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New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 2005

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Small ticks?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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321.591,28194%
Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {BQZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 89%
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© 2005, The New York Times1/22/5 ( No. 20,164 )
Across
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Hit hard : SMACKEDUP
10
Strength : SINEW
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Native of a European capital : MADRILENO
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Not keep one's feelings pent up : EMOTE
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No small favor : ALOTTOASK
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"Enough!" : CANIT
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Antarctica's ___ Ice Shelf : LARSEN
20
Sign of hostility : HISS
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Doc ___, Spider-Man foe : OCK
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Large amount of fudge? : LIE
24
"The Last Days of Pompeii" heroine : IONE
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Kind of torch : TIKI
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W.W. II org. : OSS
27
Pigeonlike birds : SANDGROUSES
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Travels freely around the world : JETSETS
32
Sole options : FILLETS
33
Governmental suffix : CRAT
34
"Breaking ___ Hard to Do" : UPIS
35
Unveiling phrase : ETVOILA
38
People who call themselves the Diné : NAVAJOS
42
It provides a light finish : CHIFFONCAKE
44
Employer of Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley, once : UPI
45
Book part : LEAF
46
Record keeper's concern : STAT
47
Range part: Abbr. : MTN
48
Like Schubert's Mass No. 2 : ING
49
Org. for the Denver Gold and Chicago Blitz : USFL
50
Set pieces? : MOSAIC
53
Advocate of "justicialismo" : PERON
55
Z stands for it in electronics : IMPEDANCE
57
Mystic : SWAMI
58
Primitive capacitor : LEYDENJAR
59
Terraplane's predecessor, in old autodom : ESSEX
60
Weapon that Reagan called the "Peacekeeper" : MXMISSILE
Down
1
Starting breakfast drink : SMALLOJ
2
Funk : MALAISE
3
Love, as "thou" might do in a hymn : ADOREST
4
Some touch screens, briefly : CRTS
5
End of many a string : KITE
6
The Phoenix of the Southern Conference : ELON
7
Grp. that has agony over ecstasy? : DEA
8
Like mustangs, for example : UNSHOD
9
Ribbing : POKINGFUNAT
10
Small ticks? : SECS
11
"Hallelujah, ___ Bum" (Al Jolson film) : IMA
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Ideal for engines and audio equipment : NONOISE
13
Contemporary travel convenience : ETICKET
14
Sign of warm affection : WETKISS
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Two-time L.P.G.A. champ born in Korea : SERIPAK
24
Land development? : INSTANTFILM
25
Home of the Jaycees' national headquarters : TULSA
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See 52-Down : SERIF
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Flummoxed : ATALOSS
29
Tartar sauce ingredient : OLIVE
31
Knock, with "at" : SCOFF
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Cover-up at the highest levels? : ECLIPSE
36
Prime time follower : THENEWS
37
Pep pills? : VIAGRAS
39
1995 Robin Williams film : JUMANJI
40
Kind of glass : OPTICAL
41
Not forced : SINCERE
43
Baja cuisine : CALMEX
49
System for servers : UNIX
50
Start to care? : MEDI
51
Some tributes : ODES
52
With 27-Down, like some letters : SANS
54
Lament of Lady Capulet : OME
56
English novelist Barbara : PYM

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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