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New York Times, Friday, November 19, 2010

Author:
Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : Tops at the dinner table?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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21.5522358%
Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Fleming. Friday freshness: 60%
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© 2010, The New York Times11/19/10 ( No. 22,291 )
Across
1
Locals make them often : STOPS
6
Pic : FOTO
10
___ pros. (court record abbr.) : NOL
13
Actress Roberts : TANYA
14
Bridge unit : IBAR
15
Nixon pal Rebozo : BEBE
16
It's high when it's red : ALERT
17
Stage part : ROLE
18
At sea : LOST
19
1980s-'90s women's magazine : LEARS
20
Rockies rangers : ELKS
21
Períodos de 52 semanas : ANOS
22
"Moses" novelist : ASCH
23
Setting for a roaster : DAIS
24
Massage locale : SCALP
25
Start a scrap : GETITON
27
Enjoyed a British tradition : TOOKTEA
29
Lemon on a baseball field : CHET
30
Tops at the dinner table? : OUTEATS
31
Heat sources : STOVES
34
Barbers : STYLES
35
Legislation station? : CAPITOL
37
Done to ___ : ATEE
38
Did as suggested in a Gershwin musical? : ATECAKE
39
Relatives of 20-Across : REDDEER
43
Spring times : LENTS
44
One who might have an original imitation : APER
46
Heavyweights face off in it : SUMO
47
Crab Key villain of book and film : DRNO
48
Ciliary body setting : UVEA
49
Locale shrouded in mystery? : TURIN
50
Bodily channel : ITER
51
Basis : GERM
52
Joined : ASONE
53
Digging for dirt? : NOSY
54
Succotash bit : LIMA
55
Place for a small flag : LAPEL
56
Some racecars : GTS
57
Police dept. figure : INSP
58
Ones being shot at : ENEMY
Down
1
Compound used in wartime : STALAG
2
"A Writer's Life" autobiographer, 2006 : TALESE
3
Like Sartre's "No Exit" : ONEACT
4
Win offset by losses : PYRRHICVICTORY
5
Their scores may be on transcripts : SATS
6
Colonial stinger : FIREANT
7
Old Greek coins : OBOLI
8
Gets on the phone, say : TALKSTO
9
They're often lying in beds : ORES
10
Kind of ward : NEONATAL
11
Superseded : OBSOLETE
12
Doesn't challenge : LETSPASS
15
A state symbol of Maryland : BLACKEYEDSUSAN
23
Neither nails it nor blows it : DOESOK
24
In one's cups : SOTTED
26
Trig symbols : THETAS
28
Dispossession : OUSTER
31
Very hot : SCALDING
32
Deep-fried mouthful : TATERTOT
33
Transparency : OPENNESS
36
Not excise : LEAVEIN
37
Tour guide? : AREAMAP
40
Grand tour setting : EUROPE
41
2009 Grammy winner for "Relapse" : EMINEM
42
Miss America host after Bert Parks : RONELY
45
Salon jobs : PERMS
48
Aptly named hybrid : UGLI
49
Something to weave : TALE

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

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