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New York Times, Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Author:
Christina Houlihan Kelly
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : U.S.S. Nautilus, for one
TotalDebutLatest
912/17/20014/14/2008
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0620100
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.662519%
Christina Houlihan Kelly

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Kelly. Tuesday freshness: 62%
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© 2007, The New York Times9/11/7 ( No. 21,126 )
Across
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The whole ball of wax : ATOZ
5
Court cry : OYEZ
9
Last budget category, usually: Abbr. : MISC
13
Loafer, for one : SHOE
14
Fabricate : MAKE
15
Mediterranean island country : MALTA
16
Golf club used in a bunker : SANDWEDGE
18
Bird-related : AVIAN
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USAir rival : TWA
20
Like Methuselah : OLD
21
Invent : CREATE
22
Butcher's device : MEATGRINDER
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Examine : LOOKAT
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Pizazz : ELAN
30
At full speed : AMAIN
31
Xerox machine output : PHOTOCOPY
36
Architect Ludwig Mies van der ___ : ROHE
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Krispy ___ Doughnuts : KREME
38
Nabisco cookie : OREO
39
Tourist shop purchases : SOUVENIRS
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Avoid, as work : SHIRK
42
N.Y.C. cultural institution : MOMA
43
Taste bud locale : TONGUE
44
U.S.S. Nautilus, for one : AMERICANSUB
49
Show to be false : DEBUNK
50
Computer file name extension : EXE
51
Haw's partner : HEM
54
Sierra ___ : LEONE
55
Spider-Man or the Green Lantern : SUPERHERO
58
Religion of the Koran : ISLAM
59
Like the Sahara : ARID
60
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
61
Cop's path : BEAT
62
"Toodles," in Milan : CIAO
63
Marvel Comics mutants : XMEN
Down
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Secretary: Abbr. : ASST
2
Microwave option : THAW
3
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
4
1-Across's end, in England : ZED
5
Frittata, e.g. : OMELET
6
When said three times, et cetera : YADDA
7
Heart chart, for short : EKG
8
New York's Tappan ___ Bridge : ZEE
9
Expert : MAVEN
10
Troy story? : ILIAD
11
Union member : STATE
12
Chair person? : CANER
15
Name after Dan or San : MARINO
17
"Pretty ___" (Richard Gere/Julia Roberts movie) : WOMAN
21
Shipping container : CRATE
23
Iran's capital : TEHERAN
24
___ on to (grabs) : GLOMS
25
Swedish version of Lawrence : LARS
26
Melville novel : OMOO
27
Waikiki Beach locale : OAHU
28
Ukraine's capital : KIEV
31
___ ballerina : PRIMA
32
Big band saxophonist Al : COHN
33
Not a reproduction: Abbr. : ORIG
34
The Pan-American Highway runs through it : PERU
35
Oxen holder : YOKE
37
Séance sound : KNOCK
40
Rapper Marshall Mathers, familiarly : EMINEM
41
On the wagon : SOBER
43
Some supper club attire : TUXEDO
44
Improvise : ADLIB
45
Reagan cabinet member : MEESE
46
Deadly virus : EBOLA
47
Charge : RUNAT
48
Brownish photo tint : SEPIA
51
Captain's position : HELM
52
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
53
Séance sound : MOAN
55
Pouch : SAC
56
"Psychic" Geller : URI
57
Voodoo doctor's doing : HEX

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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