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New York Times, Saturday, September 4, 2010

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Across : Impotent
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31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 50 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 75%
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© 2010, The New York Times9/4/10 ( No. 22,215 )
Across
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Fishing gear : BAITBUCKETS
12
Hollywood acronym : SAG
15
Company mascot introduced in the 1930s that has never been put out to pasture : ELSIETHECOW
16
Group with the '79 double-platinum album "Discovery" : ELO
17
Stance in a fashion magazine : GLAMOURPOSE
18
Up to, informally : TIL
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___ milk : SOY
20
Bench warrant, e.g. : WRIT
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Walk to the gate, perhaps : SEEOFF
23
Baseball stat : RUNS
24
Lamented : WEPTFOR
25
Zeros, in sports slang : BAGELS
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One who's smart? : WISEACRE
29
Switch positions : ONOFF
30
"Lost" actress Raymonde : TANIA
31
Liszt's "___ Préludes" : LES
32
Hardly traditionalists : NEOS
33
___ Sisters (daughters of Atlas) : SEVEN
34
Popular spectator sport that's not in the Olympics : SUMO
35
Money market currency abbr. : USD
36
The Abominable Snowman, for one : BIPED
37
Block : DEBAR
38
Babe-in-arms alternative? : STROLLER
40
"___ Really Matter" (Janet Jackson song) : DOESNT
41
John Wayne : THEDUKE
42
It's hardly a smash hit : DINK
43
Kindle, say : READER
44
Impotent : WEAK
45
E-2 Marine : PFC
48
Utter doofus : ASS
49
Apathetic person's words : FORALLICARE
52
John L. Lewis was its first pres. : CIO
53
Laptop tested aboard the Endeavour : IBMTHINKPAD
54
Home of Smallville: Abbr. : KAN
55
Swift retreat? : NESTINGSITE
Down
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Adjures : BEGS
2
Gallic greeting : ALLO
3
"Well!" : ISAY
4
Title guy in an animated HBO sitcom : TIM
5
Aid to King Hrothgar, in literature : BEOWULF
6
Some driving school practice : UTURNS
7
Rock on a stage : CHRIS
8
Didn't go stale : KEPT
9
Friendly intro? : ECO
10
Adds : TOSSESIN
11
Comic strip adoptee : SWEEPEA
12
Course load? : SETOFCLUBS
13
Like the 1974 rope-a-dope fight : ALIFOREMAN
14
Kiawah Island, for one : GOLFRESORT
22
Hellenic character : ETA
23
Calls : REFS
24
Got into port : WINED
25
Incentive to buy a CD, maybe : BONUSTRACK
26
Number of folks? : ANESTHESIA
27
Excuse : GOODREASON
28
Sing vibrato, say : WAVER
30
Hides on a frame : TEPEE
33
Luxurious wrap : SILKROBE
34
Grope for : SEEK
36
Tekka-maki sushi source : BLUEFIN
37
Promoter of the 13-Down fight : DONKING
39
"How ___ ..." : ODD
40
Phone headquarters : DIALIN
42
City of 15+ million whose busiest street is Chandni Chowk : DELHI
44
Steam engine pioneer : WATT
45
Parental term of endearment, in Spain : PAPI
46
Frequent party planner, for short : FRAT
47
Opt to drop : CEDE
50
Hosp. units : RMS
51
Contents of some books: Abbr. : CKS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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