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New York Times, Saturday, May 17, 2008

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Caused to disappear over time
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
569/4/20064/20/20125
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
442272566
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
431.6633377%
Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FX} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Nothnagel. Saturday freshness: 73%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/17/8 ( No. 21,375 )
Across
1
Places such as Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof" : SHTETLS
8
Helper after a crash : TECHIE
14
Big syrup maker : HERSHEY
15
Designer of a stained-glass window in the U.N. building : CHAGALL
16
Together : ASATEAM
17
Holy Roman Emperor, 855-75 : LOUISII
18
Shot : RACED
19
Architectural starting point : PLAN
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Jacket locales: Abbr. : BKS
22
Dreaded victimizer of Charlie Brown : KITEEATINGTREE
26
Old activist org. revived in 2006 : SDS
27
As a companion : ALONG
28
Newsman Roger : ONEIL
30
Turning point? : DIME
31
Smart : SWANKY
32
Moves briskly and easily : WALTZES
36
Star of the 1970s detective drama "Harry O" : JANSSEN
37
___ Hargreaves, first woman to complete a solo climb of Everest, 1995 : ALISON
38
___ hold on : PUTA
39
"McSorley's Bar" painter : SLOAN
40
Great depression? : BASIN
41
One of the Bobbsey twins : NAN
44
Torch song subject : UNREQUITEDLOVE
47
Int. generators : CDS
48
Site of a much-visited mausoleum : AGRA
49
World of Warcraft participant, e.g. : GAMER
50
Cardinals' wear : REDHATS
53
Elegant fabric : BROCADE
55
Caused to disappear over time : ATEAWAY
56
Grateful person's reply : IOWEYOU
57
Want to know : WONDER
58
Jumper's cables? : TENDONS
Down
1
Swindlers, in slang : SHARKS
2
One of two sides of a story? : HESAID
3
Political essays : TRACTS
4
Popular perfume : ESTEE
5
1979 novel, 1983 film and 2002-07 TV series : THEDEADZONE
6
Place for woolgathering? : LEA
7
Signs : SYMPTOMS
8
Go-go dancer's tip holder : THONG
9
Fontaine contents : EAU
10
Film special effects, for short : CGI
11
Distant stars? : HASBEENS
12
Motto of a 1950s grass-roots movement : ILIKEIKE
13
"We'll give a long cheer for ___ men" ("Down the Field" lyric) : ELIS
15
Chuck wagon bell sound : CLANG
20
Prompt delivery : LINE
23
Not natural : ALIEN
24
Of a university's relationship with its surroundings : TOWNANDGOWN
25
They're stranded in the body : RNAS
29
___ St. James, first woman to be named the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, 1992 : LYN
31
"Relâche" composer : SATIE
32
Functioned as : WAS
33
Intimate : ALLUDETO
34
Terrifying thing to be thrown into : LIONSDEN
35
Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" : TSAR
36
Not much at all : JUSTABIT
38
Four and four, say : PAIR
40
Crime syndicate sobriquet : BUGSY
41
Dieter's request, perhaps : NOMAYO
42
Photographer who was the inspiration for "Funny Face" : AVEDON
43
Shape-shifting Greek god : NEREUS
45
Land of Wahhabis : QATAR
46
Unexpectedly potent : LACED
47
Holder of bird food? : CRAW
51
Bamboozled : HAD
52
It's inspired : AWE
54
Main ingredient in taramasalata : ROE

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

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