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New York Times, Saturday, May 15, 2010

Author:
Trip Payne & Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Paperless reading materials
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
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1034463133
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
421.5333861%
Trip Payne
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2297/11/199911/4/20182
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741241679512
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
981.541,84281%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. Payne. This is puzzle # 129 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 22%
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© 2010, The New York Times5/15/10 ( No. 22,103 )
Across
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Mimeographs, e.g. : DUPLICATORS
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Breathless wonder : AWE
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Paperless reading materials : ONLINEMEDIA
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Dentiform : tooth :: pisiform : ___ : PEA
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1970s woe : STAGFLATION
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Resident ignored by census takers : PET
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Alliterative pro team name : TENNESSEETITANS
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Shake, say : STIR
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Actress Balsam who was once married to George Clooney : TALIA
23
Western wear : STETSONS
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"___ vile" (epithet for Falstaff) : VARLET
28
Van Gogh's "Portrait of ___ Tanguy" : PERE
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Nielsen count : VIEWERS
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Inserts, often : ADS
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Like arugula's flavor : PEPPERY
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"You ___!" : BET
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Possible causes of sleep apnea : TONSILS
37
Runner's place : BASE
38
Makes excessively large : BLOATS
41
Song involving an 8-Down, in part : ALOUETTE
43
Stock-buying venue : RANCH
44
Place for pick-ups : NAPE
45
Writer who doesn't need an agent : AUTHORPUBLISHER
52
Receiver of contributions, for short : IRA
53
"You needn't worry about that" : LEAVEITTOME
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Party staple : DIP
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Had people over : ENTERTAINED
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Ascertain : SEE
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Ingredients in everything bagels : SESAMESEEDS
Down
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"After whom ___ thou pursue?": 1 Samuel : DOST
2
Green : UNTESTED
3
Snack brand : PLANTERS
4
Low-grade coal : LIGNITE
5
Concludes : INFERS
6
Locations for Pluto, sometimes : CELS
7
Part of a famous conjugation : AMAS
8
Something plucked in 41-Across : TETE
9
Slobbery cartoon character : ODIE
10
Fray : RIOT
11
Clean : SANITARY
12
Scandalize : APPALL
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Twerp : WEENIE
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Gradually destroys : EATSAT
20
Clippers' skippers, e.g. : TARS
23
Mineral ___ : SPA
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Raw foodists don't need them : OVENS
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Edges : NIPS
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Alternative to grayscale : SEPIA
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It's left in a book : VERSO
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Fit : WELL
32
Results of road fatigue : POTHOLES
33
Item in Commissioner Gordon's office : BATPHONE
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Favored : ESTEEMED
35
Simple top : TEE
36
Dash part : TACH
37
Epithet for the mouse in "To a Mouse" : BEASTIE
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Do lines? : BRAIDS
39
Jo's suitor in "Little Women" : LAURIE
40
Available as evidence, maybe : ONTAPE
42
Quarterback nicknamed the Golden Arm : UNITAS
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___ Fonck, top Allied fighter ace of W.W. I : RENE
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Consoles, in a way : PATS
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Optic layer : UVEA
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Earthen embankment : BERM
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Cigarette label word : LITE
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"Chariots of Fire" beat it for Best Picture : REDS

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

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