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New York Times, Friday, March 2, 2007

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Like some church matters
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
361.5223969%
Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQW} This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Berlin. Friday freshness: 34%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/2/7 ( No. 20,933 )
Across
1
Waylay : ACCOST
7
Object of ailurophobia : CAT
10
Penny : pound :: ___ : krone : ORE
13
Bug's midsection : SHORTU
14
"Hollywood Homicide" actress, 2003 : OLIN
15
Box to check on a form : SEX
16
TV show that earned Jane Wyman a Golden Globe : FALCONCREST
18
Protestant denom. : BAP
19
Handy thing to know?: Abbr. : ASL
20
Like some church matters : LAICAL
21
List heading : TODO
22
Try : STAB
24
Band components : SNAREDRUMS
26
Polo of "Meet the Fockers" : TERI
27
Archaeological handle : ANSA
28
Out of this world : EERIE
29
The Oscars, e.g. : GALA
31
What two zeroes after a dot may mean : NOCENTS
33
1978-80 F.B.I. sting that forced a U.S. senator to resign : ABSCAM
35
Big bills : CNOTES
36
Green shade : AVOCADO
37
First name in architecture : EERO
38
One not pure of heart : HATER
39
Boss for agents Youngfellow and Rossi : NESS
41
Object of a scout's search : PASS
45
Alcohol-laced cookie : BRANDYSNAP
47
Blue prints? : SMUT
48
Play bit : LINE
49
"Willow Song" opera : OTELLO
51
Cost : ARE
52
Here, over there : ICI
53
Common and cheap : ADIMEADOZEN
55
French pronoun : SES
56
Certain asst. : SECY
57
Snap out of it : COMETO
58
Bygone flier : SST
59
Animal with a white rump : ELK
60
Destroys : ERASES
Down
1
Equally quick : ASFAST
2
Pure : CHASTE
3
Arrest : COLLAR
4
Dungeons & Dragons beast : ORC
5
Adaptable aircraft : STOL
6
Sandwich filler : TUNASALAD
7
End-of-season event : CLEARANCESALE
8
It divides people : AISLE
9
"We know drama" sloganeer : TNT
10
Rocker with the 1981 triple-platinum album "Diary of a Madman" : OSBOURNE
11
Signs back in : READMITS
12
Some "60 Minutes" pieces : EXPOSES
14
Ocean threats : ORCAS
17
Dessert garnish : CINNAMONSTICK
21
Dangers for paragliders : TREETOPS
23
Hoo-ha : BIGSCENE
25
Ornamentation : DECOR
30
"What ___!" : ACARD
32
It's to the left of a dot : ONESPLACE
33
Misers' feelings : AVARICES
34
Plant supervisor? : BOTANIST
36
Words of contentment : AHBLISS
40
Other side : ENEMY
42
Floors : AMAZES
43
France's F.B.I., formerly : SURETE
44
Some assistants : STENOS
46
Tyrolean refrain : YODEL
50
Must, say : ODOR
53
Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
54
Medical suffix : OMA

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

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