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New York Times, Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Invisible writing on a computer screen ... or a component of 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across?
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Steinberg.
Jim Horne notes:

The shaded HIDDEN TEXT is a list of abbreviations commonly used in text messages. They stand for On The Other Hand, In My Humble Opinion, Rolling On the Floor Laughing, and Talk To Ya Later.

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© 2011, The New York Times8/16/11 ( No. 22,561 )
Across
1
Cut down, as a photo : CROP
5
Big Apple? : IMAC
9
Like many bathroom floors : TILED
14
Poland's Walesa : LECH
15
It gets hammered : NAIL
16
Rub out : ERASE
17
Brainstorm : IDEA
18
Be rewarded for a pious life, as the devout believe : GOTOHEAVEN
20
Abyss : CHASM
22
Shipping container : CRATE
23
Stereotypical sitcom greeting : HONEYIMHOME
26
Hypotheticals : IFS
29
U.F.O. crew : ETS
30
Roman "I" : EGO
31
Satellite-based car option : XMRADIO
33
Former Japanese capital : KYOTO
35
"The Flintstones" pet : DINO
36
Castle on the Thames : TOWEROFLONDON
41
Doll call : MAMA
42
Spanish finger food : TAPAS
43
A girl was from there in a 1964 hit song : IPANEMA
47
His big day is in June : DAD
48
Rx watchdog : FDA
51
Finger count : TEN
52
Pet store purchase : KITTYLITTER
55
Big, big, big : OBESE
56
Aired again : RERAN
57
Invisible writing on a computer screen ... or a component of 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across? : HIDDENTEXT
62
All's counterpart : NONE
63
"Doe, ___ ..." : ADEER
64
Les États-___ : UNIS
65
Puts on : DONS
66
Chinese restaurant request : NOMSG
67
Force unit : DYNE
68
Apt rhyme of "aahs" : SPAS
Down
1
Overused expression : CLICHE
2
In very high demand : REDHOT
3
"___ Eleven" : OCEANS
4
Developmental period : PHASE
5
Suffix with seem or teem : ING
6
Chinese chairman : MAO
7
Gee follower : AITCH
8
Laundry brand : CLOROX
9
Be on the brink of toppling : TEETER
10
"Dies ___" : IRAE
11
Restroom, informally : LAV
12
WNW's opposite : ESE
13
Room for trophies, maybe : DEN
19
Soccer great Mia : HAMM
21
"Balderdash!" : MYEYE
24
Inventor Sikorsky : IGOR
25
Mr. ___, Japanese sleuth : MOTO
26
Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
27
Neighbor of a Swede : FINN
28
___ Canals : SOO
32
Tacks on : ADDS
33
Skater Michelle : KWAN
34
Frequently, to a bard : OFT
36
Mending aid : TAPE
37
Muscat's land : OMAN
38
Disney dog : LADY
39
Memorable 1995 hurricane with a gem of a name? : OPAL
40
Low point : NADIR
41
Cambridge univ. : MIT
44
Anita of "La Dolce Vita" : EKBERG
45
Appearance : MIEN
46
Available for breeding : ATSTUD
48
Farcical 1960s sitcom with the Indian character Roaring Chicken : FTROOP
49
Troi on "Star Trek: T.N.G." : DEANNA
50
"Gunsmoke" star James : ARNESS
53
Minuscule : TEENY
54
Minds, as a fire : TENDS
55
Laudatory poems : ODES
57
Solo of "Star Wars" : HAN
58
Vow at an altar : IDO
59
Those people, in Brooklyn : DEM
60
Mark, as a ballot : XIN
61
Syllable after 6-Down : TSE

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

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