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New York Times, Friday, May 16, 2008

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Water-skiing need
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Kevin G. Der

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 1.89 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Der. Friday freshness: 93%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/16/8 ( No. 21,374 )
Across
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Steam room alternative : JACUZZI
8
"Yo!" : WHASSUP
15
Dodge : EVASION
16
His last novel was "Chloe Marr," 1946 : AAMILNE
17
Cellar's opposite : TOPSPOT
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Technicolor : VIBRANT
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See 34-Across : SCI
20
Most clowns : SMILERS
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Word of approval : YEA
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Emerson said intellect annuls it : FATE
25
"The West Wing" actor : SMITS
26
Jazzman Saunders : MERL
27
He called the U.S. vice presidency a "most insignificant office" : ADAMS
29
Marzo to marzo, e.g. : ANO
30
Sculpt : CARVE
31
Like some griddles : NONSTICK
33
Read syntactically : PARSED
34
With 19-Across, domain of civics, in brief : POLY
35
Multifaceted things : GEMS
36
Noisy complaint : SQUAWK
39
Alternative to Friendster or MySpace : FACEBOOK
43
Bit : OUNCE
44
Military grp. : DIV
45
Old sticker : LANCE
46
Bank guard? : DIKE
47
Places to develop one's chops? : DOJOS
49
Bundle of nerves : RETE
50
It can be double-sided : AXE
51
Tasty triangles : DORITOS
53
Back-of-airline magazine feature : MAP
54
Gather : COMPILE
56
Water-skiing need : TOWLINE
58
Quiet : ATPEACE
59
Merchant whose customers click : ETAILER
60
Blogger, e.g. : NETIZEN
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Cause of some blushing : SHYNESS
Down
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Elated person after Super Bowl III : JETSFAN
2
Tree of the laurel family : AVOCADO
3
Santiago skipper : CAPITAN
4
Constitution lead-in : USS
5
Flies : ZIPS
6
Flies : ZOOMS
7
More than friendliness : INTIMACY
8
Signal, in a way : WAVETO
9
Some crime scene evidence : HAIRS
10
Many former senators and governors: Abbr. : AMBS
11
Yes or no follower : SIR
12
Assassins : SLAYERS
13
Frazzle : UNNERVE
14
Like many blooms : PETALED
21
One may be sent in an e-mail : LINK
24
Typography measure : EMSPACE
26
Chocolate treat : MARSBAR
28
She wrote of Topsy : STOWE
30
Transport over sand? : CAMEL
32
Nature : ILK
33
Muscle mag topic : PEC
35
Parts of some Bach suites : GAVOTTES
36
Crush holder that's crushable : SODACAN
37
Visionary : QUIXOTE
38
Not neat : UNKEMPT
39
Island that Truman wants to go to in "The Truman Show" : FIJI
40
Range of some fitness tests : ONEMILE
41
Pump numbers : OCTANES
42
Big fish, maybe : KEEPERS
44
"The Mickey Mouse Club" regular ___ Tracey : DOREEN
47
Opposite of agitato : DOLCE
48
Truth from long ago? : SOOTH
51
She co-starred in "Gangs of New York," 2002 : DIAZ
52
Dominion : SWAY
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Designer born in Guangzhou, China : PEI
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Chinese author ___ Yutang : LIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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