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New York Times, Saturday, May 19, 2007

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Acoustic instruments
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {XZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 71%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/19/7 ( No. 21,011 )
Across
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Person who says one thing and means another : SYMBOLIST
10
Crime lab items : SWABS
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With 16-Across, title time in a 1961 #1 hit by Gary U.S. Bonds : QUARTERTO
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See 15-Across : THREE
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Language of 47-Down : UKRAINIAN
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"Homey!" : MYMAN
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Contingencies : IFS
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Public station : CASTE
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Not leave as is : AMEND
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Sitcom set in Houston : REBA
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Percolate : SEEP
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Tears : RENDS
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Simeon the Great and his successors : TSARS
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Foul smoke : STOGY
30
16-Across, in another way : III
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Run : STRING
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Terse identification : HER
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Rank informality? : CAPN
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Like the Supremes and the Go-Go's : ALLFEMALE
38
Acoustic instruments : JUGS
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Band name heard in Morse code on its single "Secret Messages" : ELO
42
Tabooed : FORBAD
46
Grp. founded in part by the Y.M.C.A. : USO
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Time for a fresh start? : ONEBC
49
Like Eddie Murphy's Norbit : NERDY
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Parceled : METED
52
Christian pop singer Tornquist : EVIE
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Brief salutation : SIRS
55
Lighter : BARGE
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Devotee : FIEND
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Wee dram : NIP
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Doesn't deviate from : OBEYS
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Noted Joffrey Ballet dancer of the 1980s : RONREAGAN
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Strikes abruptly : CLAPS
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Flat, for example : OUTOFTUNE
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Mississippi's ___ State University : DELTA
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Woman who flexes her muscles : MSOLYMPIA
Down
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WD-40 applications : SQUIRTS
2
It's one funny thing after another : YUKFEST
3
Classic chocolate treat : MARSBAR
4
Foundation supporter : BRA
5
Narc tail? : OTIC
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Olin and Horne : LENAS
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Bearded perennials : IRISES
8
Say something to which people reply "Duh!" : STATETHEOBVIOUS
9
Debussy's "La Mer," e.g. : TONEPOEM
10
Assumption subject : STMARY
11
Question from the picked-upon : WHYME
12
Place to spend drams : ARMENIA
13
Spicy serving in a bowl : BEANDIP
14
Plays, as a sub : SENDSIN
23
Soprano's repertoire : ARIAS
27
Mr. Bill's outlet, once: Abbr. : SNL
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Golden Slam winner of 1988 : GRAF
32
Rustic-sounding man's name : GLEN
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Biggest part of a certain belt : CERES
36
Escape : FLEEFROM
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McCallister of "The Story of Seabiscuit," 1949 : LON
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Institutional investment : JUMBOCD
39
Fit : USEABLE
40
Lost the frivolity : GOTREAL
43
Rear : BRINGUP
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Eighth-century pope in office for 23 years : ADRIANI
45
Breathing trouble : DYSPNEA
47
Birthplace of Yakov Smirnoff : ODESSA
48
Hundred, in Honduras : CIENTO
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The Bible's Mizraim, today : EGYPT
53
Register : ENROL
57
Beard : DEFY
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Place to get five Jacksons, say : ATM

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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