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New York Times, Saturday, January 20, 2007

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Most vile
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 56, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FHJQVXYZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Minimum word length: 5 Average word length: 6.71 This is puzzle # 107 for Mr. Estes. Saturday freshness: 99%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/20/7 ( No. 20,892 )
Across
1
Lock locale : CANAL
6
Licks : BESTS
11
Some rocket fuel : KEROSENE
14
One lost through divorce : INLAW
15
He said "Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers" : ALANKING
16
Not disparate : ALIKE
17
Pooh-bah : BIGTIMER
18
Matching, with "the" : SAMEAS
20
Chat room info : USERNAME
21
Mournful : TRISTE
22
Potluck panfuls : LASAGNES
23
Words before a sarcastic "ha ha" : IGETIT
24
Now : ATPRESENT
26
Part of a pound : PIASTER
32
Put on again : RESTAGE
33
Review unfairly : UNDERRATE
35
Political leader from Georgia : STALIN
36
Driving range device? : ODOMETER
43
Name in high fashion : ARMANI
44
Trigger, e.g. : PALOMINO
45
Nickname in tabloids : NESSIE
46
Eyelet creator : STILETTO
47
Deux or trois lead-in : PASDE
48
Chewed on : PONDERED
49
Of a pelvic bone : ILIAL
50
Some store officials : ORDERERS
51
Knight's list : DEEDS
52
Peter and Paul, but not Mary : TSARS
Down
1
In opposition to : CONTRA
2
Kind of price : ASKING
3
American painter of sports scenes : NEIMAN
4
Half of an old comedy duo : ANNEMEARA
5
Deck chair part : LEGREST
6
Radial alternative : BIASTIRE
7
Supplements : ENLARGES
8
Most vile : SLIMIEST
9
Breaks with service? : TAKESTEA
10
Producing bullets? : SWEATING
11
World capital on a river of the same name : KABUL
12
Woman in a "Paint Your Wagon" song : ELISA
13
Shows no sign of abating : RAGES
19
Otto's preceder : SETTE
25
Lions and tigers and bears : PREDATORS
26
U.N. beachhead during the Korean War : PUSAN
27
Stout : INTREPID
28
Water : ADAMSALE
29
Part of an Ethiopian emperor's title : SELASSIE
30
Columbus discovery of 1498 : TRINIDAD
31
The Big Easy : ERNIEELS
34
Most coveted position : TOPSPOT
37
Brazilian beach resort : OLINDA
38
Crumble : MOLDER
39
Foreign dignitaries : EMEERS
40
British chemist's solution strength : TITRE
41
Maze marking : ENTER
42
Chancel symbols : ROODS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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