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New York Times, Saturday, June 21, 2008

Author:
Tyler Lewis Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : La ___, capital of Buenos Aires province
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
227/4/20003/31/20115
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.6013148%
Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 41 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Hinman. Saturday freshness: 3%
Jim Horne notes:

Tyler Lewis Hinman's initials are spelled out in the black squares.

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© 2008, The New York Times6/21/8 ( No. 21,410 )
Across
1
Midwest farmers work later on it: Abbr. : CDT
4
Line on an appl. form : ADDR
8
Group whose logo has a clock set at 11:00 : ELKS
12
E. S. ___, game company that popularized Yahtzee and Scribbage : LOWE
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"___ having fun yet?" : AREWE
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Collect, as benefits : REAP
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Like "Beowulf," in brief : ANON
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Fuss, in a way : PREEN
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Six-Day War battleground : GAZA
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"The nerve!" : SOMEPEOPLE
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Its drops may be alarming, with "the" : DOW
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One may have many runners : PRIMARYELECTION
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It contains M.S.G. : NYC
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John Lennon's adopted middle name : ONO
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___ Center, second-tallest building in Chicago : AON
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Filler for a gun : CAULK
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Line on an appl. form : SSN
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Planet system in several "Star Trek" episodes : RIGEL
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"Let's go!" : HITIT
35
Santa ___, Calif. : CLARA
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Girl who's the "you" in the lyric "I'll see you in my dreams" : IRENE
37
See 41-Across : CUB
40
Printed over : RERAN
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37-Across's birthplace : DEN
42
Cartoon character who fathered octuplets : APU
43
Old N.Y.S.E. ticker symbol that's now just "T" : ATT
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Something given at a meeting : FIRSTIMPRESSION
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Numerical prefix : UNI
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Not make it : MISSTHECUT
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Pioneering agriculturist Jethro : TULL
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La ___, capital of Buenos Aires province : PLATA
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___ Oder (German river) : ALTE
56
German-occupied capital in W.W. II : OSLO
57
Psychologist Havelock : ELLIS
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"Bill & ___ Bogus Journey," 1991 comedy : TEDS
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Love ___ : NEST
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Skin-and-bones : LEAN
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Rummy : SOT
Down
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Hook's place : CLASP
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O, often : DONOR
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Fourth-quarter strategies : TWOMINUTEDRILLS
4
Washes : ARROYOS
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Gets more interesting, say : DEEPENS
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Not get over : DWELLON
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Actress O'Connor of TV's "Xena" : RENEE
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100 nanojoules : ERG
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Front-of-magazine pieces : LEADINGARTICLES
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Buzz producer : KAZOO
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Produce : SPAWN
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Moles go behind them : ENEMYLINES
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Copier : APER
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Portable shelter : PACKTENT
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Ending of many a chase : CARCRASH
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Can opener? : TOILETSEAT
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Delta Tau ___ ("Animal House" house) : CHI
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Voice : AIR
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Its end is often observed : ERA
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Iberia : Spain :: ___ : Chile : LAN
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Title role for Greta Garbo : CAMILLE
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Swedish home of Scandinavia's oldest university : UPPSALA
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Enter suddenly : BURSTIN
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Crash pad? : FUTON
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Locked, as a lavatory : INUSE
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Encourage : IMPEL
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Weather may affect them: Abbr. : ETAS
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Beat : OUTDO
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Late 1940s event, in headlines : NTEST
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Load : LOT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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