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New York Times, Friday, July 17, 2009

Author:
Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Most night owls
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson
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929/1/20037/8/20166
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358532741
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Peterson. This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Silk. Friday freshness: 37%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/17/9 ( No. 21,801 )
Across
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Reasonable treatment : FAIRSHAKE
10
Striking ends : PEENS
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63-Across? : ALMAMATER
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Moon of Uranus : ARIEL
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Having a lot to lose? : CORPULENT
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CD player part : LASER
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Supply for driving : TEES
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Most night owls : LATERISERS
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Pietà figure, literarily : JESU
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Turned up : ONEND
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With 54-Down, approach with a line : COME
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Tawny : ECRU
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Factory : SHOP
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Kind of door or window : LOUVER
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Draft sources : KEGS
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Have yet to settle : OWE
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Highway caution : SLIPPERYWHENWET
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Rich or famous: Abbr. : ADJ
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Particular : SPEC
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Michael of the G.O.P. : STEELE
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Word accompanying finger-pointing : THAT
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People of the Platte, once : OTOS
46
Lump in cloth : BURL
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"If I Had ___" (Lyle Lovett song) : ABOAT
49
Symbol of innocence and purity : LILY
51
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's residence, e.g. : BROWNSTONE
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Eschewer of convention, in slang : BOHO
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One way to be taken : ABACK
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Comment from the beat : INEEDANAP
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Big maker of communications satellites : LORAL
61
One singing in the kitchen : TEAKETTLE
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Artist with the 1999 6x platinum album "2001" : DRDRE
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Opposite of avant-garde : OLDSCHOOL
Down
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It's not fancy : FACT
2
Tropical flower : ALOE
3
Hungarian writer Madách : IMRE
4
62-Across offerings : RAPS
5
Big D campus : SMU
6
Berry with juicy parts? : HALLE
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Chilling, so to speak : ATEASE
8
Honorary title bestowed on Bill Clinton, Muhammad Ali and Mae West : KENTUCKYCOLONEL
9
"Manhattan Mary V" artist : ERTE
10
Woman on a 2008 ticket : PALIN
11
Takes back one's words? : ERASES
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He said "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both" : EISENHOWER
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Pentax Spotmatic and Nikon F2, for short : SLRS
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Sketches (out) : ROUGHS
22
Some Cherokees : JEEPS
24
Site of Robert E. Lee's last victory : COLDHARBOR
25
Means of getting some answers : OUIJABOARD
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Shooting star, briefly? : MVP
28
Opposite of FF : REW
30
Rose with a hit record : PETE
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180 is its max. score : LSAT
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Does a nursery job : REPOTS
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Put aside : SETBY
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Emeritus: Abbr. : RET
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Modern, to Beethoven : NEU
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Crash site sight : TOWCAR
45
"Hoffman" co-star Cusack : SINEAD
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___-high : ANKLE
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Amaryllis family members : LEEKS
51
Completely smooth : BALD
52
Outfielder Francona : TITO
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Some like it hot : BATH
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See 24-Across : ONTO
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Solar or lunar phenomenon : HALO
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2009 G.M. spinoff : OPEL
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Part of the fourth qtr. : DEC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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