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New York Times, Friday, December 19, 2008

Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Blooming period
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
407/17/200710/5/202410
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
812521012
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
471.6128367%
Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QW} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Last. Friday freshness: 26%
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B
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I
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R
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D
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B
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A
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N
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X
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T
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R
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A
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I
M
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Y
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R
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G
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D
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J
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C
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A
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A
F
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M
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K
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M
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O
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N
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G
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A
C
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M
A
Y
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B
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R
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H
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R
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A
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S
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D
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C
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P
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© 2008, The New York Times12/19/8 ( No. 21,591 )
Across
1
Ding-dong : BIRDBRAIN
10
Remarkably, in commercialese : XTRA
14
Exuberant cry from Pinocchio : IMAREALBOY
16
React angrily : ROAR
17
Hit video game series launched in 2005 : GUITARHERO
18
Minor area? : ASIA
19
Option for seeing the sites quickly, for short : DSL
20
Hammering away at : REITERATING
22
Basher ___, one of the eleven in "Ocean's Eleven" : TARR
23
Networks, e.g. : AIRERS
24
Third book of the Book of Mormon : JACOB
27
Like a baby's bottom, often : TALCED
29
In a state of entanglement : AFOUL
30
Annual honoree: Abbr. : MLK
31
Precursor to 41-Across : MONO
35
It's often hard to maintain under pressure : GRACE
36
Blooming period : MAY
37
"Da Ali G Show" persona : BORAT
38
Longtime Delaware senator William : ROTH
39
Unpopular singer : RAT
40
Parry : AVERT
41
Successor of 31-Across : STEREO
44
Club with a big ball : DISCO
45
Alternative bookstore section : OCCULT
47
Lead, for one : ROLE
49
Russian's neighbor : AZERBAIJANI
51
Lummox : APE
54
Showed respect, in a way : ROSE
55
Flood : INUNDATION
57
Table center piece? : ANTE
58
Wind instrument Down Under : DIDGERIDOO
59
Bop : BEAN
60
Reacts to a big buffet : SEESSTARS
Down
1
Cowboy's home, informally : BIGD
2
ABC Radio host : IMUS
3
Alternative to air : RAIL
4
Sullivan Travis, in a 2000 film title : DRT
5
Not too awful : BEARABLE
6
More enticing to a philatelist, say : RARER
7
Wynton Marsalis's first trumpet was a gift from him : ALHIRT
8
Response of disbelief : IBET
9
Response to a disbeliever : NOREALLY
10
Work with raw material? : XRATEDMOVIE
11
Quaint note opener : TOSIR
12
They may pound the pavement : RAINS
13
"She's ___ doll" (4 Seasons lyric) : ARAG
15
Of whom Hamlet said "He hath borne me on his back a thousand times" : YORICK
21
Be altered? : ARE
22
Common A.T.M. feature : TOUCHSCREEN
24
Five-time N.H.L. scoring leader of the 1990s-'00s : JAGR
25
Its locks are tight : AFRO
26
Snow on the ground, say : COAT
28
"___ should keep himself to himself": "Treasure Island" : AMATE
32
They may hold the lead : ORES
33
One looking for a deal? : NARC
34
Nobel-winning physicist Stern : OTTO
36
Some people like them dirty : MARTINIS
37
Those who aren't super dupers? : BADLIARS
39
Put down anew : RELAID
42
Hot ___ : TUB
43
Like goldfish : ORANGE
45
Gas with a penetrating odor : OZONE
46
Sports basket : CESTA
48
Waves on l'océan : ONDES
49
Desert mount : ARAB
50
Law with many parts : JUDE
51
Musical that opens with "Every Story Is a Love Story" : AIDA
52
Description of 15-Down : POOR
53
Fourth book of the Book of Mormon : ENOS
56
Start of an exchange : TIT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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