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New York Times, Saturday, July 16, 2005

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Across : Distinctive attribute
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Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 31 Missing: {BJWX} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Shteyman. Saturday freshness: 18%
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© 2005, The New York Times7/16/5 ( No. 20,339 )
Across
1
Waiting one's turn : INQUEUE
8
Duty-free? : ONLEAVE
15
"Agreed" : SOUNDSLIKEAPLAN
17
Concession, of a sort : THATSAGOODPOINT
18
It may be written "on" something : ODE
19
Eccentric guys, slangily : GINKS
20
Count, e.g. : PEER
21
"And the ___ brought him bread and flesh in the morning ...": I Kings : RAVENS
23
Language study topic : TENSE
24
Filament's organ : STAMEN
26
Prominent name in South Korean history : RHEE
28
Subsequently : LATERON
30
Vote for : YEA
31
Like some scientists : MAD
34
Basic chemistry subject : ACIDITY
35
Distinctive attribute : EARMARK
37
Certain slip-on, briefly : MOC
38
Zulu leader? : ZEE
39
Pinch-hit : STOODIN
40
Word in a record's description : MOST
41
Without slipping : SURELY
42
John whose middle name is Hercules : ELTON
45
Pop alternative : ICETEA
47
Like show horses : SHOD
48
St. Paul, for one : ROMAN
50
Courtroom response : IDO
52
Be wholeheartedly aggressive : TAKENOPRISONERS
56
Actually : ASAMATTEROFFACT
57
Yields, perhaps : SAYSYES
58
Old World bunting esteemed as a delicacy : ORTOLAN
Down
1
Ideal ending : IST
2
Manhattan neighborhood : NOHO
3
Yielding a parabola, in a way : QUADRATIC
4
Without a yoke : UNTEAMED
5
People people?: Abbr. : EDS
6
Dictionary features : USAGENOTES
7
Chicago suburb : ELGIN
8
"All right already!" : OKOK
9
"___ Newt" (Cartoon Network series) : NEDS
10
Circuit : LAP
11
Lofty verse : EPOPEE
12
Not native : ALIEN
13
Rooftop sights : VANES
14
___ Ríos (Paraná's province) : ENTRE
16
Salt constituents : IONS
22
Communications giant : VERIZON
23
Subject to forceful removal : TEAROUT
24
Lambaste : SLAM
25
Kind of shell : TACO
26
Saloon stock : RYES
27
Advanced missile feature : HEATSENSOR
29
Duma demurral : NYET
31
Finished negotiations : MADEADEAL
32
Botanical coat : ARIL
33
Label in Saks and Bloomies : DKNY
36
What an ad's 800 number might provide : MOREINFO
40
Internet service providers : MODEMS
42
Part of a Spanish 101 conjugation : ESTAS
43
Jokhang Temple locale : LHASA
44
Hungarian wine : TOKAY
45
Hungarian composer Kálmán : IMRE
46
African capital of 11 million : CAIRO
48
School drills, say : ROTE
49
Prefers, with "for" : OPTS
51
Ocean killer : ORCA
53
Not only that but also : NAY
54
Habitually, for short : OFT
55
Timetable locale: Abbr. : STN

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

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