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New York Times, Thursday, October 23, 2008

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Study for astronomes
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Patrick Blindauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Blindauer. Thursday freshness: 73%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/23/8 ( No. 21,534 )
Across
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Sounds from Santa : HOS
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Habitually, for short : OFT
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"Men in Black" actor : RIPTORN
14
*Settler in a pharmacy : ANTACID
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Retell : ITERATE
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Bawl club? : WEEPERS
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Dressed down : BERATED
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Some sorority women : KAPPAS
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Actor Jannings : EMIL
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*"___ Island" : FANTASY
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Oodles : ALOT
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Tracks : OVALS
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Conjecture : SPECULATE
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Crumbs : BITS
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Year in Trajan's reign : CII
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Emergency lights : FLARES
36
It's like "-like" : ISH
37
*B'way hit beginning in '88 : PHANTOM
39
"Treasure Island" monogram : RLS
40
Sir Richard who co-founded the Spectator : STEELE
42
Western treaty grp. : OAS
43
Nabors role : PYLE
44
Spilling one's drink at a shindig, for one : PARTYFOUL
46
Neighborhoods in New York and London : SOHOS
47
Italian bone : OSSO
48
*Where Delta Air Lines is headquartered : ATLANTA
50
Dinesen who wrote "Out of Africa" : ISAK
53
Product once pitched by Pelé : VIAGRA
56
Like juicy biographies : TELLALL
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Some cricketers : BATSMEN
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Bygone McDonald's mascot : SPEEDEE
61
*Cast a spell over : ENCHANT
62
Gently towels off : PATSDRY
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One in a series : NTH
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Directory data: Abbr. : NOS
Down
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Peddle : HAWK
2
___-Day : ONEA
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Ones joining the family : STEPFATHERS
4
Oodles : OCEANS
5
Historic event : FIRST
6
QBs' scores : TDS
7
Hearty steak : RIBEYE
8
Gossip's subject : ITEM
9
Prefix with scope or meter : PERI
10
Refrain from singing? : TRALALA
11
Stable particle : OAT
12
Interstate sign abbr. : RTE
13
"Nightmare ___," 1997 Disney animated series : NED
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Consternates: Var. : APPALS
22
Home to some elephants : ASIA
23
Indy 500 mishap : SPINOUT
25
Actress Mary Martin's actor son : LARRYHAGMAN
26
Opera set in Cyprus : OTELLO
27
The "Working Girl" girl and others : TESSES
28
San Luis ___ : OBISPO
29
Outlooks : VISTAS
31
Corporate money mgrs. : CFOS
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German city on the Danube : ULM
34
Person who's often sent compliments : CHEF
37
Wield : PLY
38
One way to stand : TALL
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Study for astronomes : ETOILES
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White, granular powder : POTASH
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Annie with a gun : OAKLEY
46
Teller : SNITCH
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___-dernier (penultimate: Fr.) : AVANT
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High-school org. : SADD
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Yank or Ranger : ALER
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The Biggest Little City in the World : RENO
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"Marchers" through the answers to the five starred clues : ANTS
56
Cough syrup amt. : TSP
57
DDT banner : EPA
58
Reason for a third serve : LET
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Little Joe's pa on "Bonanza" : BEN

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

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