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New York Times, Saturday, January 26, 2008

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Toughens
TotalDebutLatest
325/6/20036/18/2010
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Tracey. Saturday freshness: 79%
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© 2008, The New York Times1/26/8 ( No. 21,263 )
Across
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Cash cache, often : COOKIEJAR
10
No surprise outcomes : NORMS
15
Happy : OPPORTUNE
16
Liner threat, once : UBOAT
17
Well again : RECOVERED
18
Spanish table wine : RIOJA
19
"Isaac's Storm" author Larson : ERIK
20
Player of the Queen Mother in "The Queen," 2006 : SYMS
21
Determined to execute : SETON
22
Wanton type : SATYR
24
Please, to Pachelbel : BITTE
26
Shout across the Seine? : CRI
27
Green vehicle : ECOCAR
29
They don't stay hot for very long : FADS
30
It's prohibited by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 : JUNKFAX
34
Vitamin A : RETINOL
36
Toughens : ENURES
37
Kind of party : PAJAMA
38
General equivalent : ADMIRAL
40
"New York City Rhythm" singer : MANILOW
41
Bills : NEBS
42
"Turandot" composer Ferruccio ___ : BUSONI
44
Sr.'s test : GRE
45
Dad's rival : BARQS
46
Iranian filmmaker Kiarostami : ABBAS
51
Weasley family's owl, in Harry Potter books : ERROL
53
Breaking sticks : CUES
55
Minnelli of Broadway : LIZA
56
Biblical woman who renamed herself Mara : NAOMI
57
What kids might roll down : HILLSIDES
59
Old lab items akin to Bunsen burners : ETNAS
60
Darkroom equipment : ENLARGERS
61
Cold weather : TEENS
62
Blues guitarist Vaughan : STEVIERAY
Down
1
They're seedy : CORES
2
Glass work : OPERA
3
Ibid. relative : OPCIT
4
Crackpot : KOOKY
5
Hip-hop producer Gotti : IRV
6
"Vous ___ ici" : ETES
7
Peer group setting? : JURYBOX
8
Peaked : ANEMIC
9
Dwarf, maybe : REDSTAR
10
Ill-prepared worker? : NURSE
11
Drama honor : OBIE
12
Potential canine saver : ROOTCANAL
13
Personal manager : MAJORDOMO
14
Playwright/painter Wyspianski : STANISLAW
23
Direct : REFER
25
Mine shaft tool : TREPAN
28
Honeydew alternative : CASABA
29
The Yasawa Islands are part of it : FIJI
30
"The Thief's Journal" author : JEANGENET
31
Review unfairly, maybe : UNDERRATE
32
Tops : NUMBERONE
33
Cheryl's "Charlie's Angels" role : KRIS
35
___ Raymonde, player of Alex Rousseau on "Lost" : TANIA
39
Reels : LURCHES
40
Light white wine : MOSELLE
43
Look askance : SQUINT
45
Rapture : BLISS
47
Six-time Grammy winner Mary J. ___ : BLIGE
48
Patient one : BIDER
49
Hyundai sedan : AZERA
50
Fresh : SASSY
52
It has an exclave on the Strait of Hormuz : OMAN
54
Pomeranian or Dalmatian : SLAV
58
Asian honorific : SRI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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