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New York Times, Friday, February 16, 2007

Author:
Charles Barasch
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Bound
TotalDebutLatest
62/16/20045/24/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.552774%
Charles Barasch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QWX} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Barasch. Friday freshness: 88%
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© 2007, The New York Times2/16/7 ( No. 20,919 )
Across
1
Bristly : SETOSE
7
Sports anchor's offering : RECAP
12
Henry Clay's estate in Lexington, Ky. : ASHLAND
14
1997 Michael Douglas film : THEGAME
16
Unexplained phenomena : STRANGEGOINGSON
18
Quai d'Orsay setting : SEINE
19
Possible sentence in the slammer : FIVETOTEN
20
Unfriendly : ILL
21
Whom Pocahontas married : ROLFE
23
U.K. award : OBE
24
"___ and Louis" (1956 duet album) : ELLA
26
It doesn't stay in for long : PASSINGFAD
30
Like silhouettes, typically : REARLIT
32
Subject to debate : MOOT
33
1950's-90's singer called "The High Priestess of Soul" : SIMONE
34
Ones forging : SMITHS
36
Congregation location : NAVE
37
Finish a hole : PUTTOUT
39
There are no plans for this : JAMSESSION
43
18-Across feeder : AUBE
44
"Of course!" : AHA
45
Footballer Haynes : ABNER
47
Former state: Abbr. : SSR
48
Some misses : SENORITAS
52
On the other hand : AGAIN
54
Classic 1894 swashbuckler, with "The" : PRISONEROFZENDA
56
Bound : ENLACED
57
Satisfied customer's request : REORDER
58
Send another invitation : REASK
59
Sharp : DRESSY
Down
1
Relatively smart : SASSIER
2
George's mother on "Seinfeld" and others : ESTELLES
3
HBO showing of 1975 : THRILLAINMANILA
4
1937 Oscar role for Luise Rainer : OLAN
5
Less likely to lose it : SANER
6
College dept. : ENG
7
Torn : RENT
8
Kellogg's brand : EGGO
9
Epic achievement? : CASTOFTHOUSANDS
10
Blob : AMOEBA
11
Put down : PENNED
13
Let down : DEFLATE
14
Carroll creatures : TOVES
15
Scoot : HIE
17
Some PC image files : GIFS
22
Conjectures : OPINES
25
Two-time A.L. home run champ Tony : ARMAS
27
Exempt : IMMUNE
28
"___ can't be!" : NOIT
29
Stevie Wonder's "___ Have You" : GOTTA
31
Something often fallen out of : LOVE
34
Supporter : SPONSOR
35
Falls off : SUBSIDES
38
Threefold : TERNARY
39
The "blood" in bloodstone : JASPER
40
Brian of "Juarez," 1939 : AHERNE
41
Full : SATED
42
Bridge piece : IBAR
46
Close cutter : RAZOR
49
Cub bearers, in Spain : OSAS
50
Swing alternative : ROCK
51
Glass finish : INE
53
"The Cotton Club" star : GERE
55
Put paper into : FED

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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