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New York Times, Thursday, November 29, 2007

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Thumb locale: Abbr.
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 30 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 156 for Ms. Gorski. Thursday freshness: 89%
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AMEN
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C
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O
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R
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N
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E
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R
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S
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C
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A
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M
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AMEN
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T
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H
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O
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O
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H
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A
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M
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U
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O
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T
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M
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R
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T
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M
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L
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B
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D
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P
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C
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AMEN
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AMEN
© 2007, The New York Times11/29/7 ( No. 21,205 )
Across
1
Parts of churches appropriate to this puzzle : AMENCORNERS
9
TV news crew : CAMERAMEN
15
Decks : TOPSIDES
16
Put up : HOUSED
17
Really bizarre : OUTTHERE
18
Loads : ONUSES
19
Angular opening? : TRI
20
Follower of Max or Paul? : INE
21
Ones with cool jobs? : ICEMEN
22
Veronica of "Hill Street Blues" : HAMEL
24
Frenzied : AMOK
26
"Do ___ others ..." : UNTO
28
Petri dish gel : AGAR
29
Touch up, as text : EDIT
30
Italian leaders : DUCES
31
Quick change artist? : TELLER
33
Pal : MATE
35
Sounds of ambivalence : ERS
36
Consequence : ENDRESULT
39
Roast V.I.P.'s : MCS
42
Old Testament book: Abbr. : DEUT
43
Winter Olympics event : SLALOM
47
"Midnight Cowboy" role : RATSO
49
Thumb locale: Abbr. : MICH
51
Rice-A-___ : RONI
52
Computer once with an egg-shaped design : IMAC
53
City south of Delray Beach, for short : BOCA
54
Carpenter's pin : DOWEL
55
It ends with something found four times in this puzzle : PRAYER
57
Sales rep's assignment: Abbr. : RTE
59
Month before juin : MAI
60
Writer Rushdie : SALMAN
61
Graphic in a business report : PIECHART
63
Rare play : TRIPLE
64
Bach's Brandenburgs, e.g. : CONCERTI
65
Factor in a hotel rating : AMENITIES
66
Egyptian royal : TUTANKHAMEN
Down
1
"You sure said it!" : AMENTOTHAT
2
"Be brave!" : COURAGE
3
Best : OPTIMAL
4
Alphabet trio : RST
5
It meant nothing to Nero : NIHIL
6
Fall place : EDEN
7
Like favorite books, often : REREAD
8
Reno-to-L.A. dir. : SSE
9
Wood block for holding an object steady : CHOCK
10
Primo : AONE
11
Roomy dress : MUUMUU
12
Perfume : ESSENCE
13
Type in, as lost data : REENTER
14
Adds to or subtracts from : AMENDS
21
Smidgens : IOTAS
23
First name in mysteries : ERLE
25
Imitative : MIMETIC
27
C.I.A. forerunner : OSS
29
Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
30
Hollow : DELL
32
Prefix with spore : ENDO
34
Sitting spot : TUSH
37
Buzz : RUMOR
38
Hawaiian root : TARO
39
Dr.'s order : MRI
40
Trattoria order : CAMPARI
41
Twinkly, in a way : STARLIT
44
D, for one : LOWMARK
45
Where "Thy will" will be done, in part : ONEARTH
46
Citizen soldiers : MILITIAMEN
48
Trattoria order : SCAMPI
50
Tony winner for "Sweeney Todd," 1979 : CARIOU
53
Edvard ___, Czech president and patriot : BENES
54
Label of Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" : DECCA
56
Setting for many episodes of TV's "Gilmore Girls" : YALE
58
Roomy dress : TENT
60
Filament holder : STAMEN
61
Polling abbr. : PCT
62
Mother ___ : HEN

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

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