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New York Times, Friday, July 6, 2012

Author:
Peter Wentz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Hit hard
TotalDebutLatest
409/27/20071/1/2022
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.8029392%
Peter Wentz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry. This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Wentz. Friday freshness: 95%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/6/12 ( No. 22,886 )
Across
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Popular gifts that make a distinctive sound when shaken : JIGSAWS
8
Go after little things : NITPICK
15
Common source of talk : AMRADIO
16
"Just be calm ..." : BREATHE
17
Ones left holding their bags? : MAILMEN
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"Your guess is as good as mine" : CANTSAY
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Kemper of "The Office" : ELLIE
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Like many a barren landscape : OCHRE
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Start to kneel? : SILENTK
24
Leatherneck : JARHEAD
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Forge fixture : OVEN
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Dodge with a V-10 engine : VIPER
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It's written from right to left : URDU
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Snuggery : NEST
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Hit hard : SMITE
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Tiniest objection : PEEP
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Colloquial patriarch : POPPA
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Wastes : OFFS
38
Wee hour : ONEAM
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"Don't take my criticism seriously" : IKID
43
Redistribution of wealth? : LOAN
44
"Vissi d'arte" singer : TOSCA
45
Blue ___ : NILE
46
Writer who coined the word "nerd" : DRSEUSS
48
Tap, as for luck : KNOCKON
50
Red giant : CSTAR
51
Specialty of Edmond Hoyle : WHIST
52
Cuts to pieces : HACKSUP
55
Quickly approach : SPEEDTO
57
"Mountain Music" band : ALABAMA
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Corral : FENCEIN
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Annually : PERYEAR
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Horror movie sights : CASKETS
Down
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Irish whiskey brand : JAMESON
2
Title of hits for Neil Diamond, Celine Dion and the Electric Light Orchestra : IMALIVE
3
Distinctive Cadillac features : GRILLES
4
Outstanding : SALIENT
5
Jingle producers : ADMEN
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Golfer Michelle : WIE
7
Little guy : SON
8
Airer of "Dr. Kildare" and "Mr. Novak" : NBC
9
Bit of finan. planning : IRA
10
Tannhäuser, for one : TENOR
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Mend : PATCHUP
12
Sign at a store with a hard-to-find item : ITSHERE
13
Going through the motions? : CHARADE
14
Nervous : KEYEDUP
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They're often skipped on recordings : TVSPOTS
23
T-shaped robes : KIMONOS
24
Futuristic means of locomotion : JETPACK
25
Local, in a news story : AREAMAN
28
Vocal skill, informally : PIPES
34
London gent : OLDCHAP
35
Available : FORSALE
36
Stereotypical purchase of a guy in midlife crisis : FASTCAR
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Just make the cut : SNEAKBY
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Under control : INCHECK
40
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" singer, 1976 : KIKIDEE
41
What happened "at the Movies" in a 1965 Pauline Kael title : ILOSTIT
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Dr. ___ : DENTONS
47
___ Majoris : URSAE
49
Voice actor Gary : OWENS
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Actress Thurman : UMA
54
Shooter's target : PAR
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Platoon V.I.P. : SFC
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Shooter's item : PEA

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

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