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New York Times, Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Author:
James R. Leeds
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Made square
TotalDebutLatest
810/3/19962/15/2009
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1021400
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.554460%
James R. Leeds

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Leeds. Wednesday freshness: 72%
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© 2005, The New York Times12/14/5 ( No. 20,490 )
Across
1
Tear open : UNRIP
6
Made like : APED
10
Take on : HIRE
14
Composer Camille Saint-___ : SAENS
15
Farming community, e.g. : RURALAREA
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Legal matter : RES
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"Uh-oh" : OOPS
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Still in the game : ALIVE
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Averse to : DOWNON
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Made square : EVENED
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Embryonic sac : AMNION
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It may be rounded up in a roundup : STEER
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Iona athletes : GAELS
30
Postage purchase : COIL
31
End of another actor's line, maybe : CUE
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W. Hemisphere group : OAS
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A deadly sin : ENVY
40
Tilter's tool : LANCE
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In accord (with) : ATONE
43
Lewd : WANTON
44
Stiff : WOODEN
47
It may be drawn : PISTOL
48
Quaking tree : ASPEN
49
NBC's "My Name Is ___" : EARL
51
Figs. : NOS
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Elementary particles : NEUTRINOS
58
Go leisurely : MOSEY
59
Wool caps : TAMS
60
Night fliers : BATS
61
Jenny Lind, e.g. : SWEDE
Down
1
SALT party : USSR
2
Goya masterwork, with "The" : NAKEDMAJA
3
They make sense : REASONERS
4
Abbr. on a bank statement : INT
5
Tire letters : PSI
6
It's inert : ARGON
7
Heart, essentially : PUMP
8
Big times : ERAS
9
"Dapper" one : DAN
10
Semi, e.g. : HAULER
11
Monte of Cooperstown : IRVIN
12
One of Chaucer's pilgrims : REEVE
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Like some seals : EARED
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Split : LEAVE
18
Eight bells : NOON
23
Bit of trickery : WILE
24
___ Parker : NOSY
25
They're caught in pots : EELS
26
Soil: Prefix : AGRO
27
Work out : SOLVE
28
Sizable : TIDY
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Hockey's ___ Smythe Trophy : CONN
31
Asian cuisine : CANTONESE
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Plain : UNCOLORED
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Barbara who played a TV genie : EDEN
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It's inert : NEON
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"Gil ___" : BLAS
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Go ballistic : RANT
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Pros : ADEPTS
42
Lowish voice : TENOR
43
Uncontrolled : WILD
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"It ___ me!" : WASNT
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"The Verdict" actor, 1982 : OSHEA
46
It may be found in a den : OPIUM
47
Reporter's badge : PRESS
49
Italy's Mt. ___ : ETNA
50
On ___ streak (winning) : AHOT
52
Eye woe : STYE
54
Not be entirely truthful : FIB
55
Type widths : EMS
56
Scatter : SOW

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

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