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New York Times, Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Author:
Samuel A. Donaldson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : Heroine in Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers"
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Samuel A. Donaldson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Donaldson. Wednesday freshness: 98%
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P
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O
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P
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L
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E
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A
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M
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F
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G
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J
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J
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A
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B
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K
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G
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L
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C
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O
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X
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W
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R
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A
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J
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B
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L
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W
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J
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A
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© 2010, The New York Times11/10/10 ( No. 22,282 )
Across
1
The old man : POPS
5
Bare minimum : LEAST
10
Arias, e.g. : SOLI
14
"Thirteen" actress ___ Rachel Wood : EVAN
15
Ob/gyn test : AMNIO
16
Eliot Ness and cohorts : TMEN
17
"anyone lived in a pretty how town" poet : EECUMMINGS
19
Manassas fighters : REBS
20
Modular, as a home : PREFAB
21
Author better known as Saki : HHMUNRO
23
Fakes, as figures : FUDGES
26
Whopper topper : ONION
27
"Star Trek" director, 2009 : JJABRAMS
30
"The Thrill Is Gone" bluesman : BBKING
31
"Bad, bad" Brown of song : LEROY
32
Banking nos. : ACCTS
34
Cameo gem : ONYX
35
Juice box go-with : STRAW
36
Big Indian : RAJA
40
Animals in a Western herd : BISON
41
Neighbor of Chad : NIGER
42
Big name in mail order : LLBEAN
46
"The Monkey's Paw" author : WWJACOBS
48
Heroine in Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" : LEILA
49
Not real : PSEUDO
50
Creator of Eeyore : AAMILNE
52
One of a winter pair : MITTEN
56
Some med. scans : MRIS
57
2007 A.L. Cy Young winner : CCSABATHIA
60
Years, in Rome : ANNI
61
"___ dead!" (worried teen's words) : IAMSO
62
Srs.' lobby : AARP
63
Cookbook instruction : STIR
64
Grid play starters : SNAPS
65
___' Pea : SWEE
Down
1
Slightest sound : PEEP
2
No longer disturbed by : OVER
3
Eight minutes/mile in a marathon is a good one : PACE
4
Ornamental tobacco holder : SNUFFBOX
5
Letter resembling an inverted "V" : LAMBDA
6
___ Group ("big four" record co.) : EMI
7
One of Heart's Wilson sisters : ANN
8
Heaved sounds : SIGHS
9
Brit's "Baloney!" : TOSH
10
"The Elements of Style" co-author : STRUNK
11
Subtitle of 1978's "Damien" : OMENII
12
Former Cavalier James : LEBRON
13
How Broadway characters may break out : INSONG
18
TV host Povich : MAURY
22
Crowds around : MOBS
24
Hurdles for M.B.A. hopefuls : GMATS
25
Third-party accounts : ESCROWS
27
"Selena" star, familiarly : JLO
28
Aniston, in tabloids : JEN
29
Suffix with vision : ARY
30
"Incidentally," to texters : BTW
33
Eager kids' query to parents : CANWE
35
Ugly as ___ : SIN
36
Ravioli fillings : RICOTTAS
37
Back in time : AGO
38
Brother of W. : JEB
39
"___ Poetica" : ARS
40
Jezebel's god : BAAL
41
Gymnast Comaneci : NADIA
42
Andean wool sources : LLAMAS
43
Found out, British-style : LEARNT
44
Fountain of Youth site, it's said : BIMINI
45
"L'___ d'Amore" (Donizetti opera) : ELISIR
47
747 and Airbus A380, as jets go : JUMBOS
49
Praline nut : PECAN
51
CBS military drama : NCIS
53
Warming trend : THAW
54
Limerick's land : EIRE
55
Target of a rabbit punch : NAPE
58
Wee, to Burns : SMA
59
Cleopatra biter : ASP

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

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