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New York Times, Saturday, July 23, 2011

Author:
Tom Heilman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : N.H.L. team and former N.F.L. team
TotalDebutLatest
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Thomas Heilman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Heilman. Saturday freshness: 21%
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J
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E
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T
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S
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T
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R
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A
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M
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O
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H
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G
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D
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L
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X
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R
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M
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B
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O
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O
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R
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W
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J
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C
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G
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P
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M
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© 2011, The New York Times7/23/11 ( No. 22,537 )
Across
1
It's a blast for some balloonists : JETSTREAM
10
"This is a disaster!" : OHGOD
15
Asian symbols of wisdom : ELEPHANTS
16
Like longship sailors : NORSE
17
A dodger might cook one : TAXRETURN
18
Begin some revising : ERASE
19
Maker of life-and-death decisions, briefly : EMT
20
Provider of a hot spot at a coffee shop? : WIFI
21
Responded to wisely : SASSED
22
Alexander's need : GIN
23
They may be shared during a show : ARMRESTS
25
Prohibition : EMBARGO
29
Offices may require them : OATHS
30
Town council president, in Canada : REEVE
31
Big mystery during the summer of 1980 : WHOSHOTJR
35
Dish component : SIDE
36
Bent to do nothing : SLOTH
37
String shortener : CAPO
38
Become known : TRANSPIRE
40
"Friendly" things, in old ads : SKIES
41
Composition of many sports courts : ZONES
42
"A dish best served cold" : REVENGE
44
A dish best served cold : GAZPACHO
47
Waterloo marshal : NEY
48
N.H.L. team and former N.F.L. team : OILERS
49
Casino action : ROLL
51
Pec pic, perhaps : TAT
54
Courier alternative : ARIAL
55
Bit of décor at Trader Vic's : TIKITORCH
57
Change around the Thames : PENCE
58
What a ham may use : MORSECODE
59
Double-___ : EDGED
60
Hypnotized : INATRANCE
Down
1
"Grand" or "petit" dance move : JETE
2
Ancient rival of Assyria : ELAM
3
Cell composition : TEXT
4
Silver ___, Md. (Wash. suburb) : SPR
5
It was Obama's self-professed favorite TV series : THEWIRE
6
Place on a scale : RATING
7
Sufficient, informally : ENUF
8
Two of hearts? : ATRIA
9
___ Explorer (Web browser) : MSN
10
Here : ONEARTH
11
Baloney : HORSEHOCKEY
12
Yard stick? : GRASSSTAIN
13
Native of the central Caucasus : OSSET
14
What thoughts may become : DEEDS
21
Ruin ... or great success : SMASH
22
Plagued : GAVENOPEACE
24
Pig, at times : ROOTER
25
Previously archaic? : ERST
26
She resigned after the Yom Kippur War : MEIR
27
Much too bright : BEDAZZLING
28
Giving a hoot? : OWLISH
32
Biblical mount where Aaron died : HOR
33
PC image acronym : JPEG
34
Beau's buy : ROSE
36
Design info : SPECS
39
Like many a fishing line : SNARLED
40
Relatively sylphlike : SVELTER
43
Get on base? : ENLIST
44
Come unglued : GOAPE
45
Hit the waves? : AIRED
46
Giant in astronomy : ORION
50
Soup thickener : OKRA
51
1982 high-tech film : TRON
52
Plug possibilities : ACDC
53
What you used to be? : THEE
55
"That's more than I wanted to know," in brief : TMI
56
Andean vegetable : OCA

Answer summary:
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