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New York Times, Thursday, October 9, 2008

Author:
Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Russian Literature Nobelist Ivan
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Peterson. Thursday freshness: 72%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/9/8 ( No. 21,520 )
Across
1
Rock band with the triple-platinum album "High Voltage" : ACDC
5
Direct sales giant : AMWAY
10
Ins. plan : HMO
13
Something sold in half sizes : SHOE
14
Restraints : CURBS
15
Orange Free State settler : BOER
16
Broken out, in a way : PIMPLY
17
Liqueur flavoring : ANISE
18
Constellation with a music-related name : LYRA
19
Effects seen down the road : LONGTERMIMPACT
22
Be stingy with : SKIMPON
25
Large container : BIN
26
Hollywood's Davis : OSSIE
27
___ fat : TRANS
28
Type on a computer : ENTER
30
Peace of mind : EASE
31
Bed problem : SAG
32
Frame jobs : SETUPS
37
TV series that's now a film franchise : MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE
40
Chargers : STEEDS
41
Wall St. takeover : LBO
42
Faun, in part : GOAT
43
Peak performance? : YODEL
45
Call into question : IMPEACH
46
Sought-after object : GRAIL
50
Big inits. in records : EMI
51
Popular Art Deco prints : ERTES
52
Mischief-makers (you'll find seven of them in the answer grid) : LITTLEDEVILS
55
Spear : IMPALE
56
Russian Literature Nobelist Ivan : BUNIN
57
Darned spot, often : HEEL
61
Poetry ___ : SLAM
62
Follow, as a tip : ACTON
63
Sauce maker : RAGU
64
Scrabble 1-pointer : ESS
65
Offering a stark choice : YESNO
66
Spontaneous skits : IMPROV
Down
1
Venom source : ASP
2
Curious George, for one : CHIMP
3
Can. or Aust. money : DOL
4
Like some black tea : CEYLONESE
5
Open ___ of worms : ACAN
6
Legume used to produce sprouts : MUNGBEAN
7
Quills, sometimes : WRITINGIMPLEMENTS
8
Out : ABSENT
9
Nieuwpoort's river : YSER
10
Big East basketball powerhouse : HOYAS
11
Polite Parisian's response : MERCI
12
Deliver a stemwinder : ORATE
15
Sights at many football games : BLIMPS
20
Clip-___ : ONS
21
Customs : MORES
22
Sap sites : STEMS
23
Banded snake : KRAIT
24
Deadlock : IMPASSE
29
Petro-Canada competitor : ESSO
31
Passable : SOSO
33
Seafood cocktail ingredient : TIGERSHRIMP
34
Destroyer hunter : UBOAT
35
Almost win : PLACE
36
Green and Rogen of comedies : SETHS
38
Tennyson work : IDYLL
39
Nowhereness : OBLIVION
44
Figure out : DEDUCE
45
Drive forward : IMPEL
46
See for a second : GLIMPSE
47
Muscat money : RIALS
48
Rockefeller Center figure : ATLAS
49
List unit : ITEM
53
Web site with PowerSellers : EBAY
54
___ time : INNO
58
Plug's place : EAR
59
Immodesty : EGO
60
Verb on valentine candy : LUV

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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