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New York Times, Saturday, April 2, 2005

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Shooter
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQW} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 96%
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© 2005, The New York Times4/2/5 ( No. 20,234 )
Across
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Computer programs that sequence print jobs : SPOOLERS
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Give, as a topic for discussion, in newscaster lingo : TOSSTO
15
Part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act concerned with employment discrimination : TITLEVII
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Crackerjack : SUPERB
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Foreign instigators? : ANTIGENS
18
Ballet stars, familiarly : PRIMAS
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Dumpster-dives : SCAVENGES
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Store opening time : NINE
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Retreats : HAVENS
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School org. : NEA
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It may be high on weekends : MASS
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Spar : YARD
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Stands : SOAPBOXES
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Planes provide it : AIRSERVICE
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Foisting (off) : FOBBING
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Record producers : ARRESTS
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Without fail : UNERRINGLY
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Eliminates funding for : ZEROESOUT
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Shyness? : LACK
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"Thérèse Raquin" novelist : ZOLA
44
Lizard, old-style : EFT
45
Shooter : CAMERA
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Friend of Guinevere, in "The Idylls of the King" : ENID
48
Blueprint : FLOORPLAN
50
Foiled : DONEIN
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Completely covering : ENCASING
54
Noted Paris-based org. : UNESCO
55
Jerks : SCHMUCKS
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Having more sauce : PERTER
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Doesn't get hung up on : SEESPAST
Down
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Store that's hard to find : STASH
2
Laffit ___ Jr., thoroughbred racing's winningest jockey : PINCAY
3
In music, a full interval higher or lower than written : OTTAVA
4
Fat guy in shorts : OLIVER
5
Map part : LEGEND
6
The odds are against them : EVENS
7
Sumo venue : RING
8
Assent of the Andes : SISENOR
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Equal amt. : TSP
10
"___ Love" (Tommy Dorsey #1 hit) : OUR
11
Balletic basketball maneuver : SPINMOVE
12
One of a pair in an ellipse : SEMIAXIS
13
Cut across : TRANSECT
14
Gets hung up : OBSESSES
20
Evaporation product : SEASALT
24
Little talent? : APERY
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"Good night, Chet," "Good night, David," e.g. : SIGNOFF
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Winter cry : BRR
29
Pastis flavor : ANISE
30
Blurred : FUZZEDUP
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Tête-à-tête : ONEONONE
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Inventor of the gramophone : BERLINER
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In the ___ sense : BROADEST
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Feeling of frustration : IRE
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Yellow : GUTLESS
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N.F.L. team that featured the Fearsome Foursome : LARAMS
40
Intensifies, in slang : AMPSUP
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Popular car model starting 1971 : CELICA
42
"Christmas With the ___" (2004 film) : KRANKS
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Car, in Caracas : COCHE
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Unsettledness : ANGST
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Years back : ONCE
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Something found in a sheet : ICE
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Scand. land : NOR

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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