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New York Times, Saturday, December 27, 2003

Author:
Adam Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Slangy hypothetical
TotalDebutLatest
1912/22/19982/11/2011
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Adam Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JWZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Cohen. Saturday freshness: 53%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/27/3 ( No. 19,772 )
Across
1
What lions and lambs rarely do : COHABIT
8
Secretly : ONTHEQT
15
Green shade : AVOCADO
16
Busy : BAROQUE
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Common allergen : PETHAIR
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Name meaning "God is with us" : EMANUEL
19
Mathematician who was the subject of "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" : ERDOS
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Edd's "77 Sunset Strip" co-star : EFREM
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Yerkes Center inhabitant : APE
23
"Bye now" : CIAO
24
Aerospace transmitter : TIROS
25
1960's-70's soul record label : STAX
26
Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Month : OCT
27
Taken in : EATEN
28
Slangy hypothetical : SPOSE
29
Cobalt : DEEPBLUE
31
Bow and others : CLARAS
32
It's set on the far right : SOUPSPOON
34
Tons : OCEANS
37
Herbal stress reliever : KAVAKAVA
41
Satanic : NASTY
42
Cute Valentine : KAREN
43
___ in Quebec : QAS
44
Otolaryngolo-gists, for short : ENTS
45
Instrument heard on "Within You Without You" : SITAR
46
Willa Cather's "One of ___" : OURS
47
Fr. martyress, maybe : STE
48
Blue supergiant known as Alpha Cygni : DENEB
49
San Diego tourist attraction : SHAMU
50
Haberdashery purchases : TIEPINS
52
Wife of Nero : OCTAVIA
54
Collectively : ENMASSE
55
Un-p.c. activity : LEERING
56
Opener : PASSKEY
57
1950's Mouseketeer : ANNETTE
Down
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House style : CAPECOD
2
Drink order : OVERICE
3
Much-anticipated social event : HOTDATE
4
It may initiate a blessing : ACHOO
5
Farm calls : BAAS
6
First name in tyranny : IDI
7
Cut a rug : TOREITUP
8
Shakespearean king : OBERON
9
Directory contents : NAMES
10
Tube alternative : TRAM
11
Sweets : HON
12
Dividing line : EQUATOR
13
"What's shaking?" : QUEPASA
14
Pre-Internet communications : TELEXES
21
Rink event : FREESKATE
24
Bone just above the foot : TALUS
25
Paddle : SPANK
27
Carving medium : EBONY
28
"McSorley's Bar" painter : SLOAN
30
Jr. year events : PSATS
31
Spy's need : COVER
33
It has a mathematical focus : PARABOLA
34
Lively ballroom dance : ONESTEP
35
Bar : CANTINA
36
Reveres : ESTEEMS
38
Caraway-flavored liquor : AQUAVIT
39
Coyote, to a sheep rancher : VARMINT
40
Quiet : ASSUAGE
42
Grafton sleuth ___ Millhone : KINSEY
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It may be common : SENSE
46
Orchard Field, after 1949 : OHARE
48
It's committed to memory : DISK
49
British gun : STEN
51
___ de bourrée (ballet movement) : PAS
53
Long time: Abbr. : CEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later.

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