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New York Times, Friday, May 22, 2009

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Across : Such that one might
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 252 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 88%
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© 2009, The New York Times5/22/9 ( No. 21,745 )
Across
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Magazine since 1850 : HARPERS
8
Enlightens : INFORMS
15
Accepted PayPal payments, e.g. : ETAILED
16
Cry upon reaching an impasse : NOWWHAT
17
Verne's Fogg : PHILEAS
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Lens-grinding Dutch philosopher : SPINOZA
19
Bill sharer : COSTAR
20
Stay up nights, say : STEW
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Acad. goal : DEG
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Within : AMID
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Scandalmonger's love : DIRT
24
Goal-oriented superstar? : PELE
25
Ravel's "Boléro" calls for one : TENORSAX
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Such that one might : SOASTO
30
Assets : WEALTH
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It may be striking : UNION
33
"Not in my experience" : ICANTSAYASIHAVE
37
Celestial neighbor of Scorpius : NORMA
38
Private : INSIDE
39
Crack, e.g. : DAMAGE
41
"Wait'll you see this!" : ITSALULU
45
Its sports teams are called the Phoenix : ELON
46
Accolade for a great play : TONY
48
Hubbard of science fiction : LRON
49
"I didn't need to know all that!," informally : TMI
50
Whipped up : MADE
51
Real low life? : AMEBAE
53
Frequent flier's credit : AIRMILE
55
It's heard before many a face-off : OCANADA
56
Sluggard's problem : INERTIA
57
Makes warmer, maybe, as boots : RELINES
58
Selling point for some lights : LESSTAR
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It might improve your focus : EYECARE
Down
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Old swing digger : HEPCAT
2
In familiar territory : ATHOME
3
___ bread : RAISIN
4
Its teeth were actually a chimpanzee's : PILTDOWNMAN
5
Home of Parmenides : ELEA
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Can : REAR
7
Port Huron Statement grp. : SDS
8
Music producer: Abbr. : INSTR
9
Apartment restriction : NOPETS
10
E-mail disclaimer : FWIW
11
Consistently defeat, in slang : OWN
12
It was NE of Bechuanaland : RHODESIA
13
Literally, "good luck" : MAZELTOV
14
Initial part : STAGEONE
20
Cardinal that looks the same when viewed upside down : SIXTYNINE
23
Ocean, in Mongolian : DALAI
24
Of fraternities and sororities collectively : PANHELLENIC
26
Change the price on : RETAG
27
World's first carrier with a transpolar route : SAS
29
"Under Two Flags" novelist, 1867 : OUIDA
31
Precipitate : HASTY
33
Blow-by-blow : INDETAIL
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Where pit stops are made to get fuel? : COALMINE
35
Bedroom furniture : ARMOIRES
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Provider or wearer of some hand-me-downs : SIS
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Stand-in for unnamed others : ETALIA
42
It has a twin city in the Midwest : URBANA
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Construction machine : LOADER
44
Distress : UNEASE
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"___ Cassio!": Othello : ODEAR
50
Paw : MITT
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___-deucy : ACEY
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Like some electrical plugs : MALE
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Questionnaire check box option : MRS
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100ths of a krona : ORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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