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New York Times, Monday, August 30, 2010

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Tennis legend Laver
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KVXZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Chisholm. Monday freshness: 98%
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© 2010, The New York Times8/30/10 ( No. 22,210 )
Across
1
Sleepwear, informally : PJS
4
Law enforcement org. featured in "Bullitt" : SFPD
8
Like a requiem : SOMBER
14
___ de Janeiro : RIO
15
Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
16
Former vice president Dan : QUAYLE
17
Where Claudius is during Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy : OFFSTAGE
19
Defeat, as an incumbent : UNSEAT
20
More than a gentle tap : THUMP
21
Inexpensive pen : BIC
22
Actress Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" : NIA
23
Bouquet : POSY
25
Any time now : BEFORELONG
28
Biblical verb ending : ETH
29
12th grader : SENIOR
30
Rams' madams? : EWES
31
One who goes a-courting : WOOER
33
Three-time Masters winner Sam : SNEAD
35
Extra plateful : SECONDHELPING
40
Stick out like ___ thumb : ASORE
41
Early computer that weighed 30 tons : ENIAC
43
Old Turkish leaders : AGAS
46
Matchbox racer : TOYCAR
49
Tiny bite : NIP
50
Position for Babe Ruth : RIGHTFIELD
52
Normandy battle site : STLO
53
1960s world chess champion Mikhail ___ : TAL
54
Tennis legend Laver : ROD
55
Make a grand speech : ORATE
57
More nonsensical : INANER
59
Things a clock has ... or, literally, what 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across are : TWOHANDS
62
Creek : STREAM
63
Les États-___ : UNIS
64
___ gratias (thanks be to God: Lat.) : DEO
65
Feared African fly : TSETSE
66
This, in Tijuana : ESTO
67
Bird that gives a hoot : OWL
Down
1
___ or con : PRO
2
Skippy alternative : JIF
3
Form of tap dance : SOFTSHOE
4
In ___ (as found) : SITU
5
Served on fire, as cherries jubilee : FLAMBE
6
Sty : PIGPEN
7
Ruby or Sandra of film : DEE
8
Acorn lover : SQUIRREL
9
1/16 pound : OUNCE
10
Some grad school degrees : MAS
11
"See ya later" : BYENOW
12
Actress/director May : ELAINE
13
Changes the price of, as at the supermarket : RETAGS
18
Reluctant to meet people, say : SHY
21
Frontiersman Daniel : BOONE
23
Sunday seat : PEW
24
Plains tribe : OTOS
26
Kind of lens with a wide angle : FISHEYE
27
Saw to a seat at church, say : LEDIN
29
Sellout signs : SROS
32
Online money : ECASH
34
Copycat : APER
36
"No thank you" : NOTFORME
37
R2-D2, for one : DROID
38
Video game maker that owns the Seattle Mariners : NINTENDO
39
Collins on the Op-Ed page : GAIL
42
"___ Sharkey" of 1970s TV : CPO
43
Warhol or Wyeth : ARTIST
44
San Francisco nine : GIANTS
45
Blazing : AGLARE
47
Performers with big red noses : CLOWNS
48
Dexterous : ADROIT
51
Club finance officer: Abbr. : TREAS
52
Depot: Abbr. : STA
56
"I see," facetiously : AHSO
58
Butterfly catcher : NET
59
U.S. Election Day, e.g.: Abbr. : TUE
60
Morning moisture : DEW
61
Note above fa : SOL

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

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