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New York Times, Saturday, September 5, 2015

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Part of a sundial that casts a shadow
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QVWXZ} This is puzzle # 76 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 87%
Byron Walden notes:
This puzzle started out with BOBBY RIGGS. I trust that a lot of solvers will look at the clue and wonder how it could be someone ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Byron puts on a show today, giving us a huge number of long entries — 26 slots that are 7+ letters long. So much potential for ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times9/5/15 ( No. 24,042 )
Across
1
Book whose last line is "Ask me tomorrow but not today" : HOPONPOP
9
Non-primates with remarkably humanlike fingerprints : KOALAS
15
Springsteen hit between "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days" : IMONFIRE
16
Pressing : URGENT
17
What boxers use to "shake hands" : FORELEGS
18
Sight that's not sound : MIRAGE
19
"Positively Entertaining" channel : ION
20
Black : JET
21
Bribe money : BOODLE
22
Mr. Right : IDEALMAN
25
North title: Abbr. : COL
26
Pool house? : BAPTISTERY
29
See 43-Down : COPY
30
Turgenev's birthplace : ORELRUSSIA
31
Funny ___ : HAHA
32
He played himself in "Broadway Danny Rose" and "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" : BERLE
33
With 47-Across, 1978 Covert Bailey best seller on exercise and diet : FITOR
34
"With ___ at the South Pole," first documentary to win an Oscar (for cinematography) : BYRD
35
Halted : PUTTOANEND
40
Vacillate : YOYO
41
Wrong numbers? : ERRORCODES
42
Virgin Islands export : RUM
43
Spiders and such, slangily : CREEPIES
44
Certain hash ingredients : IDAHOS
46
Datebook abbr. : MON
47
See 33-Across : FAT
50
What Beyoncé decided to do in 2002 : GOSOLO
51
Upstate New York tribe : ONONDAGA
54
Part of a sundial that casts a shadow : GNOMON
55
Guitar virtuoso whose name is an anagram of YO' RECORD : RYCOODER
56
Hidalgo honorific : SENORA
57
Requirement that hybrid cars may be exempted from : SMOGTEST
Down
1
Place for a '55 45, say : HIFI
2
Classic novel whose title means "wanderer" : OMOO
3
Subject of a certain addiction : PORN
4
Word before and after "to," "on" or "for" : ONE
5
"The ___ Today" : NFL
6
Much-performed aria from Fauré's "Requiem" : PIEJESU
7
Almond syrups used in cocktails : ORGEATS
8
Grinders : PESTLES
9
Treacly spirit of unity : KUMBAYA
10
Sirius' master, in myth : ORION
11
Farm-related prefix : AGRO
12
Like some copper gutters : LEADCOATED
13
Like Grenada, but not Granada : ANGLOPHONE
14
Old Pittsburgh work areas : STEELYARDS
22
"That's O.K., I guess" : ITLLDO
23
Critical : DIRE
24
Open ___ : MRI
26
1939 Wimbledon men's champion : BOBBYRIGGS
27
Response to a ranter : AREYOUDONE
28
Street boss? : PERRYMASON
29
Casual Friday option : CHINOS
33
Turn toward : FACE
35
Borat or Ali G, to Sacha Baron Cohen : PERSONA
36
Script ending : URE
37
Mercury poisoning symptoms : TREMORS
38
Place name : TOPONYM
39
Home to 15-foot-long crocodiles : ORINOCO
43
With 29-Across, pricier option at a print shop : COLOR
45
Our kind of people? : HOMO
47
Tapering hairdo : FADE
48
Seemingly forever : AGES
49
Biting : TART
52
Seasonal quaff : NOG
53
What's the point? : DOT

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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