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New York Times, Saturday, May 5, 2007

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : False front
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.6129085%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {GQWZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 57%
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B
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M
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© 2007, The New York Times5/5/7 ( No. 20,997 )
Across
1
With 8-Across, comic named one of Time's "100 most influential people" in 2006 : STEPHEN
8
See 1-Across : COLBERT
15
Versatile weapon : POLEAXE
16
Shrinking body : ARALSEA
17
Do over : ITERATE
18
Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name : RIPTORN
19
Chiang ___-shek : KAI
20
Slice, e.g. : SODAPOP
22
Unit in acoustics : BEL
23
Saskatchewan station name : ESSO
25
Pretend : LETON
26
Central: Prefix : MEDI
27
Sporty car features : TTOPS
29
Scatting syllable : DOO
30
One with concrete ideas? : MASON
31
False front : VENEER
33
Victorian type : BLUENOSE
35
Quite bright : NEON
37
Their scores may accompany transcripts : SATS
38
X Games racers : BMXBIKES
42
French fashion : LAMODE
46
Prepare to shoot : AIMAT
47
Balance provider, briefly : ATM
49
They're between shoulders : LANES
50
Sitcom cross-dresser portrayer : FARR
51
Nannies' nightmares : BRATS
53
He bought Vogue in 1909 : NAST
54
New Deal org. : FHA
55
It's usually lost before reaching school age : BABYFAT
57
Nova Scotia's Bras ___ Lake : DOR
58
1909 Matisse painting : LADANSE
60
Hoot : ULULATE
62
Ajman, for one : EMIRATE
63
Henry Wade's opponent in a famous court case : JANEROE
64
Less clear : SMOKIER
65
"We made the right choice" : ITSBEST
Down
1
"The first network for men" sloganeer, once : SPIKETV
2
As you like it : TOTASTE
3
"Kyrie ___" (Mass petition) : ELEISON
4
Through : PER
5
Berkeley's ___ School of Business : HAAS
6
Acclaim : EXTOL
7
Vital : NEEDED
8
Systems of rotating wheels? : CARPOOLS
9
"Caddyshack" studio : ORION
10
Arctic native : LAPP
11
Short order : BLT
12
1962 pop hit with a foreign title : ESOBESO
13
Decoration behind an altar : REREDOS
14
Nudist's lack : TANLINE
21
Travel route with no points in-between : ATOB
24
Feature of some political parties? : OPENBAR
26
Virile type : MANSMAN
28
Einstein essay "The World As I ___" : SEEIT
30
Stuff in a mint : METAL
32
Longtime U.S. ally : ROK
34
Inits. at J.F.K. : UAL
36
Prohibition-era offering : NEARBEER
38
Stumps : BAFFLES
39
2002 FIFA World Player of the Year : MIAHAMM
40
"Oprah & Friends" airer : XMRADIO
41
Deferral : STAY
43
Impetuously, perhaps : ONADARE
44
Adventurer and Airstream : DESOTOS
45
Boss's address? : ESTREET
48
View from Lake Kawaguchi : MTFUJI
51
Thrash : BASTE
52
Dinner course in Dresden : SALAT
55
Sons of, in Hebrew : BNAI
56
Port vessels : TUNS
59
Refuge : ARK
61
Medit. land : LEB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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