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New York Times, Saturday, July 24, 2010

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Across : Smooth
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 This is puzzle # 140 for Mr. Kahn. Saturday freshness: 59%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/24/10 ( No. 22,173 )
Across
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Some Guinness Book listings : FIRSTS
7
Sources of woods used for saunas : ASPENS
13
Literary character whose name is said to mean "laughing water" : MINNEHAHA
14
Nonabrasive leather : CHAMOIS
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Grandma or grandpa : OLDSTER
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Went back to the buffet, say : HADMORE
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Norwegian violinist ___ Bull : OLE
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Two-___ : SEATER
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Figure depicted in une église : ANGE
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Mind : SEETO
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Server's edge : ADIN
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Besmirch : TAR
27
Advocacy : ESPOUSAL
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Smooth : FACILE
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Film studio stock : STILLS
34
Raptor 350 and others : YAMAHAS
35
Pucks : IMPS
38
Founding member of the Washington Freedom : MIAHAMM
40
Many mail-order items, briefly : MEDS
41
Singer Jackson : MAHALIA
43
English word that comes from Tswana : TSETSE
45
Tomfoolery : PRANKS
47
Places to unload : SEAPORTS
51
Alpha or beta follower : RAY
52
Jewelry store feature : CASE
54
How fried foods are fried : INOIL
55
Hydrocarbon endings : ENES
57
1992 Elton John hit : THEONE
60
Sessanta minuti : ORA
61
Missouri site of the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival : SEDALIA
63
Fellow with no monetary woes : MADEMAN
65
Place for barkers? : SEALERY
66
What you may have while solving this puzzle? : AHAMOMENT
67
Adolescence and others : STAGES
68
Civic alternative : SENTRA
Down
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Nice girls : FILLES
2
Seriously committed : INDEEP
3
Workers with 64-Downs, for short : RNS
4
Embarks : SETSOUT
5
You, once : THEE
6
Hot spot : SAHARA
7
Hurt : ACHED
8
"Hidalgo" co-star, 2004 : SHARIF
9
Digs : PAD
10
Classic novel that ends with two weddings : EMMA
11
When two hands meet : NOONTIME
12
Tennyson hero : SIRGALAHAD
13
Yellowstone sight : MOOSE
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Figure in the Iliad : SEERESS
20
Seat of Leon County, Fla. : TALLAHASSEE
23
Add : TOSSIN
25
Con's call : NAY
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Actor who played Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," 1951 : SIM
29
Settled : ALIT
31
Appeared in, as a TV show : CAMEON
33
Literary pirate : SMEE
35
Awe : IMPRESS
36
Old royalty : MAHARANEES
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Didn't do seriously : PLAYEDAT
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N.Y.C. travel letters : MTA
42
Springer's org. : AKC
44
Watched closely from a distance : SPIEDON
46
"Fahrenheit 451," e.g. : SATIRE
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Paying guest : ROOMER
49
Capital midway between Rome and Istanbul : TIRANA
50
Editorial feature : SLANT
53
___ Rebellion : SHAYS
56
Palacio part : SALA
58
Some Siouan speakers : OMAHAS
59
Handle : NAME
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One with a supporting role : LEG
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Colleague of 3-Down : EMT

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

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