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New York Times, Saturday, November 23, 2013

Author:
Frederick J. Healy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Board game with black and white stones
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Frederick J. Healy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QWY} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Healy. Saturday freshness: 85%
Will Shortz notes:
My favorite entries here are JUJITSU, JAZZ AGE, TAKE AIM, NEAT IDEA, HANG TIME, GUESS SO, FAST CAR, BLITZEN, and ZANZIBAR. That's a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Excellent use of snazzy 7's today. When I was a kid, the letter J fascinated me, and anyone named Jeff was immediately interesting. ... read more
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J
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U
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J
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T
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J
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A
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Z
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Z
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A
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G
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S
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T
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K
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B
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L
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D
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F
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V
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D
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F
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Z
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F
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I
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B
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H
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M
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A
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P
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C
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X
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B
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B
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© 2013, The New York Times11/23/13 ( No. 23,391 )
Across
1
It includes pinning and throwing : JUJITSU
8
"Chicago" setting : JAZZAGE
15
Rapture : ELATION
16
Skyrocket : SHOOTUP
17
Prepare to pull the trigger : TAKEAIM
18
Couple seen at a baby shower : BOOTEES
19
Hard knocks : SLAMS
20
It might hold up a holdup : ALARM
22
Reason for a semiannual shift: Abbr. : DST
23
Skunk and such : FURS
24
Star in Virgo : SPICA
25
Aid in getting a grip : VISE
26
Check spec. : AMT
27
Abyss : DEPTH
28
Modern Persian : FARSI
29
"That's clever!" : NEATIDEA
31
California's ___ Sea (rift lake) : SALTON
32
Got a 41-Across on : ACED
33
Billy who played the Phantom in "The Phantom" : ZANE
34
Person with small inventions : FIBBER
37
Slam dunk stat : HANGTIME
41
Benchmark mark : APLUS
42
They have seats : PANTS
43
Crew's director : COX
44
"Que ___-je?" ("What do I know?": Fr.) : SAIS
45
"The Great Caruso" title role player : LANZA
46
Perpetual 10-year-old of TV : BART
47
Wile E. Coyote buy : TNT
48
Too, to Thérèse : AUSSI
49
Board game with black and white stones : PENTE
50
Pupil of Pissarro : CEZANNE
52
Like many laptop cameras : BUILTIN
54
First name among Italian explorers : AMERIGO
55
With ramifications : ATACOST
56
Galls : RANKLES
57
Does some farrier's work on : RESHOES
Down
1
One feeling 15-Across after Super Bowl III : JETSFAN
2
Title name written "on the door of this legended tomb," in poetry : ULALUME
3
Home of Southeast Asia's largest mosque : JAKARTA
4
News briefs : ITEMS
5
Colombian kinfolk : TIAS
6
"___ see" : SOI
7
Like the human genome, before the 1990s : UNMAPPED
8
"St. John Passion" composer : JSBACH
9
Now, to Nicolás : AHORA
10
Choice for a long shot : ZOOM
11
Sound in the comic "B.C." : ZOT
12
Groveled : ATEDIRT
13
Tepid consent : GUESSSO
14
Sitcom pal of Barbarino and Horshack : EPSTEIN
21
Grammy-nominated Ford : LITA
24
No-yeast feast : SEDER
25
Parking meeter? : VALET
27
Cuts up : DICES
28
Adder's defense : FANGS
30
They're off-limits: Var. : TABUS
31
Pole star? : SANTA
33
Its main island is Unguja : ZANZIBAR
34
Asset in a drag contest : FASTCAR
35
Whence a girl who's "like a samba," in song : IPANEMA
36
Member of 31-Down's team : BLITZEN
37
Geiger of Geiger counter fame : HANS
38
"You're not the only one!" : ICANTOO
39
Recess for a joint : MORTISE
40
Reaches : EXTENTS
42
Leisurely strolls : PASEOS
45
It's often parried : LUNGE
46
Impolite interruption : BELCH
48
Indigo source : ANIL
49
Spinal cord surrounders : PIAS
51
Rescue vessel? : ARK
53
Relative of Aztec : UTE

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