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New York Times, Friday, November 2, 2007

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Pitching
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
929/1/20037/8/20166
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
358532741
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Silk. Friday freshness: 60%
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F
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A
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T
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S
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W
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L
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L
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R
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B
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Q
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R
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V
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L
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L
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F
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B
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F
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R
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O
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D
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A
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T
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J
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X
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R
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O
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S
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L
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E
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W
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N
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L
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Z
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I
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L
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N
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A
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I
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M
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E
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H
M
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N
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P
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L
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V
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A
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G
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© 2007, The New York Times11/2/7 ( No. 21,178 )
Across
1
He had a hit with "The Joint Is Jumpin'" : FATSWALLER
11
Signs of neglect : WEBS
15
First #1 hit by the Beach Boys : IGETAROUND
16
Like the sea : AQUA
17
City on the Transcontinental Railroad : RENONEVADA
18
Some people have it for life : LUST
19
Not do the rite thing? : ELOPE
20
Requests for developers: Abbr. : ENLS
21
Taylor of "Mystic Pizza" : LILI
22
Some cabbage : FINS
23
Dwell : BIDE
24
Much : FAR
25
With 52- and 39-Across, gradually : ONE
26
Potentate : DYNAST
28
One of a primer pair : JANE
29
They're not originals : XEROXES
31
Materials used as inert paint fillers : SILEXES
33
Best people : WIN
34
El relative : LOS
35
Whole slew of : ZILLION
39
See 25-Across : ATATIME
43
Premium chargers, briefly : HMOS
44
Like a well-maintained lawn : WEEDED
46
Discriminatory leader? : NON
47
What "y" might become : IES
48
Driver on a ranch : PROD
49
It's found in a chest : LUNG
50
Fermentation locations : VATS
52
See 25-Across : STEP
53
19th-century territorial capital : SITKA
54
Organs are located in it: Abbr. : ANAT
55
Block head? : AUCTIONEER
57
Delivery possibility : GIRL
58
Committed a sports no-no : INTERFERED
59
Due and sei : OTTO
60
Succulent African shrub popular as a bonsai : DESERTROSE
Down
1
Internet Explorer alternative : FIREFOX
2
Facial feature, later in life : AGELINE
3
Carpenter, at times : TENONER
4
They're located on organs : STOPS
5
Draw to a close : WANE
6
It may come after you : ARE
7
Hippie happenings : LOVEINS
8
African city of 2.5+ million founded by the Portuguese : LUANDA
9
Infinite : ENDLESS
10
Food figs. : RDAS
11
Hanging setting : WALL
12
Big name in credit reports : EQUIFAX
13
Greyhounds may run in it : BUSLANE
14
Wilde things? : SATIRES
23
"See ya!" : BYENOW
26
Year of St. Genevieve's death : DXII
27
Pitching : TILTED
28
Fun : JEST
30
They're known for head-turning : OWLS
32
Basketful : LOAD
35
Fictional doctor : ZHIVAGO
36
"This is no joke!" : IMEANIT
37
Letter writing, some say : LOSTART
38
It was first observed in 1846 : NEPTUNE
39
One taken in : ADOPTEE
40
Like some surgery : INUTERO
41
Group that starred in the 1968 film "Head," with "the" : MONKEES
42
Match-starting cry : ENGARDE
45
Establishes : ERECTS
49
Challenge for a shortstop : LINER
51
Target of heavy W.W. II bombing, 1944 : STLO
52
"That ___ ..." : SAID
53
Comfortable : SOFT
56
Discount designation: Abbr. : IRR

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

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