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New York Times, Saturday, September 9, 2006

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Thompson who played Fat Albert
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Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 50 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 50%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/9/6 ( No. 20,759 )
Across
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Blockbuster : SMASHEROO
10
Inside job : DECOR
15
"You'd better believe it!" : NOFOOLING
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Hanging open : AGAPE
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Base figure : INFIELDER
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Places for toupees : DOMES
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Victorian : PRIG
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Camp sight : MESSTENT
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Dirt : PORNO
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Thorny subject : ROSE
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Romance fiction award : RITA
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Mocha setting : YEMEN
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Neighbor of Draco : URSAMINOR
29
Mrs. Miller in "Ah, Wilderness!" : ESSIE
31
The Pleiades, e.g. : SEPTET
32
Noodlehead : ASS
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Knock : PAN
36
Great time : EON
37
Some E.R. cases : ODS
38
Dig : SHOVEL
40
Thompson who played Fat Albert : KENAN
42
Absorbent component of some cat litter : SILICAGEL
44
Thresholds : CUSPS
48
Rotten : EVIL
49
#24 who played in 24 All-Star Games : MAYS
50
Author Canin : ETHAN
51
His "J.B." won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama : MACLEISH
53
Heart : CORE
54
Sticking point? : BRIAR
55
Odets hero Joe : BONAPARTE
59
Unhand : LETGO
60
Smooth and white : ALABASTER
61
Some nods : YESES
62
Warms up : GETSREADY
Down
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Displaying short-temperedness : SNIPPY
2
County name in 17 states : MONROE
3
Ratify : AFFIRM
4
Well-groomed : SOIGNEE
5
It can turn over a lot : HOE
6
Head of lettuce? : ELL
7
Relieve : RID
8
What there may be room for, barely : ONEMORE
9
Fairy tale villain : OGRESS
10
Pops : DADS
11
Self-guided "tour" : EGOTRIP
12
Acquired with little or no effort : CAMEINTO
13
Having digital display? : OPENTOED
14
Extra boots : RESTARTS
21
Yuletide, e.g. : SEASON
23
Some writers write this way : ONSPEC
24
Remains to be seen? : RUIN
28
Imperil : MENACE
30
Makings of a hero, maybe : SALAMI
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Knesset, literally : ASSEMBLY
33
Noisy celebration : SHIVAREE
34
Goes after : SOLICITS
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They may shock you : EELS
39
Hamlet's cousin : VILLAGE
40
Listening post? : KEYHOLE
41
Crank : NUTCASE
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Blowhard : GASBAG
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Fan sound : SHORTA
46
Split : PARTED
47
Derisive : SNEERY
52
"The Garden of ___" (Wilde poem) : EROS
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Mr. Miller in "Ah, Wilderness!" : NAT
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Workout target, for short : ABS
58
Stock figure : PAR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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