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New York Times, Friday, April 9, 2010

Author:
Ned White
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : Second-century year
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
251/16/20109/11/20191
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1206259
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.5814176%
Ned White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {PVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. White. Friday freshness: 72%
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J
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A
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S
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M
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I
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N
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E
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T
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E
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A
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S
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G
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T
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S
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S
Q
U
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D
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L
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W
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W
A
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B
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K
R
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A
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S
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C
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K
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R
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Y
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A
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B
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H
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E
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F
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D
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A
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A
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T
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U
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S
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C
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A
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B
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A
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S
O
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A
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D
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O
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A
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S
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T
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D
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S
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G
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A
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R
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I
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D
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D
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L
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R
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C
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M
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T
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A
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T
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C
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S
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© 2010, The New York Times4/9/10 ( No. 22,067 )
Across
1
Flower-scented refresher : JASMINETEA
11
P.D. personnel : SGTS
15
Flimflam's antithesis : SQUAREDEAL
16
Drink in a sippy cup : WAWA
17
Longtime battler of the Mongols : BUCKROGERS
18
Antony's love : AMOR
19
It flows through Knottingley : AIRE
20
Chicago Sting's org. : NASL
21
Writer who created Shrek : STEIG
22
Court figure : CLERK
24
Word with pain or treatment : ROYAL
26
Support at the top? : BRA
27
Pain : HASSLE
29
They utilize high bands : FMRADIOS
31
World leader whose full name included Abdel twice : ARAFAT
33
Catering hall sights : URNS
34
Changing places with swimmers? : CABANAS
38
Rat : SOANDSO
40
Hit from the 1997 album "Surfacing" : ADIA
41
Subs : SITSIN
43
Gets information from, in a way : DEBRIEFS
45
Sweetens : SUGARS
50
Fighting something, say : ILL
51
Like jerky : DRIED
53
Sign of availability : TOLET
54
Sanctuaries : LAIRS
56
Second-century year : CLII
58
Locale of the radial notch : ULNA
59
Pet problem : LICE
60
Alternative to alternative : MAINSTREAM
62
"As You Like It" servant : ADAM
63
One who used to go clubbing? : TROGLODYTE
64
Hanna-Barbera productions : CELS
65
Spots : SETSEYESON
Down
1
"Original father of harmony," per Beethoven, briefly : JSBACH
2
Heavenly neighbor of Scutum : AQUILA
3
Former Ecuadorean money : SUCRES
4
Production team? : MAKERS
5
Like some cheap mdse. : IRR
6
It's noble : NEON
7
Guest in a library : EDGAR
8
Galls : TEESOFF
9
What a priest may say shortly after waking up : EARLYMASS
10
Lyricist Dubin and others : ALS
11
Clock : SWAT
12
Snipe, e.g. : GAMEBIRD
13
Some vintage clubs : TWOIRONS
14
Floating brown algae : SARGASSO
21
1970s kidnapping grp. : SLA
23
Group in the Bogart film "Black Legion" : KLAN
25
Historical region on the Strait of Dover : ARTOIS
28
One way to take back one's words? : ERASER
30
Grayish brown : DUN
32
"Whatever" : ASIFICARE
34
Something that's the most luxurious of its kind : CADILLAC
35
Capital on Gulf St. Vincent : ADELAIDE
36
Like some thoroughly examined passages : BIBLICAL
37
River past Solothurn : AAR
39
"Everybody Loves ___" (Johnny Cash title track) : ANUT
42
He wrote "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" : TSELIOT
44
They're often needed to go clubbing : IDS
46
100 centimes : GOURDE
47
Where semis aren't typically seen : ALLEYS
48
Opera character who sings "Eri tu" : RENATO
49
A bee may be on it : STAMEN
52
Minor accident results : DINGS
55
Phenomena after retiring : REMS
57
It's often volcanic : ISLE
60
They're often volcanic: Abbr. : MTS
61
Transformer, e.g. : TOY

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

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