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New York Times, Friday, June 30, 2006

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Prepare pupils for examination
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 235 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 84%
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© 2006, The New York Times6/30/6 ( No. 20,688 )
Across
1
Rotters : BADEGGS
8
Fabled fliers : CARPETS
15
Royal aide in charge of horses : EQUERRY
16
Pillar of a community : OBELISK
17
Drainageways : GULLIES
18
Polish national anthem, e.g. : MAZURKA
19
Bully's retort : SAYSME
20
TV address for kids, briefly : SESAMEST
21
Get tangled up : ENMESH
23
Baja's opposite : ALTA
27
When repeated, a vitamin B deficiency : BERI
28
Sap : PATSY
33
Requiring no care : MAINTENANCEFREE
36
It's not necessarily gold : ALLTHATGLITTERS
37
Figure used by marketing planners : NATIONALAVERAGE
38
Military plane acronym : AWACS
39
Virna ___ of "La Reine Margot" : LISI
40
Some sports drinks : ADES
41
Blemish : BLOTCH
43
In addition to : ASWELLAS
48
Prepare pupils for examination : DILATE
53
Buttress : SHOREUP
54
Trial location : JURYBOX
55
Turkish bath wear : TERRIES
56
Womb-related : UTERINE
57
"Probably ..." : ODDSARE
58
Goes in circles : GYRATES
Down
1
Seeks change, maybe : BEGS
2
Pool shade : AQUA
3
As required : DULY
4
Seals' meals : EELS
5
Sandblaster's target : GRIME
6
Stew ingredient : GREENBEAN
7
Network: Abbr. : SYS
8
Brings up the rear : COMESINLAST
9
Embarrass : ABASH
10
Iran's ___ Shah Pahlavi : REZA
11
Coveted : PLUM
12
Revolutionary Michael Collins's country : EIRE
13
Tut's kin? : TSKS
14
Card game in which jacks are highest trumps : SKAT
20
Harems : SERAGLIOS
22
Senior moment, e.g. : MENTALLAPSE
23
Big name on the range? : AMANA
24
NBC Thursday night staple, 1986-94 : LALAW
25
___-Whirl (midway ride) : TILTA
26
"To put an ___ disposition on": Hamlet : ANTIC
28
St. ___ Beach, Fla. : PETE
29
Broadcast workers' union : AFTRA
30
Opposite of baldness : TREAD
31
Conductor Koussevitzky : SERGE
32
Those in favor : YESES
34
Companion of Geo. or Wm. : THOS
35
Voting, it's said : CIVICDUTY
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More down : BLUER
42
Whom a headhunter calls : HIRER
43
About : ASTO
44
Peel off : SHED
45
News : WORD
46
Screws up : ERRS
47
Princess in a spaceship : LEIA
49
Neighbor of Cygnus : LYRA
50
Not much : ABIT
51
Voice mail cue : TONE
52
Two in sixty-six? : EXES
54
Wine container : JUG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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