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New York Times, Saturday, January 12, 2008

Author:
Frederick J. Healy
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Place of refinement
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Frederick J. Healy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQUXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Healy. Saturday freshness: 70%
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© 2008, The New York Times1/12/8 ( No. 21,249 )
Across
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Energize : KICKSTART
10
Food fight noise : SPLAT
15
"Tom Jones" beat it for Best Picture of 1963 : CLEOPATRA
16
Singer Bryson : PEABO
17
Cocky competitors might take them on : ALLCOMERS
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Star Steeler Stautner : ERNIE
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Sends off again : RESHIPS
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Beards : DEFIES
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Not do anything about : LETSLIDE
24
Basketmaker? : SCORER
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Touristy resort borough SE of Scranton, Pa. : MTPOCONO
32
Christmas story bad guy : HEROD
33
Record holder : REGISTRAR
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Writer of a five-volume Henry James biography : EDEL
35
Curling setting : SALON
36
Young 'uns : TADS
37
Much unscripted fare : REALITYTV
39
High hideaway : AERIE
40
Acquisition before becoming a resident : MDDEGREE
41
Comparatively close : ASNEAR
42
Fits behind the wheel? : ROADRAGE
44
1984 Cyndi Lauper hit : SHEBOP
47
House style : CAPECOD
52
Middle Eastern dish : PILAF
53
Recording session starter : FIRSTTAKE
55
Stampless I.R.S. submission : EFILE
56
Sultana-stuffed treat : RAISINPIE
57
Exercise : WIELD
58
Showed : INDICATED
Down
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Plymouth Reliant, for one : KCAR
2
River at Rennes : ILLE
3
Frames a collector might frame : CELS
4
"Citizen ___" (1992 autobiography) : KOCH
5
Having turned : SPOILED
6
Monkey : TAMPER
7
Historically significant trial : ATEST
8
Elementary school trio? : RRR
9
Univ. helpers : TAS
10
Small trunks : SPEEDOS
11
Achievement by 30-Down that had been previously unattained : PERFECTTEN
12
Legal scholar Guinier : LANI
13
Rose's beau on Broadway : ABIE
14
Web sites? : TOES
20
Take a bit of one's savings, say : DIPIN
22
Place of refinement : SMELTER
23
State second: Abbr. : LTGOV
24
Col. Potter on "M*A*S*H," to pals : SHERM
25
Turned over : CEDED
26
Mountain nymph : OREAD
27
Title sport in a 1975 James Caan film : ROLLERBALL
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"Laborare est ___" ("to work is to pray") : ORARE
30
Big name at the 1976 Olympics : NADIA
31
1987 world figure skating champion : ORSER
33
Having spokes : RAYED
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Leave in difficulty : STRAP
38
Acknowledgment on a slip : IGOOFED
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Sterile : ASEPTIC
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1994 U.S. Open winner : AGASSI
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Sharp : ACRID
44
Shoot out : SPEW
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Record holder : HIFI
46
Designer Saab : ELIE
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View from Catania : ETNA
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Hands are under one: Abbr. : CAPT
50
Steinbeck figure : OKIE
51
Title : DEED
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Many workers look forward to it: Abbr. : FRI
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Golfer Woosnam : IAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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