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New York Times, Friday, February 17, 2012

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Across : It's gradually shrinking in the Arctic
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Livengood. Friday freshness: 69%
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© 2012, The New York Times2/17/12 ( No. 22,746 )
Across
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Stud, say : BABEMAGNET
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Court defendant: Abbr. : RESP
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He played Don Altobello in "The Godfather Part III" : ELIWALLACH
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Fair : EXPO
17
Side effect? : AFTERTASTE
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Hillbilly's plug : CHAW
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More, to a 37-Down : MAS
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Eric of "Funny People," 2009 : BANA
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It's gradually shrinking in the Arctic : SEAICE
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Lost traction : SLID
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One punched in an office : STAPLER
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Kitchen dusting aid : SIFTER
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Admirable person : CLASSACT
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They might be left hanging : CHADS
30
Not pussyfooting : BLUNT
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1990s Indian P.M. : RAO
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"Youth With a Skull" painter : HALS
33
Didn't use a high enough 45-Across, maybe : FRIED
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Carpenter's groove : DADO
35
Some E.M.T. cases : ODS
36
They stand for things : NOUNS
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Kind of nut : BETEL
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Evenly matched : ONETOONE
40
Employees at a ritzy hotel : VALETS
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Is routed by : LOSESTO
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Whiff : HINT
43
Hand holder? : MITTEN
44
Grain, e.g. : FEED
45
Ray blockage no. : SPF
48
Month whose zodiac sign is a fish : ADAR
49
"Lady Baltimore" novelist, 1906 : OWENWISTER
52
Prefix with 3-Down : TERA
53
"It'll be O.K." lead-in : THERETHERE
54
Tummy filler : EATS
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"Whoa, not so fast!" : EASYDOESIT
Down
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Appear thrilled : BEAM
2
Two before Charlie : ALFA
3
Computing 0s and 1s : BITS
4
Milk source : EWE
5
Sense, slangily : MARBLES
6
Aquila's brightest star : ALTAIR
7
Secretive body part : GLAND
8
Mariner's grp. : NASA
9
Outer: Prefix : ECT
10
Postapocalyptic best seller of 1978 : THESTAND
11
Wraps up : RECAPS
12
Send : EXHILARATE
13
Flighty type : SPACECADET
14
Drills, e.g. : POWERTOOLS
22
League division : EAST
23
Criteria: Abbr. : STDS
24
Veers sharply : SLUES
25
Friend one grows up with, often : SCHOOLMATE
26
"News to me!" : IHADNOIDEA
27
Reason for a track delay : FALSESTART
28
"Faded Love" singer, 1963 : CLINE
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Film with the tagline "Borat was so 2006" : BRUNO
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Where following a star might lead you : FOOTNOTE
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Shoulder press target, briefly : DELT
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It's in front of the cockpit : NOSE
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South-of-the-border bad guy : BANDITO
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Colorful additions to tanks : TETRAS
40
Beheld : VIEWED
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Name in seven Shakespeare titles : HENRY
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Charges from counsel : FEES
45
They may be prayed to in Fr. : STES
46
Graceful fairy : PERI
47
Part of a long neck : FRET
50
"Huh?" : WHA
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"___ being Brand" (Cummings poem) : SHE

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

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