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New York Times, Saturday, December 8, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Across : Simple
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {GJQXZ} This is puzzle # 151 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 36%
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© 2001, The New York Times12/8/1 ( No. 19,023 )
Across
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Spiral : CORKSCREW
10
Clobber : TROMP
15
Be that as it may : ATANYRATE
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Beginning of a conclusion : HENCE
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Slightly built-up : SEMIRURAL
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Slew : OCEAN
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Developer's reference : PLAT
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Donkey follower : DEMOCRAT
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High peak : ALP
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See : BISHOPRIC
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Good vantage point : ROOF
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Noted caravel : PINTA
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Film no. : ASA
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"M" star, 1931 : LORRE
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Stiff drink : BRACER
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Guarded : ENSURED
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Crate : CLUNKER
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Pleases, with "to" : CATERS
40
Perjurer's admission : ILIED
41
Street sign abbr. : CIR
42
Composer Dohnányi et al. : ERNOS
44
Dog star : ASTA
48
1920's-30's lawman : ELIOTNESS
51
Like some signals, for short : UHF
52
Crabs : KVETCHES
54
Person who's a zero?: Abbr. : OPER
55
Lead : STEER
57
Simple : EASYASPIE
59
Bread and butter, e.g. : NOUNS
60
Conserved : SPENTLESS
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Slip : LAPSE
62
Starts : SETSFORTH
Down
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Former Defense Secretary Weinberger : CASPAR
2
Opera with the soprano aria "Ave Maria" : OTELLO
3
New York/New Jersey's ___ Mountains : RAMAPO
4
Come together : KNIT
5
Its monetary unit is the pound: Abbr. : SYR
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Rubbish : CRUD
7
Quite an oddity : RAREBIRD
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Plain weave fabric : ETAMINE
9
Game report : WELOST
10
Utter, briefly : THORO
11
News segment : RECAP
12
Narrow : ONETRACK
13
Co. that bought Motown in 1988 : MCA
14
Cooler : PEN
21
French town or its product : CHABLIS
24
Shrink rap? : ISEE
25
Mystery writer who created Dr. Gideon Fell : CARR
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Drawing device : FLUE
28
Show : PRESENT
31
1949 Peace Prize winner Lord John Boyd ___ : ORR
33
Way of France : RUE
34
Q ___ : ANDA
35
Look, at the Forum? : ECCE
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Catch, and how! : NAIL
37
Start : STRIKEUP
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Like the teeth of many combs : CLOSESET
40
Fit : INSHAPE
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It's a relief : RECESS
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Kind of party : SUPPER
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Believer : THEIST
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Over : AFRESH
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Places for racks : OVENS
50
Not going on : TERSE
53
O.E.D. listings : SYNS
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Karl Johans Gate is its main thoroughfare : OSLO
55
Inits. in comedy : SNL
56
___ man : TOA
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Treasury Dept. division : ATF

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

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