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New York Times, Saturday, March 19, 2005

Author:
Jim Hyres
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Head of the old Metro Pictures
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Jim Hyres

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {KQX} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Hyres. Saturday freshness: 85%
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© 2005, The New York Times3/19/5 ( No. 20,220 )
Across
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Monopoly property : BALTIC
7
Bawls out, slangily : STRAFES
14
Egypt's Tell el-___ : AMARNA
15
Dixon of the Mason-Dixon line : JEREMIAH
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Travelocity heading : HOTELS
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"That sounds about right" : IGUESSSO
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Fans circulate in them : ARENAS
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Goes here and there : GADS
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Message from M.L.K. Jr. : SER
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How someone 5-Down behaves : MINDLESSLY
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Visibility reducer : MIST
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Wall Street inits. : ASE
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Fields : AREAS
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Salsa singer Cruz : CELIA
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Avg. : STD
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Head of the old Metro Pictures : LOEW
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Soprano Shade : ELLEN
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They heat up your food : JALAPENOS
32
"Oliver ___" (2003-04 sitcom) : BEENE
34
Family members, affectionately : UNCS
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MSN, e.g. : ISP
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Like many students at school : BUSED
39
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Smith : OZZIE
40
Prefix with realism : NEO
41
Prince of opera : IGOR
42
Good for a 26-Down : RAZORSHARP
44
Truck part : CAB
45
Do some logrolling : BIRL
46
Home with a wide overhang : CHALET
47
New York City mayor after John Lindsay : ABEBEAME
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Weather influencer : LANINA
50
Leopard spots, e.g. : ROSETTES
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Plane, e.g. : EVENER
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Kind of algebra : BOOLEAN
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Leave : DESERT
Down
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British Commonwealth member in the Americas : BAHAMAS
2
Writer about love : AMORIST
3
Got dark : LATENED
4
Where things are headed : TREND
5
See 21-Across : INLALALAND
6
Potluck contribution : CASSEROLE
7
"Blume in Love" star and others : SEGALS
8
Jerry Marcus comic strip : TRUDY
9
Children's author Ennis ___ : REES
10
Pro-___ : AMS
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Able to be split : FISSILE
12
Starts gently : EASESIN
13
Nantucket sound? : SHORTA
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Easy Christmas gifts to identify before unwrapping : JIGSAWPUZZLES
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___ movie : SEEA
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Where TV's Flo waitressed : MELS
26
See 42-Across : CLOSESHAVE
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Surrounded : ENCIRCLED
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Raspberry : JEER
31
Carmaker Ferrari : ENZO
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Nightmare cause : BUGABOO
33
1962 pop hit with a foreign title : ESOBESO
35
Congaing, e.g. : INALINE
36
Less stressed : SERENER
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Breakfast bite : POPTART
38
Acid reducer, briefly : BICARB
39
Some strokers : OARMEN
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Neck ringer : RIATA
43
Hose manufacturer : HANES
45
Animal, in Arles : BETE
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Unit of power ratio : BEL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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