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New York Times, Friday, July 13, 2007

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Sony debut of 1979
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 245 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 71%
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© 2007, The New York Times7/13/7 ( No. 21,066 )
Across
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"On the other hand ..." : BUTTHEN
8
Quaint cry from a caught crook, with "The" : JIGISUP
15
Between here and there : ENROUTE
16
Hot : ONAROLL
17
Go for, as a ball : SWINGAT
18
Film director's discovery : INGENUE
19
Powwow place : TEPEE
20
Wrong : SIN
22
Town outside Harrisburg : ENOLA
23
Topless? : BALD
24
"Le Bon Bock" artist : MANET
26
Times on the History Channel? : ERAS
27
Cusp : EVE
28
Sony debut of 1979 : WALKMAN
30
Swallowed the bait? : ATE
31
Spandex and Lurex : TEXTILES
33
Hurt : PAINED
35
Works with : USES
36
"What's the ___?" : DIFF
37
Seashell hues : BEIGES
40
1940s fashion : ZOOTSUIT
44
Smart figures? : IQS
45
1938 Daphne du Maurier novel : REBECCA
47
Layer : PLY
48
Neighbor of Mex. : GUAT
50
Ohio city whose name means "hospitality" in Greek : XENIA
51
Dog : FLOP
52
High country : TIBET
54
Popular ISP : AOL
55
Slog : SLAVE
56
Wrong : INERROR
58
Natural gas components : ETHANES
60
"___ Place" : MELROSE
61
Be at rest : LIEIDLE
62
One who tries : ESSAYER
63
Bawls out : YELLSAT
Down
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Favorite : BESTBET
2
Backtrack on, as a rug : UNWEAVE
3
Certain multiscreen cinema : TRIPLEX
4
Quieted (down) : TONED
5
Overwhelming : HUGE
6
Viscosity symbol, in physics : ETA
7
Figure on which royalties are based : NETSALES
8
What to do if you can't beat the suckers : JOINEM
9
Night spot : INN
10
Thomas ___, last royal governor of Massachusetts : GAGE
11
1919 Broadway musical that set a record for most performances up to that time : IRENE
12
Southwest Arizona's ___ Desert : SONORAN
13
Howl : ULULATE
14
Content : PLEASED
21
Puts one's John Hancock on : INKS
24
What X + Y signifies : MALESEX
25
Cassava product : TAPIOCA
28
Having learned a lesson : WISER
29
Mex. is in it : NAFTA
32
Port pusher : TUG
34
Hypotheticals : IFS
36
How most farm animals behave : DOCILELY
37
Very much : BIGTIME
38
Zebras, e.g. : EQUINES
39
"___ Daughter," 2003 Judi Hendricks novel : ISABELS
40
Greek philosopher who founded Stoicism : ZENO
41
High-elevation areas : UPLANDS
42
1983 Randy Newman song : ILOVELA
43
Ready to be proofed : TYPESET
46
Carrier : BEARER
49
Earth, in sci-fi : TERRA
51
Grain threshing tool : FLAIL
53
Legendary siege site : TROY
55
Author Silverstein : SHEL
57
Saccharide suffix : OSE
59
7-up, e.g. : TIE

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

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