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New York Times, Friday, May 2, 2008

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Sonata that might not sound good
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FJX} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Silk. Friday freshness: 97%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/2/8 ( No. 21,360 )
Across
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Contest with many missions : SPACERACE
10
Showing shock : AGASP
15
Cousin of a Rob Roy : MANHATTAN
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1972 top 10 hit that's seven minutes long : LAYLA
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Heads : OVERSEERS
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Purification process, briefly : DECON
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Pays : REMITS
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Charge : TUTELAGE
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Jagged : EROSE
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"And their lies caused them ___": Amos 2:4 : TOERR
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1960s Elvis-style singer ___ Donner : RAL
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Beach Boys title girl : RHONDA
27
Kid's query : CANI
28
"See It Now" producer of 1950s TV : CBSNEWS
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Record listings? : CRIMES
33
Couple seen in a restaurant : SHAKERS
34
Ice relative : SHERBET
35
Some fishermen : EELERS
36
Sonata that might not sound good : USEDCAR
37
Turn over : CEDE
38
Leatherworking dyes : HENNAS
40
Philosopher Mo-___ : TZE
41
Some Bosnians : SERBS
42
Capital just south of the Equator : QUITO
47
Famous finger-pointer's declaration : IWANTYOU
49
Torpedo : GUNMAN
50
"Well, golly" : OHGEE
51
Declare "I will go no further than this" : DRAWALINE
53
___ Wafers : NILLA
54
Became a participant : ENTEREDIN
55
George ___, longtime Cleveland Orchestra conductor : SZELL
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Unrevivable : STONEDEAD
Down
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Gooey goody : SMORE
2
One of a lot of workers? : PAVER
3
Wind: Prefix : ANEMO
4
Rock on a stage : CHRIS
5
Bay Stater or Garden Stater : EASTERNER
6
Some are rural: Abbr. : RTES
7
Took sides? : ATE
8
Egg holders : CARTONS
9
Came after : ENSUED
10
Tree with catkins : ALDER
11
Iona College athlete : GAEL
12
"Sheesh!," south of the border : AYCARAMBA
13
One whose work may be catchy : SLOGANEER
14
"What's My Line?" participant : PANELIST
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Bronchoscopist's view : TRACHEA
23
Garage jobs : TOWS
26
City where Chocolate Avenue crosses Cocoa Avenue : HERSHEY
27
Magazine figure, for short : CIRC
28
Kraft brand : CHEEZWHIZ
29
Great Seal image : BALDEAGLE
30
"I Wish" rapper ___-Lo : SKEE
32
Kazan Cathedral locale : REDSQUARE
33
Paper parts : SECTIONS
34
I.R.S. data: Abbr. : SSNS
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Still "well," but not beyond : UNBURNT
39
Undermines : ERODES
41
Diamond datum : STEAL
43
Anarchic : UNLED
44
Ammonia derivative : IMIDE
45
"Lost" actress Raymonde : TANIA
46
Without a break : ONEND
48
1994 Jodie Foster title role : NELL
49
"Jubilee Trail" novelist Bristow : GWEN
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___ Z : ATO

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

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