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New York Times, Friday, February 10, 2012

Author:
Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
7-Across : Impossible dream
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
929/1/20037/8/20166
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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014301438
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {VZ} This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. Silk. This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Wilber. Friday freshness: 80%
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© 2012, The New York Times2/10/12 ( No. 22,739 )
Across
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Like eaters of humble pie : SHAMED
7
Impossible dream : CHIMERA
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Clichéd company claim : WECARE
15
Surveilled, say : SHADOWED
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Onetime pickling liquid : ALEGAR
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Pumpkin is rich in it : CAROTENE
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Party makeup? : POLITICALDNA
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Abbr. accompanying some dotted notes : STAC
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Urban planting favorite : GINKGO
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Half the time?: Abbr. : AMS
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Makes less edgy : BLUNTS
27
A weather strip may fit into it : TSLOT
29
Only Englishman named a Dr. of the Church : STBEDE
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Tony's "Taras Bulba" co-star, 1962 : YUL
34
Maneuver : PLOY
35
Reckon : TOTALUP
37
Producer of a blowout, maybe : POTHOLE
39
Danny DeVito's "Throw Momma From the Train" role : OWEN
40
Clock stopper, at times : REF
42
Good dogs for pulling loads : AKITAS
43
Most negligible : LEAST
45
Expect : PLANON
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Winged ___ : ELM
48
Cobble, perhaps : RESOLE
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More, in ads : XTRA
54
Maker of fabrics with intricate designs : JACQUARDLOOM
56
Tryst figure : PARAMOUR
59
Running quarterly, for short? : COINOP
60
A 40-Across will watch for it : FAIRPLAY
61
C3H8, e.g. : ALKANE
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Like some words and swords : CROSSED
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Reacted to a punch : REELED
Down
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Alternatives to sales : SWAPS
2
Spartan toiler : HELOT
3
___ Express : ACELA
4
What Jack got in exchange for a cow, in a children's story : MAGICBEANS
5
Form of "sum" : ERAT
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Proper : DERIGUEUR
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Attributes (to) : CHALKSUP
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Grand entrance? : HARDG
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Retort of contradiction : IDONOT
10
Longtime Dodgers coach Manny : MOTA
11
Feta milk source : EWE
12
"Footloose" hero McCormack : REN
13
Ending for AriZona flavors : ADE
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Hardly abundant : SCANTY
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N.L. Central city : CIN
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Divvy up : ALLOT
23
Cabbage : MOOLA
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Ocular irritants : STYES
26
"Bad" cholesterol, briefly : LDL
28
Inscrutable : SPHINXLIKE
29
Tiptoed, say : STOLE
30
Spa handout : TOWEL
31
Subs : BTEAM
33
Body shop offering : LOANERCAR
36
Cheerleading outfit? : PEPSQUAD
38
A 40-Across may call it : TKO
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Like many bakers' hands : FLOURY
44
Walks heavily : TRAMPS
46
Resembling : ALA
49
Collège, e.g. : ECOLE
51
Like the Navajo language : TONAL
52
ABC's Arledge : ROONE
53
Full of adrenaline : AMPED
54
Shocks : JARS
55
World's largest fruit company : DOLE
56
One-striper, briefly : PFC
57
Swiss stream : AAR
58
Spanish stream : RIO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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