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New York Times, Saturday, October 25, 2008

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Hammers away at
TotalDebutLatest
325/6/20036/18/2010
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {XZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 21 for Ms. Tracey. Saturday freshness: 66%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/25/8 ( No. 21,536 )
Across
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Spread choice : PATE
5
Captor of Han Solo : JABBA
10
___ 1000, annual Mexican off-road race : BAJA
14
Opera singer created by Arthur Conan Doyle : IRENEADLER
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Well out of range : AFAR
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Bypass : CIRCUMVENT
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Twisted : SICK
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Player of Danni Sullivan on "Scrubs" : TARAREID
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Cords, e.g. : SLACKS
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They may cover rocks : MOSSES
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Princess in Mozart's "Idomeneo" : ILIA
25
College Park player, briefly : TERP
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Park in Ranger Smith's charge : JELLYSTONE
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Trucial States, today: Abbr. : UAE
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Decks : KOS
33
Cone holders : RETINAS
34
Religious house : PRIORY
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They lack details : RECAPS
37
Exert some pull : ATTRACT
39
Generational indicator in some names : IBN
40
"Ad majorem ___ gloriam" (Jesuit motto) : DEI
41
"Guerrilla Warfare" author, 1961 : CHEGUEVARA
43
Jazzman ___ Allison : MOSE
44
Many Mexicanas: Abbr. : SRAS
45
Not too rocky, say : ARABLE
47
Paris's House of ___ : CHANEL
49
Brunswick stew ingredient : SQUIRREL
53
Bank opening? : CITI
54
Conspirator's cautious conversation starter : AREWEALONE
56
French "some," with "les" : UNES
57
Home of Our Lady of the Lake University : SANANTONIO
58
Starling, e.g. : PEST
59
He-Man's twin sister : SHERA
60
Striplings : TADS
Down
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Roman's foe of yore : PICT
2
24-Across's "Zeffiretti lusinghieri," e.g. : ARIA
3
Apt. amenity : TERR
4
Bivouac : ENCAMP
5
Writer of the 1918 play "Exiles" : JAMESJOYCE
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Steers : ADVISES
7
"Gilmore Girls" co-star Alexis : BLEDEL
8
Big ___ : BEN
9
They may be patronized : ARTS
10
Like some lava : BASALTIC
11
Buff : AFICIONADO
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Whippersnapper : JACKANAPES
13
Refuges : ARKS
15
Overseas capital : EURO
21
Obey : LISTEN
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Professional shooter, briefly : SLR
25
First name in rap : TUPAC
26
Faint illumination of the moon's dark side : EARTHSHINE
27
Hammers away at : REITERATES
29
Trailing evergreen related to savory : YERBABUENA
30
Davis who played Maggie in two "Matrix" movies : ESSIE
32
"Six Feet Under" star Peter : KRAUSE
35
One may play at a ballpark : ORGANIST
38
Knoxville-based org. : TVA
39
Tony Blair advocated it : IRAQWAR
42
Sherlock's French counterpart : ARSENE
43
Red choice : MERLOT
46
Joe's love interest in "South Pacific" : LIAT
47
Measure of support? : CCUP
48
Sweetheart : LASS
50
First name in Hollywood gossip : RONA
51
Vance Air Force Base locale : ENID
52
Bill Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to the stars? : LEOS
55
Sound from a bowl : RAH

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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