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New York Times, Friday, January 14, 2005

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Some duplexes
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 24 Missing: {QX} Spans: 4 Grid has supersymmetry. This is puzzle # 209 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 91%
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© 2005, The New York Times1/14/5 ( No. 20,156 )
Across
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Address : SPEAKTO
8
Rapper's beat : RATATAT
15
From China, e.g. : EASTERN
16
Stuck : UPATREE
17
"Not so!" : ITSALIE
18
Stand that a politician might take : LECTERN
19
Sleeping unit? : ZEE
20
Makes up, in a way : POWDERS
22
Heelless shoe, for short : MOC
23
Dohnányi who composed "Ruralia Hungarica" : ERNO
25
Delhi chestful : SARIS
26
Detroit's ___ Arena : COBO
27
Millennium starter : ONEAD
29
Dark side of China : YIN
30
Upset : RILED
31
"Doesn't bother me" : NOSKINOFFMYNOSE
34
Kind of agreement : FAIRTRADE
35
2003 Sandler/Nicholson movie : ANGERMANAGEMENT
41
Robert Frost farm site : DERRY
42
Big Japanese computer firm : NEC
43
Defense device : RADAR
44
"Finlandia" composer Sibelius : JEAN
45
Must, slangily : GOTTA
47
Sister ___, title character of a 1970 film : SARA
48
Funny : ODD
49
Flimsy, as chances go : OUTSIDE
51
Mr. abroad : SRI
52
With no time to lose : INARUSH
54
Fifth, e.g. : ORDINAL
56
Beer drinker's terse critique : NOTASTE
57
Not knowing : NAIVETE
58
In myth, loser of a shouting match with Hermes : STENTOR
59
Oath-taker : SWEARER
Down
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Take suddenly : SEIZEON
2
Longtime Penn State football coach : PATERNO
3
Ascetics of yore : ESSENES
4
___ tilt : ATA
5
Sea palm or badderlocks : KELP
6
Singing groups : TRIOS
7
Somehow : ONEWAYORANOTHER
8
Causes for penalties : RULEINFRACTIONS
9
Some parodists : APERS
10
Tic-___ (candies) : TACS
11
Court figure: Abbr. : ATT
12
Singing effect : TREMOLO
13
Microbiology topic : AEROBES
14
CBers' numerical system : TENCODE
21
Commercial fishing aids : DRIFTNETS
24
Forest plant with triangular fronds : OAKFERN
26
Some duplexes : CINEMAS
28
Blog predecessor : DIARY
30
U-Haul competitor : RYDER
32
Game played with counters : NIM
33
Zine : MAG
35
Lies next to : ADJOINS
36
Is unobliged to : NEEDNOT
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Make a subtle transformation, as in color : GRADATE
38
"The Bronx Zoo" star : EDASNER
39
Tell tales : NARRATE
40
Movie extra : TRAILER
45
Relish : GUSTO
46
Play to ___ (tie) : ADRAW
49
Dethrone : OUST
50
Emmy winner Falco : EDIE
53
Avoided bloodshed : RAN
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___ Toguri (Tokyo Rose) : IVA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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