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New York Times, Saturday, October 6, 2007

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : German city where Napoleon defeated the Prussians
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
101021720
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.6129085%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {GQ} This is puzzle # 120 for Mr. Quigley. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 87%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/6/7 ( No. 21,151 )
Across
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Blockbuster alternative : NETFLIX
8
Material for drainage lines : PVCPIPE
15
Just as anyone can be : FAIREST
16
What some bombs release : AEROSOL
17
Early filmmaking brothers Auguste and Louis ___ : LUMIERE
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What a cause might turn into : CRUSADE
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Noted 1915 West Point grad. : DDE
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Bond type whose first purchaser was F.D.R. : SERIESE
22
Atkins diet no-no : BUN
23
"No god but God" author ___ Aslan : REZA
25
___ Malfoy, bully in Harry Potter books : DRACO
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German city where Napoleon defeated the Prussians : JENA
27
States : AVOWS
29
Org. with a Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs : AMA
30
Pitch problems? : BALKS
31
May day events, perhaps : FINALS
33
Big name in coffee makers : BRAUN
35
Ruffles : TEESOFF
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"Oh, I give up!" : SCREWIT
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Rot : HOOEY
43
Minus sign equivalent : ENDASH
44
Fractional currency : SCRIP
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A sucker, for short : VAC
49
Layered dessert : TORTE
50
Reunion gatherers : CLAN
51
Apollo's birthplace : DELOS
53
Be reminiscent of : ECHO
54
Part of "the many," in Greek : HOI
55
Scull part : OARLOCK
57
Printed : RAN
58
Noted Art Deco building in the Big Apple, with "the" : WALDORF
60
Dinar spender : KUWAITI
62
Some : ACOUPLE
63
1962 hit with the lyric "Like the samba sound, my heart begins to pound" : ESOBESO
64
Shop tool with pulleys : BANDSAW
65
Has at a spread : DINESON
Down
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Annual sports event with seven rounds : NFLDRAFT
2
Brandy : EAUDEVIE
3
Mountain, e.g. : TIMEZONE
4
What many workers look forward to: Abbr. : FRI
5
Refuse : LEES
6
"The East ___" (1960s Chinese anthem) : ISRED
7
Nissan model : XTERRA
8
Track warm-up leaders : PACECARS
9
Back of a leaf : VERSO
10
"Red, White & ___" (2005 rock album) : CRUE
11
On the plus side?: Abbr. : POS
12
Deadly 2003 hurricane that hit North Carolina : ISABEL
13
It's far from a metropolis : PODUNK
14
Figure skater Sokolova and others : ELENAS
21
Foot type : IAMB
24
Totally covered by : AWASHIN
26
Miss No-Name : JANEDOE
28
Relative of a cutter : SLOOP
30
Black, say : BURNT
32
Hub NW of LAX : SFO
34
Buddy, in slang : ACE
36
Plant used as an herbal remedy for headaches : FEVERFEW
38
Rallying slogans : WARCRIES
39
"Who'd a thunk it?!" : ISTHATSO
40
Paper that calls itself "America's Finest News Source" : THEONION
42
Dialectal contraction : YALL
44
Brokerage giant : SCHWAB
45
Zoological cavity : CLOACA
46
Criticize harshly and repeatedly : RAILON
48
Like some books : COOKED
51
Friend of Porky : DARLA
52
"Pardon me," in Parma : SCUSI
55
Dropping sound : OOPS
56
Tae ___ do : KWON
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Bomb not bursting in air? : DUD
61
Bart Simpson's grandpa : ABE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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