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New York Times, Friday, September 19, 2008

Author:
Alex Boisvert
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Shell locations
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Alex Boisvert

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QWZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Boisvert. Friday freshness: 16%
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© 2008, The New York Times9/19/8 ( No. 21,500 )
Across
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Source of troubles : PANDORASBOX
12
___ of God : SON
15
"Later!" : IMOUTOFHERE
16
What the 1939 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" completely lacks : ANE
17
Bank offerings : CREDITLINES
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"Uh-huh" : YEP
19
Turns down : NIXES
20
Spirit : VIM
21
___ leaf : COCA
22
Irritation suffix : ITIS
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Irritated, after "in" : APET
25
Like most music : TONAL
26
Persian, e.g. : CAT
27
Not yet delivered, after "in" : UTERO
28
W.W. II air ace who lent his name to an airport : OHARE
29
Wee hour : ONEAM
30
Meyerbeer output : OPERAS
31
___ Day (September 19) : TALKLIKEAPIRATE
35
How some dares are done : ONABET
36
Outline : TRACE
37
Bar tenders?: Abbr. : ATTYS
38
Places for dust to collect : SILLS
39
Assn. : SOC
42
Apparently is : SEEMS
43
Insurance providers, for short : HMOS
44
"Super Trouper" group, 1980 : ABBA
45
Kind of delay : TAPE
46
Poke : JAB
47
Packers QB whose #15 jersey is retired : STARR
48
LAX datum : ETA
49
One end of the Welland Canal : LAKEONTARIO
52
Hi-___ : RES
53
At someone's mercy : OVERABARREL
54
Ones needing career counseling, maybe: Abbr. : SRS
55
Shell locations : GASSTATIONS
Down
1
Eat out? : PICNIC
2
Hindu drink of the gods : AMRITA
3
Play with the line "Hell is other people" : NOEXIT
4
Guys : DUDES
5
Revolutionary patriot James : OTIS
6
Start to smell, maybe : ROT
7
Union inits. starting in 1886 : AFL
8
"Well, I'll be!," as it might be said on September 19 : SHIVERMETIMBERS
9
___ Santiago, 1987 N.L. Rookie of the Year : BENITO
10
City near Provo : OREM
11
Scratches, with "out" : XES
12
"Later!" : SAYONARA
13
200 milligrams : ONECARAT
14
Like soldiers known as Gurkhas : NEPALESE
21
Stick : COHERE
23
Wiped out, slangily : ATEIT
24
Top : PEAK
25
What debaters debate : TOPICS
27
Hedge word : UNLESS
29
"That's fine" : OKBYME
30
Pendant adornments : OPALS
31
Some diner equipment : TOASTERS
32
It has a long tongue : ANTEATER
33
Student excuser : LATEPASS
34
Live folk album of 1968 : ARLO
38
D.T.'s : SHAKES
39
Italian restaurant chain : SBARRO
40
TV newswoman Soledad : OBRIEN
41
Doorstep numbers? : CAROLS
44
___ 2600 (hit product of the 1970s-'80s) : ATARI
46
Joe : JAVA
47
"This instant!" : STAT
49
Record : LOG
50
Bit of chicken feed : OAT
51
Org. with the annual Eddie Gottlieb Trophy : NBA

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

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