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New York Times, Saturday, July 10, 2010

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Across : Intense excitement
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
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311092443303
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 103 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 97%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/10/10 ( No. 22,159 )
Across
1
Stock maker's addition : SOUPBONE
9
Field's pair : OSCARS
15
Site of a college stadium that seats over 100,000 : ANNARBOR
16
Skier's spot : CHALET
17
Not taken in : YETTOSEE
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Stick on, in a way : TAPETO
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Count on greens : STROKES
20
You might have one after spraying yourself : FAKETAN
21
Kvetch : MOANER
22
It's above 90 : AAVERAGE
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Share letters? : OTC
24
Big hand : OVATION
26
Endings to some letters, for short : PSS
27
Mr. ___ (old mystery game) : REE
28
Intense excitement : FEVER
29
Fulfillment : END
30
Looney Tunes animator Friz : FRELENG
33
Pugilists' org. : IBF
36
Up : RISEN
37
Firing squad?: Abbr. : NRA
38
Spots before one's eyes? : ADS
41
Big pistol maker : BERETTA
43
1950s car feature : FIN
44
Reads : GOESOVER
46
Grassy areas : SWARDS
48
Repaid : AVENGED
49
Storied gift givers : THEMAGI
50
Inability to get A's or B's? : TINEAR
51
Detective's question : WHODIDIT
52
Aspirin and such : ESTERS
53
Learn about, with "on" : GETALINE
54
Element of radon or xenon : SHORTO
55
Some reserves : NESTEGGS
Down
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Continues : SAYSMORE
2
Rating numbers : ONETOTEN
3
Not followed : UNTRACED
4
"Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful" novelist, 1981 : PATON
5
Discontinued : BROKEOFF
6
London weekly, with "The" : OBSERVER
7
Terrible twos responses : NOES
8
Up until : ERE
9
Book size : OCTAVO
10
Upset : SHAKEN
11
Play the jester : CAPER
12
Fixture in a pub : ALETAP
13
Marks up, say : RETAGS
14
Precious ones, possibly : STONES
20
Descriptive of Snow White : FAIREST
22
Artist's place : ATELIER
25
Swore : AVERRED
31
Badminton dinks : NETSHOTS
32
Gradually corroded : GNAWEDAT
33
Beneath one's self-respect : INFRADIG
34
Making ends meet? : BRIDGING
35
Modern places for groups of groupies : FANSITES
38
Balls with bands : AGATES
39
Peace-loving : DOVISH
40
Handled : SEENTO
41
His last film was "The Harder They Fall," 1956 : BOGART
42
Extremely : EVERSO
45
Possible reaction to a pretense : SNEER
47
Miss by ___ : AMILE
49
Second person in Genesis : THEE
51
Chicago cable station : WGN

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

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