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New York Times, Saturday, January 1, 2005

Author:
Raymond C. Young
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Sign of anger
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Raymond C. Young

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 56, Blocks: 37 Missing: {BJKQXYZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Minimum word length: 4 Average word length: 6.71 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Young. Saturday freshness: 100%
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© 2005, The New York Times1/1/5 ( No. 20,143 )
Across
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Doesn't this beat all? : CAPPER
7
Eastern royal : RANI
11
U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union during W.W. II : HARRIMAN
13
Take back : RECANT
15
Home of a literary ghost : ELSINORE
16
Currency replaced by the euro : ESCUDO
17
Enthrones : ELEVATES
18
Region of southern England on the English Channel : DORSET
19
A telephone technician might perform one : LINETEST
20
Smooth : FLUENT
21
Bland quality : NOTASTE
22
Work in a cabin, say : AVIATE
23
Cultural institution : ARTCENTER
25
Old-fashioned warning : ALARUM
30
Bet both ways : HEDGED
31
Halloween game of biting fruit dangling on a string : SNAPAPPLE
33
Not over the line : ONSIDE
34
Protective plastic sheet : ACETATE
40
Not forget : RETAIN
41
Civic club member : ROTARIAN
43
Muzzle packer : RAMROD
44
Make a member of little by little : DRAWINTO
45
Title heroine with a turtle named Skipperdee : ELOISE
46
Volunteered : ENLISTED
47
Like some big banks : LEVEED
48
Properly deals with after an exhumation : REINTERS
49
Holiday : REST
50
Severity : RIGORS
Down
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"Larry King Live," for one : CALLIN
2
Poisonous element: Prefix : ARSENO
3
Shrub often used to mark a boundary : PRIVET
4
The hit of a party? : PINATA
5
Engages in melodrama : EMOTES
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One cannot take it at face value : RARESTAMP
7
Motion starter : RESOLVED
8
Growing : ACCRUING
9
Revolt : NAUSEATE
10
Not far out : INDENTED
11
Contemptible one : HEEL
12
Home maker : NESTER
13
Sign of anger : REDFACE
14
Go this way and that : TOTTER
24
"Love is just around" it in a Bing Crosby song : THECORNER
25
Glassworker, at times : ANNEALER
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Checkmate : LASTMOVE
27
Places for combs : APIARIES
28
Ham's equipment : RADIOSET
29
No longer in first place : UPENDED
31
Light reddish-brown : SORREL
32
Storage spot : LARDER
35
And more : ETALII
36
Shooting marbles : TAWING
37
Upper cruster : ARISTO
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Photographic worker : TINTER
39
Restaurant clientele : EATERS
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Go-aheads : NODS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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