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New York Times, Friday, April 24, 2009

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Like a relatively minor fire
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Silk. Friday freshness: 92%
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T
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A
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G
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G
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E
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D
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Z
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M
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W
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Y
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L
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W
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S
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R
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J
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T
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H
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M
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W
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M
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D
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L
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© 2009, The New York Times4/24/9 ( No. 21,717 )
Across
1
Now out ... or "it" : TAGGED
7
Its flag features an image of a stone-carved bird : ZIMBABWE
15
Weightlifting set : SQUATS
16
Like a relatively minor fire : ONEALARM
17
Like olde shoppes : QUAINT
18
Running : ONTHELAM
19
Kings Peak's range : UINTA
20
Jambalayas : OLIOS
21
Inconclusive result : TIE
22
"Regrettably ..." : ALAS
23
___-Car : ECONO
24
1984 perfect game pitcher Mike : WITT
25
Rapper ___-A-Che : RIC
26
Texas county named for a Civil War general, with its seat in Longview : GREGG
27
Millionaire's plaything : YACHT
28
Carrier of very destructive cargo : ENOLAGAY
30
Cooking vessel : WOK
31
One may be held in court : SESSION
32
Pair of elephants? : BIGEARS
36
Aviator's concern: Abbr. : ALT
37
"L.A. Law" Golden Globe winner : SUSANDEY
38
Reducer of pier pressure? : JETTY
41
U.R.L. opener indicating an additional layer of encryption : HTTPS
42
45, e.g.: Abbr. : RPM
43
Mineralogist's sample set : ORES
44
Toadlike : WARTY
45
Vault : LEAP
46
"Nightly she sings on ___ pomegranate-tree": Juliet : YON
47
Phenomena associated with some dwarfs : NOVAE
48
Way up state? : MANIA
49
Succeed somehow : FINDAWAY
51
Studio occupant, say : TENANT
52
The Anteaters of the Big West Conf. : UCIRVINE
53
What wisdom outweighs, according to Sophocles : WEALTH
54
Not too long ago : LASTYEAR
55
Too punctilious : PRISSY
Down
1
Drafting aids : TSQUARES
2
Hooked, as a nose : AQUILINE
3
Residents of dry, open country in South America : GUANACOS
4
Ways to go : GAITS
5
European smoker : ETNA
6
Reason to do a 2 a.m. shift : DST
7
Alfred Kinsey's field : ZOOLOGY
8
It has top and bottom parts : INNING
9
"Join the club" : METOO
10
Cross words : BAHS
11
Yard sale? : ALE
12
Like Old Prussian : BALTIC
13
Spirit : WRAITH
14
Daniel Decatur ___, minstrel who wrote "Dixie" : EMMETT
20
Big drink : OCEAN
23
Plant problem : ERGOT
24
Reanimate : WAKEN
26
In a 38-Down way : GAILY
27
Gym classes : YOGAS
29
Hurdles for future D.A.'s : LSATS
30
Not solid : WISPY
32
Home of the World Museum of Mining : BUTTE
33
They're located above the kidneys : ADRENALS
34
Does some home maintenance : REPAINTS
35
What some cards express : SYMPATHY
37
Lost soul : STRAYER
38
Transported : JOYFUL
39
It was first publicly performed in Vienna in 1805 : EROICA
40
Racketeer's pastime? : TENNIS
41
Plaza de la Revolución locale : HAVANA
44
"Unbelievable!" : WOWIE
45
___ City, Hawaii : LANAI
47
Sub group : NAVY
48
Physics Nobelist Simon van der ___ : MEER
50
Richard Gere title role of 2000 : DRT
51
Local govt. unit : TWP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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