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New York Times, Friday, July 10, 2009

Author:
Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
19-Across : Greeting with a salute
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Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQXYZ} Spans: 3 Grid is asymmetric. This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Krozel. Friday freshness: 58%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/10/9 ( No. 21,794 )
Across
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Fiscal exec : CFO
4
Form check box option : MRS
7
With 9-Across, Missouri city whose name means "broken heart" : CREVE
9
See 7-Across : COEUR
11
Composition of some old crowns : LAURELS
13
1941 #1 hit for Tommy Dorsey : DOLORES
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They're irregular : ABERRATIONS
17
The Monkeemobile, e.g. : GTO
18
Former British mandate : PALESTINE
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Greeting with a salute : HEIL
20
Puts (on) thickly : SLATHERS
21
Mainstay : STAPLE
23
W.W. II factory wear : SNOOD
24
Bring back on board : REHIRE
25
Bill word : DUE
26
Frequently exhibiting, by nature : PRONETO
28
Block : SHUT
30
Like some relations : PREMARITAL
33
It may not have been intended : PUN
34
Connect : RELATE
35
Chemical ending : ENE
36
Radio figure who co-wrote "Two Guys Four Corners" : IMUS
38
Like bellwethers : OVINE
39
Records : ACTA
40
Floria ___, Puccini title role : TOSCA
42
Intl. trade letters : EEC
43
Bar : ESTOP
44
Story-filled magazine since 1922 : TRUECONFESSIONS
47
Flowing forth : EMANANT
48
Argentine port on the Paraná : ROSARIO
49
Strikes : DELETES
50
Housekeeper player on "Benson" : SWENSON
Down
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Torturous, perhaps : CRUELANDUNUSUAL
2
Dig up : FERRETOUT
3
Rubber : OVERSHOE
4
Compound fractions: Abbr. : MOLS
5
Old bus maker : REO
6
They may avert computer damage : SURGEPROTECTORS
7
Intriguing bands : CABALS
8
High : ELATED
9
Side opposite 30-Down : CON
10
Fix, as a shower stall : RETILE
11
Pool regimen : LAPS
12
Kindle : STIR
13
Fawning type : DOE
14
Print maker : SOLE
16
Connections : INS
19
It has departments named Nord, Sud and Ouest : HAITI
21
A house divided? : SENATE
22
"All done!" : THERE
24
Beaus : ROMANCERS
26
Checks : PREVENTS
27
What some maps show : RELIEF
28
Stuck at a roast : SPITTED
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"C'mon, at least consider it!" : HUMORME
30
Side opposite 9-Down : PRO
31
The merchant of Venice : ANTONIO
32
Seizes, as an opportunity : LEAPSON
37
Happening spot : SCENE
39
___ Games (quadrennial event) : ASIAN
41
See 45-Down : ACAT
43
Forum infinitive : ESSE
45
With 41-Down, quaint sandlot game : ONE
46
Broadcast : SOW

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4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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