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New York Times, Thursday, July 8, 2010

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : Asti ___
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 41 Missing: {KQX} Minimum word length: 4 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Farmer. Thursday freshness: 100%
Jim Horne notes:

This puzzle is the antimatter counterpart of this ODD puzzle by David J. W. Simpson a few months earlier.

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© 2010, The New York Times7/8/10 ( No. 22,157 )
Across
1
Athletic shoe manufacturer : ADIDAS
7
Some camcorders : RCAS
11
Arabic characters : NUMERALS
14
Sister city of El Paso : JUAREZ
16
Bygone Chrysler : IMPERIAL
17
Straight : UNBENT
18
Asti ___ : SPUMANTE
19
Desserts in Rome : GELATI
20
"... kissed thee ___ killed thee": Shak. : EREI
21
Umps : REFS
23
Greenpeace subj. : ECOL
24
"Georgy Girl" star Lynn : REDGRAVE
26
Spot to moor : COVE
27
"Jane Eyre" et al. : NOVELS
29
Summer drinks : ADES
30
Diminutive tree : BONSAI
33
"Who's Next?" singer/songwriter/satirist : LEHRER
35
Venice Film Festival locale : LIDO
36
Rhythm band instrument : MARACA
38
Deal breakers, on occasion : EGOS
39
Laboratory sessions : TESTINGS
43
Aforementioned : SAME
44
Relative of Thos. or Wm. : DANL
45
Noteworthy name in lens care : RENU
46
Gyro inventor : SPERRY
48
Suffer from high humidity, e.g. : FEELWARM
51
Choice : OPTION
52
Professional filmgoer : REVIEWER
53
Remove skin from, as whales : FLENSE
54
Neon sign on many diners : OPENLATE
55
Pieces of work? : ERGS
56
Fitted together : NESTED
Down
1
Tropical avians : ANIS
2
Construction site conveyance : DUMPER
3
Contaminated : IMPURE
4
Judged : DEEMED
5
Forces to answer an indictment : ARRAIGNS
6
Bygone pitching star Johnny : SAIN
7
Viking letter : RUNE
8
Transportation on tracks : CABLECAR
9
Prefix with triple digits : AREACODE
10
Dispatched (to) : SENTOVER
12
Venice premiere of 1853 : LATRAVIATA
13
Jacket part : SLEEVE
14
Liquor containers : JUGS
15
Scrabble 10-pointers : ZTILES
22
Gave in to exhaustion : FELLASLEEP
25
Wander : ROAM
28
Church offshoot : SECT
30
Rudy Giuliani turf : BIGAPPLE
31
Dash instrument : ODOMETER
32
Punk facial decoration : NOSERING
34
Forehead border : HAIRLINE
35
Thinks ___ (disesteems) : LESSOF
37
Brad of "Sleepers" : RENFRO
40
Uprights on staircases : NEWELS
41
Really bother : GNAWAT
42
Employer of Clouseau : SURETE
44
Newton fraction : DYNE
47
"ER" doctor : ROSS
49
Like each answer in this puzzle - also each word in each clue - in length : EVEN
50
TV palomino : MRED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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