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New York Times, Saturday, December 24, 2005

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Apt. specs
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FQWZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 76%
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© 2005, The New York Times12/24/5 ( No. 20,500 )
Across
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1906 novel that helped produce widespread social reforms : THEJUNGLE
10
Certain League members : ARABS
15
Troubling : VEXATIOUS
16
Canon rival : RICOH
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Post production? : GRAPENUTS
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Ellen who won three Emmys between 1973 and 1976 : CORBY
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Fit : ABLE
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Thousands, slangily : GEES
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Old intelligence org. : OSS
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Part of a modern soldier's address : MIL
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Floor exercise, in Britain : PRESSUP
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Chiropterologist's interest : BAT
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Gloomy thistle-eater of children's lit : EEYORE
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French writer who coined the phrase "Facts are stubborn things" : LESAGE
32
Hinge of a palindrome : MIDDLELETTER
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Henry Higgins and others : MALECHAUVINISTS
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Demonizing, with "of" : THINKINGEVIL
40
First ___ (title for Napoleon) : CONSUL
41
"I'm dying, Egypt, dying" speaker : ANTONY
45
Word of support : AYE
46
Chromium use : PLATING
50
It has some crust : PIE
51
Apt. specs : RMS
52
Gob : SCAD
53
First star ever photographed, 1850 : VEGA
54
They greet each other by pressing their noses together : MAORI
57
Scrapbook fodder : CLIPPINGS
60
Needle holders : ETUIS
61
Nobelist who proposed a League of Peace : ROOSEVELT
62
Can : LETGO
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Ends of the earth : ANTIPODES
Down
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It may be blacked out : TVGAME
2
Bug with red and blue stripes : HERBIE
3
Germany to Russia, in W.W. II : EXALLY
4
Joke : JAPE
5
Endangered Great Basin language : UTE
6
"The Four-Chambered Heart" novelist : NIN
7
Soak : GOUGE
8
Pegbox holders : LUTES
9
Some driving tests : ESSES
10
Cissoid segment : ARC
11
Blanco or Negro : RIO
12
Ones seeking steady work? : ACROBATS
13
Star of two of 1990's top 15 Nielsen-rated shows : BOBSAGET
14
Ambulance chasers : SHYSTERS
21
Heavyweight champ, 1882-92 : SULLIVAN
24
Raise attentively : PRICKUP
25
Prairie region in Kansas rich in gypsum and iron : REDHILLS
26
Pounding, in a way : PEENING
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Auspices : OMENS
31
Relative of an avocet : STILT
33
Degree in martial arts : DAN
34
Schlep : LUG
35
Christmas ___ : EVE
36
Where Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal : MTCARMEL
37
Salty hail : AHOYMATE
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Hits hard, to no effect : LINESOUT
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Spread out : OPENED
43
Pettifog : NIGGLE
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Froth producers : YEASTS
47
Capital served by Kotoka International Airport : ACCRA
48
Clutch performer? : TALON
49
Dip : IDIOT
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Lively, on scores : VIVO
55
Shell asset : RIG
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Metric prefix : ISO
58
23rd of 24 letters : PSI
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Vinegar : PEP

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

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