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New York Times, Friday, May 8, 2009

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Used butter on, maybe
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 45 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Farmer. Friday freshness: 47%
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© 2009, The New York Times5/8/9 ( No. 21,731 )
Across
1
Military trials? : BOOTCAMPS
10
"From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" speaker : CAPTAINAHAB
12
Order given before shooting starts : QUIETONTHESET
14
Six-footer, maybe : PUTT
15
___ toy (pet shop purchase) : CHEW
16
Magic show reactions : AHS
18
Glimmer : RAY
19
Allowed : KOSHER
22
Steamed pudding ingredient : SUET
23
Creator of the "Microsoft sound" played when Windows 95 starts : ENO
24
More inclined : APTER
25
Mediterranean port since ancient times : JAFFA
26
Lantz of the 1960s-'70s N.B.A. : STU
27
Coastal features : RIAS
28
Go to the limit : MAXOUT
29
Fruit for a tart : CURRANT
31
Egg maker : FABERGE
32
Untimely cry? : IMLATE
33
Superficial : GLIB
34
Small bird : TIT
35
Get a hand on the road? : ELOPE
36
Brilliant display : BLAZE
37
Naval chart abbr. : STR
38
Settle in : NEST
39
Used butter on, maybe : COAXED
40
Inc., abroad : CIE
41
Some proctors, for short : TAS
42
Comment from the chattering class? : BRRR
43
Early TV host Garroway : DAVE
44
Science class decoration : PERIODICTABLE
49
Landmark in Elvis Presley's "It Happened at the World's Fair" : SPACENEEDLE
50
Common mica : ISINGLASS
Down
1
Chum, e.g. : BAIT
2
"Behold, the heavens do ___": Shak. : OPE
3
Giant on the cover of Time magazine, 1945 : OTT
4
"That was Zen, this is ___" (bumper sticker) : TAO
5
They're duck soup : CINCHES
6
Pollen bearer in a flower : ANTHER
7
"Real Time" host : MAHER
8
"They almost got me!" : PHEW
9
Lander at Arlanda : SAS
10
Advice in a bear market, maybe : CUTYOURLOSSES
11
The higher this goes, the more it blows : BEAUFORTSCALE
12
Abrupt change : QUANTUMLEAP
13
TV drama featuring Dr. Richard Kimble : THEFUGITIVE
14
Visionary : PRESCIENT
17
Magnolia or pecan : STATETREE
19
Class that's not just for kicks : KARATE
20
Give a piece of one's mind? : OPINE
21
Steals, e.g. : STAT
22
___-Weimar-Eisenach (duchy until W.W. I) : SAXE
25
Drew a cross response? : JABBED
28
It comes in ears : MAIZE
30
In reverie : RAPT
31
Linen fiber : FLAX
33
Hard to miss : GLARING
36
Cremora brand : BORDEN
39
Perennials with cup-shaped flowers : CROCI
42
Color : BIAS
43
Some baseball hits: Abbr. : DBLS
45
Upstate N.Y. school : RPI
46
Old Walt Disney production : CEL
47
"___ With Mussolini" (Zeffirelli film) : TEA
48
Some spreads : ADS

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

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