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New York Times, Saturday, November 21, 2009

Author:
Gary J. Whitehead
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Down : Early American diplomat
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Gary J. Whitehead

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FQXYZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Whitehead. Saturday freshness: 64%
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© 2009, The New York Times11/21/9 ( No. 21,928 )
Across
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Increase business : RAMPUPSALES
12
Green line : SAVETHEPLANET
14
Party lighting option : JAPANESELANTERN
16
Minister at a wedding, e.g. : UNITER
17
Took a chance : RISKEDIT
18
Brains' gains : IDEAS
19
Touched : BATS
20
Local theater, slangily : NABE
21
"The Emperor's Snuff-Box" novelist : CARR
22
Company dinner : MESS
23
Sphere's lack : EDGES
24
World Match Play Championship champ a record seven times : ELS
25
Kids' greetings : BAAS
26
Least done : RAREST
27
Face-off place : CENTERICE
29
Lineup at some entrances : STILES
32
Many a J.V. player : SOPH
33
Cabbage roll : WAD
36
Light-headed person? : MINER
37
They no longer boom : SSTS
38
"Philosophy in the Bedroom" author, 1795 : SADE
39
"Man of La Mancha" production org. : ANTA
40
Some touchdown makers, briefly : LEMS
41
Alabama university : SELMA
42
Roller near a derailleur : REARTIRE
44
Shirt attachment : TIEPIN
45
Store something for later thought : MAKEAMENTALNOTE
47
Breaks while lifting, say : RESTINTERVALS
48
One of many American houses : STATESENATE
Down
1
Slender stickers : RAPIERS
2
Personification : AVATAR
3
Egyptian king credited with founding the First Dynasty : MENES
4
Feather: Prefix : PTER
5
Pause fillers : UHS
6
Some workshop critiques : PEERASSESSMENTS
7
Stock options : SPLITS
8
"... in thy possession lies ___ unparallel'd": Shak. : ALASS
9
Rangy : LANK
10
Hear, to Henri : ENTENDRE
11
Horticultural practice : SEEDAGE
12
Item of wear with a strap : SANDAL
13
Alabama and others : TRIBES
14
Press release? : JUICE
15
Desert trial, for short : NTEST
19
Ready to turn in : BEAT
22
Staffs : MANS
23
A head : EACH
25
It has a head : BEER
26
Tatters : RIPS
27
Like the best explanations : CLEAREST
28
Degenerates : ROTS
29
Oiliness : SMARM
30
Karaoke problem : TINEAR
31
Some air lines : INTAKES
33
Britain's first prime minister : WALPOLE
34
Doesn't turn away : ADMITS
35
Early American diplomat : DEANE
37
Conducive to meditation : SERENE
38
Spotted visiting : SEENAT
40
Something not to go over : LIMIT
41
Regional woodland : SILVA
43
"Abyssinia" : TATA
44
Mountain lake : TARN
46
Elevator in a country club : TEE

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