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New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 2007

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Down : Halite, chemically
TotalDebutLatest
311/30/19978/16/2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
20001721
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5314867%
Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FKVY} This is puzzle # 28 for Ms. Motley. Saturday freshness: 35%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/10/7 ( No. 21,186 )
Across
1
Vegetable oil, e.g. : ESTER
6
College major, briefly : ECON
10
Fog : DAZE
14
Up : AHEAD
15
"Got it" : AHSO
16
It's often marked with a number : EXIT
17
Knee problem : GRASSSTAIN
19
Very small serving : BITE
20
"... ___ faith turn to despair": Romeo : LEST
21
Capital, usually : METROPOLIS
23
Leon who won both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1963 : EDEL
24
Smith, e.g. : ARTISAN
25
Symbols of freshness : DAISIES
27
Rogers Hornsby's nickname, with "the" : RAJAH
31
Senior ctr.? : SCH
33
Garage alternative : SHED
34
Before analysis, after "a" : PRIORI
35
Hangers-on : TOADIES
37
Select groups : QUORUMS
38
Other drivers (never you, of course) : IDIOTS
39
Following group : CULT
40
Character lineup : RST
41
It's been put on before : RERUN
42
Ammunition carrier on wheels : CAISSON
44
Windfall : BONANZA
46
Target of a rabbit punch : NAPE
49
Like Y, e.g. : NEXTTOLAST
52
___ francese : ALLA
53
Crown : ACME
54
Soft, high-fiber dish : MASHEDPEAS
56
Red-bellied trout : CHAR
57
Topic lead-in : ASTO
58
Beehive division : CASTE
59
Firm fear : LOSS
60
"Saint Joan" playwright : SHAW
61
Fisherman's basket : CREEL
Down
1
Maker of a historic touchdown : EAGLE
2
Iota : SHRED
3
Feature of many a big do : TEASEDHAIR
4
Neighbor of Monterey Park, briefly : EASTLA
5
Atlas info: Abbr. : RDS
6
Filling stations? : EATERIES
7
Had a causerie : CHATTED
8
The sacred bull Apis was his embodiment : OSIRIS
9
They're proscribed : NONOS
10
Jaunty : DEBONAIR
11
Botanist's angle : AXIL
12
Fusilli alternative : ZITI
13
Form of the French "to be" : ETES
18
#1 best sellers : SMASHES
22
Apes : PARROTS
26
"Right?" : ISITNOT
28
Some clichéd writing : JOURNALESE
29
Some matériel : ARMS
30
H.S. subject : HIST
31
Do something emotionally to : STIR
32
Word preceding various colors : CODE
34
Beat : PULSATE
36
They have nagging questions : DOUBTERS
37
It has valuable questions : QUIZSHOW
39
Game derived from 500 rummy : CANASTA
42
Light carriage with a folding top : CALASH
43
Even : ONAPAR
45
Mexican uncle? : NOMAS
47
Part of the earth's outer layer : PLATE
48
Oil holder : EASEL
49
Halite, chemically : NACL
50
Be reminiscent of : ECHO
51
Present occasion, informally : XMAS
55
Multiple of LXX : DCC

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

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