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New York Times, Saturday, March 11, 2006

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Plagues, with "at"
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 47%
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Q
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U
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I
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P
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O
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G
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T
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A
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S
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M
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A
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Y
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R
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K
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S
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L
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D
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C
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V
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R
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N
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C
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V
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J
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G
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C
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F
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C
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B
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© 2006, The New York Times3/11/6 ( No. 20,577 )
Across
1
Fair trade : QUIDPROQUO
11
Words with "move on" or "life" : GETA
15
Baby shower : ULTRASOUND
16
Draft choices? : OXEN
17
Spaghetti sauce slogan : ITSINTHERE
18
Actively trading : OPEN
19
Through : VIA
20
Its highest possible score is 180: Abbr. : LSAT
21
Inflict upon : DOTO
22
Many are trained in childbirth: Abbr. : EMTS
24
Slugger Williams and others : MATTS
25
Looking frightened : ASHY
26
It was uncommon at the Forum : RARA
27
Way to direct a helm : ALEE
28
They might offer support in prayer : KNEES
29
Unité politique : ETAT
30
Ready for mounting : SADDLED
32
Characterize : DEPICT
34
"The nerve!" : INEVER
38
Love, e.g. : NOSCORE
42
First of a noted trio : VENI
43
First name in 19th-century outlawry : JESSE
46
Grandson of Leah : ONAN
47
Philadelphia's Franklin ___: Abbr. : INST
48
Asian au pair : AMAH
49
Plagues, with "at" : GNAWS
50
"Breezy" star, 1973 : LENZ
51
Ram home? : COTE
52
Pituitary hormone : ACTH
53
Historic Thor Heyerdahl craft : RAI
54
Little Thief, for one : OTOE
55
Snubbed person's comeback : SEEIFICARE
59
Kids' TV character with a thick unibrow : BERT
60
Wipes out : ERADICATES
61
Goddess who wed her brother : ISIS
62
Physical component : STRESSTEST
Down
1
Shook : QUIVERED
2
Last : ULTIMATE
3
Heads-up cry : ITSATRAP
4
Abbr. after Sen. Jack Reed's name : DRI
5
Label a bomb, perhaps : PAN
6
Letter run : RST
7
"So-o-o sexy!" : OOHLALA
8
Searched a trail, as a dog : QUESTED
9
Like some advertised films : UNRATED
10
"The Country Girl" playwright : ODETS
11
Sides in an age-old battle : GOODANDEVIL
12
Smoke out : EXPOSE
13
Go from 0 to 20 in three years? : TEETHE
14
Gets to : ANNOYS
23
Luxury items for a king or queen : SATINSHEETS
24
Pair from a deck, maybe : MASTS
28
Knowledge : KEN
31
Property lawyers' concerns : LIENS
33
Iowa college since 1851 : COE
35
More than look up to : VENERATE
36
Catches : ENSNARES
37
Superlatively swank : RITZIEST
39
Music critic's assignment : CONCERT
40
Raising Cain : ONATEAR
41
Whip material : RAWHIDE
43
Star of the 1976 miniseries "I, Claudius" : JACOBI
44
Cries too easily, say : EMOTES
45
Zen enlightenment : SATORI
49
Some cause laughter : GASES
56
Hi-___ : FIS
57
Suffix with robot : ICS
58
Habitual scratcher : CAT

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

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