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New York Times, Thursday, January 27, 2005

Author:
Jim Hyres
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Like ___ from the blue
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2312/16/20021/29/20171
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
16632122
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.588052%
Jim Hyres

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Hyres. Thursday freshness: 86%
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© 2005, The New York Times1/27/5 ( No. 20,169 )
Across
1
Dairy morsel : CURD
5
Brainy : SHARP
10
Liven (up) : JAZZ
14
1997 Peter Fonda role : ULEE
15
Certain chairmaker : CANER
16
___ d'amore : OBOE
17
Sked guesses: Abbr. : ETDS
18
The Three Link Fraternity : ODDFELLOWS
20
City whose newspaper is the Daily Planet : BERKELEY
22
Flip remark? : CALLIT
23
Jackie's second : ARI
24
Hwys. : RDS
25
Expands : DILATES
26
Most October babies : LIBRAS
28
Turner of film : LANA
29
Western wolf : LOBO
30
Devotees : FANCLUB
33
Place to play the start of 18- or 52-Across or 3- or 32-Down : ROULETTETABLE
37
Pokes fun at : NEEDLES
38
"I can't ___ thing" : EATA
40
Home of the White Sands Natl. Mon. : NMEX
41
It has rocks and rolls : BARCAR
43
Pump feature, possibly : OPENTOE
47
Bill offerer: Abbr. : SEN
48
Optima maker : KIA
49
Lowly assistant : MINION
50
Battery type : ACIDCELL
52
Tied : EVENSTEVEN
54
They're usually first to raise their hands : AYES
55
It's messy : GORE
56
Behind : OWING
57
Lancelot player, 1995 : GERE
58
Suffix with fabric : ATOR
59
Egg containers : NESTS
60
She, in Italy : ESSA
Down
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Breaker? : CUEBALL
2
Hidden : ULTERIOR
3
Silver medal equivalent : REDRIBBON
4
Editor's ___ : DESK
5
Lets have it : SCOLDS
6
Hot spot : HADES
7
Williams of song : ANDY
8
Ring figure : REF
9
"N.Y.P.D. Blue" setting : PRECINCT
10
La ___, home of the Salk Institute : JOLLA
11
Like ___ from the blue : ABOLT
12
"Holy smokes!" : ZOWIE
13
Livens : ZESTS
19
"I'm not listening to you!" : LALALA
21
Low fig. for Randy Johnson : ERA
25
Traditional international powerhouse in badminton : DANES
27
Womanizer : ROUE
28
Surgical glove material : LATEX
30
N.J. city on the Hudson : FTLEE
31
Above, in Berlin : UBER
32
Marks of shame : BLACKEYES
34
Slow musical passages : LENTOS
35
Northernmost city in North America with more than half a million people : EDMONTON
36
Merchants not seen on the street : ETAILERS
39
Body of water south of Orsk : ARALSEA
41
Humans : BEINGS
42
"Anything else?" : AND
43
The end : OMEGA
44
Turning point : PIVOT
45
Start of el año : ENERO
46
Montana, notably : NINER
47
Lead provider : SCENT
50
Enterprise rival : AVIS
51
Rat's place : CAGE
53
Female Wiltshire : EWE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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