI
9
"Uncle ___ Cabin" : TOMS
13
See 2-Down : THERE
14
See 7-Down : KIN
15
See 11-Down : GREET
16
Sets a new goal : RETARGETS
18
"Green Acres" con man Mr. ___ : HANEY
19
Grasshopper's partner in an Aesop title : ANT
20
Basic tenet of democracy : RIGHTTOVOTE
22
Strike out : FAN
23
Tint : HUE
24
Fess up (to) : ADMIT
27
Skips over, as with a mouse : SCROLLSBY
33
Author Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
34
Throat-clearing : AHEM
35
"Explorer" girl : DORA
36
See 25-Down : TAXES
37
See 28-Down : DIP
38
See 31-Down : WATER
39
"Indeed" : ITIS
40
Slimming surgery, slangily : LIPO
41
First name in patriotism and furniture : ETHAN
42
Most tacky : CHEESIEST
44
Food and shelter, e.g. : NEEDS
45
Greek P : RHO
46
Geog. high points : MTS
47
Ownership histories : PROVENANCES
53
Daffy duo? : EFS
56
Certain netizen : AOLER
57
Harmonium : REEDORGAN
59
See 48-Down : BOARD
60
See 51-Down : FAR
61
See 54-Down : LOOSE
62
Winehouse and Sedaris : AMYS
63
Mazatlán Mrs. : SRA
64
Dirección that the Santa Maria sailed : OESTE
Down
1
Razor introduced in 1977 : ATRA
2
___ and 13-Across (on the spot) : THEN
3
Riga native : LETT
4
Parseghian of Notre Dame : ARA
5
Puts teeth on, as a knife : SERRATES
6
Surfboard fin : SKEG
7
___ and 14-Across (family) : KITH
8
Scholarly org. : INST
9
Selections on Expedia.com : TRAVELDATES
10
Wine: Prefix : OENO
11
___ and 15-Across (get-to-know-you gathering) : MEET
12
Eyelid affliction : STYE
15
Halloween figure : GHOUL
17
Play-stopping declaration : GIN
21
Yorke of rock's Radiohead : THOM
22
Electronic data repositories : FILESERVERS
24
Bit of tomfoolery : ANTIC
25
___ and 36-Across (two of life's certainties) : DEATH
26
1985 Glenn Close title role : MAXIE
27
"Sexy" lady in a Beatles song : SADIE
28
___ and 37-Across (snack option) : CHIPS
29
Move, as a plant : REPOT
30
"And ___ story goes" : SOTHE
31
___ and 38-Across (meager meal) : BREAD
32
Tales : YARNS
38
Broke from the band, say : WENTSOLO
40
Coward in a 1939 film : LION
43
Unearthed pottery fragment: Var. : SHERD
46
Kind of school : MED
47
UV blocker : PABA
48
___ and 59-Across (lodger's fee) : ROOM
49
Procter & Gamble skin care brand : OLAY
50
Pound's sounds : ARFS
51
___ and 60-Across (all around) : NEAR
52
Michael of "Arrested Development" : CERA
53
I's : EGOS
54
___ and 61-Across (one way to play) : FAST
55
Old dagger : SNEE
58
School in the making? : ROE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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