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New York Times, Saturday, March 14, 2009

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Drawer
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 70%
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J
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F
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K
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P
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L
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A
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Z
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A
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T
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A
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X
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P
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R
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O
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A
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D
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M
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D
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T
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B
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A
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S
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D
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L
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S
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C
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F
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L
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E
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C
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A
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N
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G
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M
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S
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V
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E
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S
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I
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D
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E
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H
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S
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W
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I
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R
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H
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Y
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L
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L
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M
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R
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R
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D
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C
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K
© 2009, The New York Times3/14/9 ( No. 21,676 )
Across
1
Park near Philly's City Hall, site of the LOVE statue : JFKPLAZA
9
One might help you on your return : TAXTIP
15
Drawer : ELICITOR
16
"Ciao!" : IMGONE
17
Fazing : RATTLING
18
Not easily understood : OPAQUE
19
John Wayne's L.A. alma mater : USC
20
Sticky paint resins : ALKYDS
22
Sierra Club founder : MUIR
23
Alewife's relative : SHAD
25
Prefix with facsimile : TELE
26
A root crop : BEETS
27
Picked styles? : AFROS
29
Prepares with hot seasoning : DEVILS
31
Fine threads : LISLES
33
Put out : SORE
34
Grey Cup sports org. : CFL
37
Bedtime stories? : EROTICA
39
River surrounding Navy Island : NIAGARA
41
Head word : MEN
42
Reliever's triumph : SAVE
44
1925 trial name : SCOPES
45
Confirmation to a busboy : IMDONE
47
"Das Glasperlenspiel" novelist : HESSE
48
Some pens : SWANS
51
With no apparent purpose : IDLY
53
Arnsberg is on it : RUHR
54
One of two that make one : HALF
55
Gas pump option : PREPAY
57
Had no catching up to do : LED
58
Secret area of anatomy? : AXILLA
60
Sari-clad royal : MAHARANI
62
Do a pit job : REFUEL
63
Cuts off : ISOLATES
64
N.C.A.A. rival of George Mason : DREXEL
65
1966 hit for the Capitols : COOLJERK
Down
1
It was captured by British forces in 1917 : JERUSALEM
2
Result of a combustion explosion : FLASHFIRE
3
Eponym of a national forest in New Mexico : KITCARSON
4
Election figure: Abbr. : PCT
5
With 59-Down, Rudolph Valentino's "Blood and Sand" co-star : LILA
6
Pitching a bit : ATILT
7
Totally beat : ZONKED
8
Pair of diamonds? : ARGYLES
9
Reunión attendees : TIOS
10
Performance piece? : AMP
11
Skateboarders compete in them : XGAMES
12
Alternative to a pillbox : TOQUE
13
Anorak wearer : INUIT
14
They're on the same level : PEERS
21
Dartmoor setting : DEVON
24
One isn't sharp : DOLT
26
It'll help you lighten up : BLEACH
28
They're the fault of faults : SEISMS
30
One of Tennessee's state symbols : IRIS
32
Lot : SCAD
34
Enclosed in a case, as seeds : CAPSULATE
35
Toning skin lotion : FRESHENER
36
Passé video store offering : LASERDISK
38
To have, in Tours : AVOIR
40
It may follow convention : GOER
43
Not foreign : ENDEMIC
45
Opposite of exodus : INFLUX
46
Texas's westernmost county : ELPASO
48
Dig find : SHARD
49
Polish person? : WAXER
50
Part of some biography titles : ALIFE
52
Bumpkin : YAHOO
55
Dark cover : PALL
56
Dixieland group? : YALL
59
See 5-Down : LEE
61
Period in Indian history : RAJ

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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