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New York Times, Saturday, February 20, 2010

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : Energy converters of a sort
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVWX} This is puzzle # 55 for Ms. Gamache. Saturday freshness: 85%
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© 2010, The New York Times2/20/10 ( No. 22,019 )
Across
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Product with a secret sauce : BIGMAC
7
Muff : MISSTEP
14
Pitcher's charge : ADRATE
15
Like many student jobs : PARTTIME
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"___ in bloody thoughts, but not in blood": Richard III : NEARER
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Like the drummer for rock's Def Leppard, amazingly : ONEARMED
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First Japanese infielder to sign with a major-league team, familiarly : KAZMATSUI
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Naja naja, familiarly : COBRA
21
Writer of the 1950 Tony-winning play "The Cocktail Party" : ELIOT
22
Letter after Juliet in a phonetic alphabet : KILO
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___ Éireann (Irish legislative assembly) : DAIL
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Ran-tan : RIOT
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Energy converters of a sort : SOLARCELLS
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Bourbon and others: Abbr. : STS
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Certain suckling : FOAL
30
Note from one who's shy : IOU
31
Exposure warning? : YOURFLYISOPEN
36
Catchy thing? : NET
37
Some bushes, for short : FROS
38
I.M. not sent through AOL? : PEI
40
Alcohol or drugs, it's said : ROADTORUIN
44
See 1-Down : LIEN
45
Be-all and end-all : ACME
46
"___ doch!" (German reply) : NEIN
47
Emasculates : GELDS
48
___ Zagora, Bulgaria : STARA
50
2008 Olympics sensation : USAINBOLT
52
Heat : HANDGUNS
54
Model for Machiavelli's "The Prince" : BORGIA
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Person making a check mark? : ENDORSEE
56
Come (to) : AMOUNT
57
Nereus and Proteus : SEAGODS
58
Bridge problem : RENEGE
Down
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With 44-Across, it may lead to a seizure : BANKERS
2
Perfection : IDEALITY
3
Elegantly, to Brahms : GRAZIOSO
4
Burrower with a bushy tail : MARMOT
5
Bugged : ATEAT
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Superior court writ: Abbr. : CERT
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The Pearl of the Orient : MANILA
8
Extreme soreness : IRE
9
Disconnected, in music: Abbr. : STAC
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Approached purposefully : STRODEUP
11
Kettledrum : TIMBAL
12
"The Essence of ___," Food Network show : EMERIL
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Goes by foot, in a way : PEDALS
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Chardonnay from Burgundy : POUILLYFUISSE
19
Copenhagen alternative : SKOAL
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Prayer : ORISON
26
Liking romantically : SOFTON
27
Talks romantically : COOS
29
Neck piece : FRET
32
Cartoon hero with a blue cape : UNDERDOG
33
___ Spalko, Indiana Jones villainess : IRINA
34
Words after "The end" : EPILOGUE
35
Some provocation : NEEDLING
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Tuition classification : INSTATE
40
Breakouts : RASHES
41
___ rating : OCTANE
42
"Finding ___," 2008 comedy : AMANDA
43
Participates in a class action : REUNES
44
James of the court : LEBRON
47
Diminutive chthonic figure : GNOME
49
Prefix with biology : AGRO
51
Building piece : IBAR
53
Foreign exchange abbr. : USD

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

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