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New York Times, Saturday, July 21, 2007

Author:
Raymond C. Young
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : ___-Meal (vacuum food storage system)
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Raymond C. Young

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Young. Saturday freshness: 86%
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© 2007, The New York Times7/21/7 ( No. 21,074 )
Across
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Faux pa? : STEPFATHER
11
Fortifies : MANS
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Helpful figures? : NINEONEONE
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Not yours, in Tours : AMOI
17
Retinue : ATTENDANTS
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One given a staff position? : NOTE
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Enough for everyone to have seconds : PLENTYMORE
20
Options for salting away, briefly : IRAS
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They're taken out in an alley : PINS
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Purveyor of hot stuff : EROTICIST
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Med. specialty : ENT
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Target of some antibiotics : STREP
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2002 French Open winner Albert : COSTA
28
Opposite of ephemeral : AGELESS
30
"Moesha" actress Wilson and others : YVETTES
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Jump provider: Abbr. : AAA
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G.P.S. fig. : LAT
34
1920 Summer Olympics site : ANTWERP
38
Something often looked for on a rainy day : TAXICAB
42
___-Meal (vacuum food storage system) : SEALA
43
___ la Plata : RIODE
45
One photocopier tray: Abbr. : LTR
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DC figure : SUPERHERO
48
De ___ (Dallas suburb) : SOTO
49
Reply to "That so?" : ITIS
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Libretto accompaniment : OPERAMUSIC
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French painter of Napoleonic scenes : GROS
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Little shooter : HANDCAMERA
55
Shaker formula : NACL
56
Became adjusted : ORIENTATED
57
Whack : SLAY
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Something to crack : SECRETCODE
Down
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Stir-fry vegetable : SNAPPEA
2
Calling : TITLING
3
Dove's desire : ENTENTE
4
Tool parts for bending and shaping : PEENS
5
Rite aid? : FONT
6
He's a doll : ANDY
7
Special-___ (football players used only in specific situations) : TEAMERS
8
French novelist d'Urfé : HONORE
9
Chaos : ENTROPY
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Ready to be used again : RESET
11
Italian for "sleeves" : MANICOTTI
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Love lover : AMORIST
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Blandness : NOTASTE
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Breaks in the heat? : SIESTAS
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Scaling aid : ICEAXE
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Abalone : SEAEAR
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The first one ruled 1547-84 : TSAR
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How a mob acts : LAWLESSLY
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15th-century prince of Wallachia : VLAD
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Gives out : ASSIGNS
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Uncommitted : NEUTRAL
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Dessert Calvin doesn't like in "Calvin and Hobbes" : TAPIOCA
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Train, say : PREPARE
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Specially : TOORDER
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Almost at : CLOSETO
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Not au naturel : ATTIRED
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Weave a raised design into : BROCADE
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Peaceful : IRENIC
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Snack cake brand since 1967 : HOHOS
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Cashew family member : SUMAC
51
It can leave you red-faced : ACNE
52
"Futurama" creator Groening : MATT

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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