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New York Times, Saturday, November 20, 2010

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Down : No-good
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
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311092443303
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 104 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 36%
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© 2010, The New York Times11/20/10 ( No. 22,292 )
Across
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Word that keeps the same meaning if "cap-" is added at the front : ABLE
5
Group whose 1968 album "Time Peace" was #1 : THERASCALS
15
They burn : LYES
16
Could still have gotten : HADASHOTAT
17
Some people with sports M.B.A.'s: Abbr. : AGTS
18
Subject of 1987 Congressional hearings : IRANCONTRA
19
N.Y.C. neighborhood : NOHO
20
Pharaoh's head? : SAMTHESHAM
21
Bibliophile's suffix : ANA
22
Mayo setting: Abbr. : IRE
23
Charlemagne, e.g.: Abbr. : EMP
24
30
Coach Mike of the 1994 Stanley Cup-winning Rangers : KEENAN
31
___ Poly, school nickname : CAL
32
What-___ : IFS
35
Platinum-group element : IRIDIUM
37
Delete from copy : EDITOUT
39
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Holman : NAT
40
"Come ___?" (Italian greeting) : STA
41
Yelena ___, Soviet dissident and wife of Andrei Sakharov : BONNER
42
Flooring option : ASPHALTTILE
45
Short lines at checkout? : UPC
48
Diminutive suffix : ULA
49
Costume party costume : APE
50
Tiny, valuable beads : SEEDPEARLS
55
Wide-headed fastener : TNUT
56
"Shhh!" : ITSASECRET
57
Classic football rival of Notre Dame: Abbr. : USMA
58
Hero whose statue appears in front of Chicago's Tribune Tower : NATHANHALE
59
Not an orig. : REPR
60
Expressionless : GLASSYEYED
61
Like some friends : FAST
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1
Oscar-winning actor with the autobiography "Halfway Through the Door" : ALANARKIN
2
Time past : BYGONEERA
3
Give the business : LETHAVEIT
4
___ Blue (old kerosene brand) : ESSO
5
"Insane!" : THISISNUTS
6
African capital of 1.5+ million : HARARE
7
Fess Parker's TV co-star : EDAMES
8
Objurgation : RANT
9
"East River" novelist, 1946 : ASCH
10
Place to put a tap : SHOE
11
Hustles : CONS
12
"___ Zoo," 1967 hit : ATTHE
13
Super Bowl XIV competitor, for short : LARAM
14
Forever ___ : STAMP
25
Share of responsibility : END
26
Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA
27
Number in a pack? : ICE
28
No-good : DADBLASTED
29
"The Sacred Wood" writer : ELIOT
32
Highly seismic area off the Greek coast : IONIANSEA
33
Tank-to-carburetor conduits : FUELPUMPS
34
Graffiti, e.g. : STREETART
36
Whole world in one's hands? : MAP
38
Basic cable inits. : TNT
43
It can follow two hips : HURRAY
44
One may be dominant : ALLELE
45
On drugs : USING
46
Bee's landing place : PETAL
47
Item of sports equipment worn on the wrist : CESTA
51
Three of these make an O : DAHS
52
Free TV spots, for short : PSAS
53
Start of a children's rhyme : EENY
54
Long : ACHE
55
Gang land : TURF

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

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