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New York Times, Friday, January 27, 2006

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : Many of the Founding Fathers
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 26 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 46 for Ms. Blackard. Friday freshness: 97%
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© 2006, The New York Times1/27/6 ( No. 20,534 )
Across
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Didn't immediately go on : PAUSED
7
"Don't fall for that" : ITSATRAP
15
Title bandit in a Verdi opera : ERNANI
16
Postseason event : BOWLGAME
17
Some fertile regions : DELTAS
18
Bottle label : ONELITER
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Disorderly type? : ANARCH
20
It doesn't require a full deck : SKAT
21
Yvette's years : ANS
22
G.P.S. device, at times : LOCATOR
24
Botanical beards : ARISTAE
26
Shout to a cabbie : STEPONIT
28
"Scarface" setting : MIAMI
29
Back together : RECONNECTED
32
Locks up : ICES
36
Comic introduction? : SERIO
37
Figs. in bank records : SSNS
38
Teller's area : MAGICTRICKS
41
Teaser : PROMO
42
Not in harm's way : SHIELDED
47
Best : OPTIMAL
50
"With Reagan" writer : EDMEESE
51
Wall St. purchase : SHR
52
Better writing : EDIT
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Seven of 1,000,000 : DIGITS
55
Arduous : TOILSOME
57
Quickly : INASEC
58
Checking one's territory : ONPATROL
59
Beat one's gums : NATTER
60
Antiphon : RESPONSE
61
Like patent leather : GLOSSY
Down
1
Piano trio : PEDALS
2
Playground retort : ARENOT
3
Loosen : UNLACE
4
Ruthless governor : SATRAP
5
One passing : ENACTOR
6
Not straight : DISHONEST
7
Native Nigerians : IBOS
8
Big name in small trucks : TONKA
9
Not just say : SWEAR
10
Record : ALLTIME
11
___ Friday's : TGI
12
Rappers' sounds : RATATATS
13
Emphatic concurrence : AMENAMEN
14
Annual celestial display : PERSEIDS
23
Kitchen aid : RICER
25
Sets a setter on, say : SICS
27
Spelling and others : TORIS
30
Calling : NICHE
31
"Is that a fact?!" : NOKIDDING
32
Wolf in sheep's clothing, e.g. : IMPOSTOR
33
Something auto-dialed? : CARPHONE
34
Star treks? : EGOTRIPS
35
___ Hills (edge of the San Fernando Valley) : SIMI
39
Totals : COMESTO
40
Primary : SEMINAL
43
Smooth, to Solti : LEGATO
44
Many of the Founding Fathers : DEISTS
45
Actress Chandler and others : ESTEES
46
Catch sight of : DESCRY
48
Gild : ADORN
49
Long rides? : LIMOS
53
Cast leader? : TELE
56
Sometime PC supporter : LAP

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

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