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New York Times, Friday, August 17, 2012

Author:
Peter Wentz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Makes sense of
TotalDebutLatest
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200121520
ScrabDebutFresh
1.8029392%
Peter Wentz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Wentz. Friday freshness: 80%
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F
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J
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C
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C
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Y
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H
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A
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D
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K
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© 2012, The New York Times8/17/12 ( No. 22,928 )
Across
1
Modern mail? : FLAKJACKET
11
British ___ : RAJ
14
It ends at 12 : SENIORHIGH
15
Main part, often : HERO
16
The Bay of Fundy has the largest one in the world : TIDALRANGE
17
Judicial administration? : OATH
18
Estadio call : OLE
19
Tall and thin : LANK
20
Complete, as a crossword : FILLIN
22
Like A through D : PASSING
24
Having a bad trip, maybe : CARSICK
25
Examine carefully : VET
26
QB who threw a record-tying seven touchdown passes in a single game (1962) : YATITTLE
27
W-2 figure : WAGES
30
Pitcher's stat : SAVES
31
"___ out!" : YER
32
Somalia's locale in Africa : HORN
33
Compromise of 1877 figure : HAYES
34
To-do : STIR
35
Split, in a way : AXE
36
Southern writer William Gilmore ___ : SIMMS
37
Split (up) : DIVVY
38
Fighting directly : TOETOTOE
40
Nickname in classic jazz : DIZ
41
"The Bourne Identity" plot device : AMNESIA
42
Makes sense of : DIGESTS
46
Commercial miscellany : JOBLOT
47
Cartoonist Kelly : WALT
48
Bug : TAP
49
Director-type : EXEC
50
View from the Sydney Harbour Bridge : OPERAHOUSE
53
Hershey brand : ROLO
54
What a drawer may hold : FELTTIPPEN
55
Animal in a comic strip title : KAT
56
Running too quickly? : FALSESTART
Down
1
It controls the amount of light admitted : FSTOP
2
"The Pearl Fishers" soprano : LEILA
3
Altiplano locale : ANDES
4
Soul producer : KIA
5
Kicks : JOLLIES
6
Downright : ARRANT
7
Cho ___, romantic interest for Harry Potter : CHANG
8
Twist : KINK
9
___-shaped : EGG
10
Moirai, in Greek myth : THEFATES
11
"Big Brother," for example : REALITYTV
12
It includes provision for the admission of new states : ARTICLEIV
13
"A stronger America" sloganeer : JOHNKERRY
15
"The Planets" composer : HOLST
21
It controls the amount of light admitted : IRIS
23
___ Kramer, 2010 Dutch speed-skating gold medalist : SVEN
24
Gives in under pressure : CAVES
26
"Lookie what I did!" : YAYME
27
"Can you believe that guy?!" : WHATAJERK
28
Grateful Dead album whose title reads the same forward and backward : AOXOMOXOA
29
Intermediate level in karate : GREENBELT
30
Navigator Islands, now : SAMOA
33
Clicked : HITITOFF
34
One criterion for sorting : SIZE
36
Fair : SOSO
37
"Dude, I got something to tell you ..." : DIGTHIS
39
Verizon, e.g. : TELCO
40
Widen : DILATE
42
Short-range missiles : DARTS
43
Buddhist shrine : STUPA
44
Big stinger : TASER
45
Dog-tired : SPENT
47
"Now that you mention it ..." : WELL
51
Sugar ___ : PEA
52
Vote (for) : OPT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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