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New York Times, Friday, January 18, 2008

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : 18-wheeler
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
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421.5333860%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Payne. Friday freshness: 52%
Jim Horne notes:

This crossword was specifically compiled to form a part of the MIT Puzzle Hunt in 2008. MIT solvers were pointed to this puzzle and had to use information from the crossword to finish the original puzzle. The NYT crossword ran at the same time as the MIT Puzzle Hunt, so it was all planned in advance.

More information at the solution page for that puzzle.

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© 2008, The New York Times1/18/8 ( No. 21,255 )
Across
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Drawing power : MAGNETISM
10
Soigné : CHIC
14
Suddenly : ALLATONCE
15
Stereo receiver button : PHONO
16
Steely Dan hit of 1972 : DOITAGAIN
17
Villain in the Book of Esther : HAMAN
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T formation participant : END
19
Cunning : SNEAKINESS
21
___ clue : GETA
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Georgia ___ of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" : ENGEL
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Perishable fashion accessory : LEI
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Certain sale item: Abbr. : IRR
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Six-time All-Star third baseman of the 1970s Dodgers : CEY
29
Ancient fragrance : NARD
30
Molière comedy : THEMISER
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Canadian equivalent of the Oscar : GENIE
34
Filled treat : PIEROGI
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Properly filed : INORDER
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"Cooking With Astrology" author : OMARR
38
"Moon Over Parador" star, 1988 : DREYFUSS
40
"Buona ___" : SERA
41
You wouldn't sit for a spell in this : BEE
42
No-goodnik : CAD
43
Suffix with Darwin : IST
44
"Divine" showbiz nickname : MISSM
46
Motivational cries : RAHS
49
Classic mystical book by Khalil Gibran : THEPROPHET
52
Brood : chicken :: parliament : ___ : OWL
54
Asian title : RANEE
55
Gulf of Taranto's locale : IONIANSEA
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Echo, e.g., in Greek myth : OREAD
59
Guided missile sections : NOSECONES
60
___ Atomic Dustbin (English rock band) : NEDS
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Have as an appetizer : STARTWITH
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Not natural : MADE
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Lengthwise : ALONG
3
Skate : GLIDE
4
R.F.K. Stadium player, for short : NAT
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___ Carinae (hypergiant star) : ETA
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Attire : TOGS
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Witless : INANE
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Journal with an annual "Breakthrough of the Year" award : SCIENCE
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Where the wild things are? : MENAGERIE
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Detective in "The Shanghai Cobra" : CHAN
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Pilgrims leave them : HOMELANDS
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Not randomly arranged : INASERIES
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Weigh : CONSIDER
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"The Amazing Race" host Keoghan : PHIL
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Thing on a ring : KEY
22
Earth, en español : TIERRA
23
Hard-to-break plates : ARMOR
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18-wheeler : RIG
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"Ode to Broken Things" poet : NERUDA
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Beach house arrangement, perhaps : TIMESHARE
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No longer gloomy : HEARTENED
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Rotary motions : SIDESPINS
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Be a big success : GOFAR
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Beta decay emission, sometimes : POSITRON
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Subway Series locale, for short : NYC
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Directorial demand : RESHOOT
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Thing with a life of its own? : BIO
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TV star who said "Stop gabbin' and get me some oats!" : MRED
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Prometheus Society alternative : MENSA
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Egypt's Mubarak : HOSNI
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Honeybun : SWEET
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Potpie ingredients : PEAS
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Top-___ (leading) : TIER
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Secure, in a way : LASH
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With 57-Down, commercial entreaty : ACT
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See 56-Down : NOW

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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