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New York Times, Saturday, September 10, 2005

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Event that didn't happen
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 114 for Mr. Kahn. Saturday freshness: 12%
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© 2005, The New York Times9/10/5 ( No. 20,395 )
Across
1
Blood: Prefix : HEMA
5
Cynical comment : IBET
9
Flank : ABUT
13
Popular whitener : TOPOL
14
Melba, e.g. : DAME
15
Singer at the Live Aid concert : BONO
16
Symbols of innocence : WHITEROSES
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Auto pioneer Adam : OPEL
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Those who prefer suspense? : POSTPONERS
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___ provençale : VEAL
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Passed quickly : SHOTBY
22
Candy manufacturer Harry : REESE
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It's nonsense : SCAT
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1988 buyer of Motown Records : MCA
27
Like Mars nowadays : MAPPED
28
Uniform part : HAT
29
Old riddle: "What did Delaware?" Answer: "I don't know, but ___" : ALASKA
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Event that didn't happen : ONENINENINEFOURWORLDSERIES
38
Sharp : SHREWD
39
Shellac finish : CEE
40
Old English entertainment : MASQUE
43
1910's French avant-gardist : ARP
45
Big shot : BELT
46
Carry on : ACTUP
47
Fictional miner with heavy eyelids : SLEEPY
49
1979 Fleetwood Mac hit : SARA
50
Writer, slangily : INKSLINGER
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Pervasive quality : ODOR
55
Hunters' decoys : MOOSECALLS
56
Winged goddess : NIKE
57
Wolf : ROUE
58
Not to be missed : AMUST
59
Pit : SEED
60
Suffix with super : ETTE
61
Mortal Kombat maker : SEGA
Down
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Seasonal greeting : HOHO
2
Christian denom. : EPIS
3
N.Y.C. thoroughfare in the Rodgers and Hart song "Manhattan" : MOTTST
4
Beth's predecessor : ALEPH
5
"No opinion" : IDONTCARE
6
Why 31-Across didn't happen : BASEBALLWALKOUT
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Tip reducer : EMERY
8
"Working Girl" girl : TESS
9
At a premium : ABOVEPAR
10
One working with a crook : BOPEEP
11
Edginess : UNEASE
12
Struck : TOLLED
13
Local govt. unit : TWP
17
Study, say : ROOM
22
Wolf : RAKE
23
Glittered : SHONE
24
A pearly white : CANINE
25
When some stores open : ATNINE
27
Publisher's pile: Abbr. : MSS
30
Letter opener : ADDRESSEE
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Beat, and how! : WHUP
34
Swedish coin : ORE
35
Put away : ICE
36
Creature with many sharp teeth : EEL
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Put down : SET
40
Some fraternity members : MASONS
41
Settlement in le Nouveau Monde : ACADIE
42
Butterfly, e.g. : STROKE
44
Sports hero who wore #10 : PELE
45
Specifically : BYNAME
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Supercilious one : SNOOT
48
Characters of a certain type : PICAS
50
2002 Literature Nobelist Kertész : IMRE
51
Drain sound : GLUG
52
Supermodel Benitez : ELSA
53
18 through 20, in a run : RST

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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