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New York Times, Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Across : Pageant wear
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
677/21/20059/4/201922
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
14661417118
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
261.5930243%
Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KX} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Blindauer. Wednesday freshness: 31%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/24/7 ( No. 21,169 )
Across
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7-Up flavor : LIME
5
Easter serving : LAMB
9
Funny ones : RIOTS
14
"Just ___!" : ASEC
15
Succulent plant : ALOE
16
Clinker : ERROR
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Locker room supply : TALC
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*Solid ground : TERRAFIRMA
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*You should have the body : HABEASCORPUS
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Online currency : ECASH
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Catches in the act : NABS
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Pro at balancing : CPA
27
Big pet food brand : IAMS
30
Pageant wear : SASHES
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Erica who wrote "Any Woman's Blues" : JONG
35
Bottom of a lily : BULB
38
Bank rights : LIENS
39
Schoenberg's "Moses und ___" : ARON
40
*From the beginning : ABOVO
42
Gray-brown goose : NENE
43
"The Taming of the Shrew" setting : PADUA
45
Sport whose name means "gentle way" : JUDO
46
Formerly, once : ERST
47
Kind of number : ATOMIC
49
7'1" N.B.A. star, informally : SHAQ
51
Pince-___ : NEZ
52
Shout to a team, maybe : MUSH
55
Fall colors : RUSTS
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*The die is cast : ALEAIACTAEST
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*Always the same : SEMPERIDEM
65
"Warm" : NEAR
66
They're rather pointless : EPEES
67
"Camelot" actor Franco : NERO
68
Other, in the barrio : OTRA
69
Charges : WARDS
70
Innovative 1982 Disney film : TRON
71
Like a busybody : NOSY
Down
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Wood-turning tool : LATHE
2
Stern that bows : ISAAC
3
Nellie of opera : MELBA
4
*Behold the proof : ECCESIGNUM
5
Back muscles, for short : LATS
6
"The Black Stallion" boy : ALEC
7
Idiot : MORON
8
He said "Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting" : BERRA
9
Turndown : REFUSAL
10
Van Gogh floral subject : IRIS
11
Bobby of Boston : ORR
12
Male cat : TOM
13
Title in S. Amer. : SRA
19
Getaway alerts, for short : APBS
21
Cry before "It's you!" : AHA
24
All alternative : CHEER
25
___ Grove, N.J. : PENNS
26
Money in the bank, e.g. : ASSET
28
Part of a C.E.O.'s résumé : MBA
29
Topic: Abbr. : SUBJ
31
*Without which not : SINEQUANON
32
Black lacquer : JAPAN
33
Filibuster, in a way : ORATE
34
Alertness aid : NODOZ
36
Bud's comedy sidekick : LOU
37
Briefs, briefly : BVDS
41
"Isn't that beautiful?!" : OOH
44
Lacking purpose : AIMLESS
48
Round dance official : CUER
50
Gallery display : ART
53
Canonized figure : SAINT
54
One who's not "it" : HIDER
56
Look after : SEETO
57
Some Peters : TSARS
58
Homeless animal : STRAY
59
Mimicked : APED
60
Pertaining to flying : AERO
61
"Follow me!" : CMON
62
Leave in stitches? : SEW
63
Air quality org. : EPA
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Debussy's "La ___" : MER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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