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New York Times, Friday, April 27, 2007

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : Insects that walk on water
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQUXYZ} Spans: 2 Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 90 for Mr. Ross. Friday freshness: 73%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/27/7 ( No. 20,989 )
Across
1
Training session : WORKSHOP
9
Rain forest denizens : OKAPIS
15
Opportunity for a radio talk show caller : OPENLINE
16
Rock's Dee Dee, Joey, Johnny or Marky : RAMONE
17
Got going after a crash : REBOOTED
18
2006 World Cup runner-up : FRANCE
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Sign before a crossing : DRAWBRIDGEAHEAD
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2000 film "Billy ___" : ELLIOT
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Author of "Oedipus at Colonus" : SOPHOCLES
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Many a quarter back? : EAGLE
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On point : APROPOS
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Took on : TACKLED
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Reagan adviser Michael : DEAVER
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Do well : THRIVE
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Figures above a line : ADDENDS
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Covered (for) : STOODIN
40
Alexander and others : TSARS
41
What gradeability is a measure of : STEEPNESS
43
Memory imprint : ENGRAM
45
Resort town northwest of Naples : SARASOTASPRINGS
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Having little talent for : POORAT
55
Type of salad dressing : CATALINA
56
Before the deadline : INTIME
57
When many Veterans Day ceremonies are scheduled : ELEVENAM
58
Like fourth-down yardage : NEEDED
59
Insects that walk on water : STRIDERS
Down
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Promise : WORD
2
Abbr. to the right of a star : OPER
3
Hart family sitcom : REBA
4
Have in one's head : KNOW
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Person with no hang-ups? : SLOB
6
Billboard listing : HITRECORD
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Hollywood's Ed and Jennifer : ONEILLS
8
Hawk : PEDDLE
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Monteverdi opera : ORFEO
10
Block splitter : KARATECHOP
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Mother's helper in Madras : AMAH
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Corn ___ : PONE
13
Temple of the Sun worshiper : INCA
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Bracket position : SEED
20
Long and short of it : GIST
22
Surprise visitor to Israel in 1977 : SADAT
23
Many Molly Ivins writings : OPEDS
24
Label in a Lauren Weisberger title : PRADA
25
Protect, in a way, with "over" : HOVER
26
Magical in : OPENSESAME
28
Highest point on the Ohio & Erie Canal : AKRON
29
Smooth move : GLIDE
30
Weekend wear : LEVIS
31
Garden spots : EDENS
34
Trying person : ATTEMPTER
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U.S.A.F. rank : SSGT
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Condiment in gourmet cooking : SEASALT
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Copies, in a way : TRACES
44
In the public eye : NOTED
45
D.J.'s offering, informally : SPIN
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Dynamite : AONE
47
Memory work : ROTE
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Like most of Mongolia : ARID
49
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
50
___'Orléans, Québec : ILED
51
Musical based on a Fellini film : NINE
52
Growl : GNAR
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___ Club : SAMS

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

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