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New York Times, Friday, November 11, 2005

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Most gray, in a way
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
361.5223969%
Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJQV} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Berlin. Friday freshness: 18%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/11/5 ( No. 20,457 )
Across
1
Journalist's get : SCOOP
6
South extension : ERN
9
Jerk : SCHMO
14
Participants get a kick out of it : CONGA
15
Eastern path : TAO
16
Worcester university : CLARK
17
Last word? : ADIEU
18
Workout follower : HOTSHOWER
20
Alpha Orionis : BETELGEUSE
22
Stamp of approval? : USDA
23
Like some potatoes or oysters : SCALLOPED
25
112.5° : ESE
28
Commuting choices : ELS
29
Bloody Mary sings it : BALIHAI
33
$10,000,000 award won in 2004 for successful private space flight : XPRIZE
35
Old treasure transporters : GALLEONS
36
"Alias" character Derevko : IRINA
37
Taken : HAD
38
"Behold, the people ___": Genesis 11:6 : ISONE
39
Officially approved : LICENSED
41
R & B singer Phillips : ESTHER
42
C2H5OH : ETHANOL
43
___ juris : SUI
44
Dismiss : AXE
45
Indemnify : REIMBURSE
48
Neighbor of Slough : ETON
51
"A Confession" author : LEOTOLSTOY
55
Very big one : SUPERSTAR
57
Bracketed material : ASIDE
58
Very big : OBESE
59
Temporal stretch : ERA
60
Air Force Ones, e.g. : NIKES
61
Canonized Catalan : SANTO
62
One with drill skill: Abbr. : DDS
63
Voltaire's faith : DEISM
Down
1
Evidence of injury : SCAB
2
Computer programmer's work : CODE
3
Tending to the matter : ONIT
4
Some moldings : OGEES
5
Pablo Picasso's "one and only master" : PAULCEZANNE
6
A Rosenberg and others : ETHELS
7
"The Thief of Baghdad" director Walsh : RAOUL
8
Fair : NOTSOBAD
9
Jr.'s place : SCH
10
Most gray, in a way : CLOUDIEST
11
Equivocates : HAWS
12
Noted member of a Hollywood stable : MRED
13
Food that may be pickled : OKRA
19
Perianth part : SEPAL
21
It might make waves : GALE
24
Ferry destination from Liberty State Park : ELLISISLAND
25
Drive out, in a way : EXILE
26
Sail extender : SPRIT
27
Novelist Remarque : ERICH
30
Flutter : HOOHA
31
Incorporate : ANNEX
32
River near Albertville : ISERE
34
Seriously : INEARNEST
35
Flit : GAD
37
Ready for battle, say : HELMETED
40
Agronomists' study : SOILS
41
Prefix with pop : EURO
43
Hindu precepts : SUTRAS
46
Word after cutting and running : BOARD
47
"Ah, Wilderness!" mother : ESSIE
48
Those caballeros : ESOS
49
One with a big bell : TUBA
50
Crack ___ : OPEN
52
Polynesian carving : TIKI
53
Some tributes : ODES
54
Backwoods assent : YESM
56
Hudson contemporary : REO

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

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