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New York Times, Friday, July 24, 2009

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Foolish, in British slang
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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981.541,84281%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 121 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 86%
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© 2009, The New York Times7/24/9 ( No. 21,808 )
Across
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It doesn't exist : NOSUCHTHING
12
Find fault with : COMPLAINABOUT
14
A soldier's gear, for example : GOVERNMENTISSUE
16
Bloomer after whom bloomers are named : AMELIA
17
Raison ___ : DETRE
18
Rent to another : RELET
19
Toy from China : PEKE
23
"Young ___ Boone" (short-lived 1970s TV series) : DANL
24
You might grind it out : BUTT
25
Fast hits : LINEDRIVES
27
With 5-Down, snooping aid : SPY
28
Discussed at length : HASHEDOVER
29
Musical direction that means "lyrical" in Italian : CANTABILE
30
Actor who debuted in "Kung Fu: The Movie" : BRANDONLEE
32
Snooping aid : TAP
35
Activities at punk rock concerts : SLAMDANCES
36
"Gotta run!" : TATA
37
High bark : YELP
38
End ___ : USER
39
Foolish, in British slang : BARMY
40
Fruit salad ingredient : MELON
42
Folk singer Tom with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award : PAXTON
43
It gets you up and around : SPIRALSTAIRCASE
48
Words from one who won't settle : SEEYOUINCOURT
49
People in a line : DESCENDANTS
Down
1
Whim-wham : NOVELTY
2
It might contain a filling : OMELET
3
Diagonally set spar : SPRIT
4
Bone involved in pronation : ULNA
5
See 27-Across : CAM
6
Move quickly : HIE
7
Spike's former name : TNN
8
Ring contents, maybe : HAT
9
Bibliog. equivalent of "ditto" : IBID
10
Calamitous decline : NOSEDIVE
11
French painter Courbet : GUSTAVE
12
Arise : COMEUP
13
Pulitzer-winning historian Frederick Jackson ___ : TURNER
14
Outfits : GARBS
15
Fish that can move equally well forward and backward : EELS
19
Team whose home arena is the Palace of Auburn Hills : PISTONS
20
Better : ENHANCE
21
Company with a tree in its logo : KEEBLER
22
Fluid dynamics phenomena : EDDIES
25
Convertible carriage : LANDAU
26
It's assumed : ROLE
28
Bit of assistance : HAND
29
Local or regional Boy Scout gathering : CAMPOREE
30
Nullifies, as an oath? : BLEEPS
31
Made a comeback : RALLIED
32
Medieval conquerors : TARTARS
33
Maximally : ATMOST
34
Max of video game fame : PAYNE
35
"___ by Sinatra" (1982 collaborative jazz album) : SYMS
36
Reaganomics recommendation : TAXCUT
39
One addressed as "lord" : BARON
41
Parliamentary faction : NAYS
42
1/6 of an inch : PICA
44
Ad ___ (at the place: Abbr.) : LOC
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Good name for a trial lawyer : SUE
46
Ingredient in Delftware glazing : TIN
47
"What next?" : AND

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

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