Haphazard Construction
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Rejected by New York Times
Rejected by LA Times
Rejected by Wall Street Journal

About the Puzzle

This puzzle has two revealers because I couldn't decide which one I like better. The papers apparently didn't like either! The fill is pretty solid as far as my puzzles go, at least. For one, 15-Across still hasn't appeared in a major publication, and not because it's a terrible word. Although these days it might feel a little dated.

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  • 1 Ran into
  • 7 Like 22-, 35-, and 47-Across?
  • 14 Jerry's friend on TV
  • 15 2015 French Open champion Stan
  • 16 Recluse
  • 17 Like a planet's orbit
  • 18 Dog show org.
  • 19 Bonkers
  • 21 April 15th org.
  • 22 Queen tune featured in "Wayne's World"
  • 27 Makes well
  • 28 Many American streets
  • 29 Russian peak
  • 31 Scale back (with "in")
  • 32 Director's shout
  • 35 Declaration of Independence phrase
  • 40 The Holy ____ (The Vatican)
  • 41 Holler
  • 42 Island of Napoleon's exile
  • 43 Word after after
  • 44 Type of wave
  • 47 Tart, green fruit
  • 51 CT scan relative
  • 52 Flock formations
  • 53 Sarcastic syllable
  • 54 Easy as pie
  • 58 One of the Jacksons
  • 60 Run circles around
  • 61 Plays a didgeridoo, maybe
  • 62 22-, 35-, and 47-Across, e.g.?
  • 63 Name in current events?
  • 1 Fix up, as a house
  • 2 Rachmaninoff's first opera
  • 3 Wonderland resident
  • 4 "The Sword in the Stone" Madam
  • 5 World War II machine
  • 6 Not the big picture
  • 7 "2001: A Space Odyssey" villain
  • 8 Woodworking tool
  • 9 "Science Friday" distributor : Abbr.
  • 10 Fats and waxes
  • 11 Access
  • 12 Biathlete's gear
  • 13 Unselfish act on the diamond
  • 15 Get off milk
  • 20 Alternative to electric, often
  • 23 Slippery fish
  • 24 Great Barrier ____
  • 25 Lady's undergarment
  • 26 All : Prefix
  • 29 Highs
  • 30 "You'll ___ the day!"
  • 31 Skirmish
  • 32 Compound word commonly shortened to either half
  • 33 Cable for a PC
  • 34 They're not lax at LAX
  • 36 Sch. attended by Jackie Robinson
  • 37 Magnetic metal
  • 38 One might paint it red
  • 39 No ice, no water
  • 43 Villain played by Jim Carrey
  • 44 Cyrillic letter
  • 45 Marcos with many shoes
  • 46 Smashing Pumpkins single
  • 47 Waffle House offering
  • 48 Actor Montand
  • 49 Stratum
  • 50 Wipe away
  • 51 Pacific vacation spot
  • 54 Cheerleader's accessory
  • 55 Alab. neighbor
  • 56 Sugarhill Gang genre
  • 57 Winding turn
  • 59 One in a two-piece