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New York Times, Saturday, January 12, 2013

Author:
Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Down : ___ Hamels, 2008 World Series M.V.P.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
572/20/200610/13/202435
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6383313183
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226368%
Doug Peterson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 25 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Peterson. This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 34%
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© 2013, The New York Times1/12/13 ( No. 23,076 )
Across
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Birder's reward : SIGHTING
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Amount of olives : JARFUL
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Not nervous at all : ASLOOSEASAGOOSE
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They might make a dog run : CHAINLINKFENCES
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On-air hobbyists? : HAMS
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Inspire warm feelings about : ENDEAR
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Aristotle's "___ Rhetorica" : ARS
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Select : ELITE
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Suffix with cannon : EER
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Oil deposit problem : ACNE
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Sports org. with the Colorado Rapids : MLS
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Jester's locale : COURT
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Shortbread flavorer : PECAN
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Much paperwork : FORMS
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Be in the can : DOTIME
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"If you can find a better car, buy it" pitchman : IACOCCA
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Like some fake redheads : HENNAED
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"___ Heart" (1988 Whoopi Goldberg film) : CLARAS
37
Fit for the road, say : HONDA
38
Promising location : ALTAR
39
___ macchiato : LATTE
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"Deo vindice" was its motto: Abbr. : CSA
43
In the wrong business? : NOSY
44
Litter critter : CUB
45
Ooh and aah, e.g. : REACT
47
Big 12 sch. : TCU
48
Emulates Chicken Little : PANICS
51
Pico Mountain innovation of 1940 : TBAR
52
1992 chick-lit best seller set in Phoenix : WAITINGTOEXHALE
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"Different strokes for different folks" : ITTAKESALLKINDS
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Like many measuring spoons : NESTED
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Air : TELECAST
Down
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Algonquian chief : SACHEM
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Promising start? : ISHALL
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One of Macbeth's thanedoms : GLAMIS
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Jack or forklift : HOIST
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Exaggerated workload : TON
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Key : ISLE
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Foreign refusal : NEIN
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Look-sees : GANDERS
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"Aladdin" villain : JAFAR
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Smoking, say : AGER
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Wood or Underwood : RON
12
Thick base for pizza : FOCACCIA
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Connection requirement, at times : USERNAME
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Fell off : LESSENED
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Activity with traps : SKEET
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Green jam ingredient? : ECOCAR
24
Fortune 100 company named after a smoker : AETNA
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"The Two Towers" army : ORCS
28
Portrayer of June in "Henry & June" : UMA
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Weigh : PONDER
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Venture : FORAY
31
Dimple : DENT
32
Sad sack's lament : ICANTWIN
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Earmark : ALLOCATE
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Wear for some superheroines : CATSUITS
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Like chop-shop cars : HOT
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Element : HABITAT
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Pair in a cage : LUNGS
40
Place to change trunks : CABANA
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Barista's injuries : SCALDS
42
Stationary : ATREST
44
Did a rush job on? : CANED
46
Code of conduct : ETHIC
48
Anti-cavalry weapon : PIKE
49
___ Hamels, 2008 World Series M.V.P. : COLE
50
Move through a market : SELL
53
Body image, briefly : TAT
54
Vintage Jaguar : XKE

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

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