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New York Times, Thursday, November 25, 2010

Author:
Bill Thompson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Down : Blunder
TotalDebutLatest
1011/25/20104/10/2024
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.614260%
Bill Thompson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Thompson. Thursday freshness: 93%
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D
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I
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O
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S
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W
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I
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T
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G
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O
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T
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O
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T
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A
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G
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L
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M
A
L
C
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L
M
X
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T
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A
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L
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C
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S
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O
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A
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G
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N
O
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A
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T
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A
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L
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O
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E
R
G
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V
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E
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O
N
L
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Y
Y
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U
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K
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R
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S
U
C
C
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D
S
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G
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N
E
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R
A
T
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O
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Z
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F
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E
R
G
U
S
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N
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E
O
S
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T
E
A
S
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T
S
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S
N
L
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S
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S
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R
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M
L
S
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Q
U
A
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I
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J
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A
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E
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P
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O
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S
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R
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L
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A
K
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M
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B
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O
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C
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K
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D
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M
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© 2010, The New York Times11/25/10 ( No. 22,297 )
Across
1
The Divine, in 23-Across : DIO
4
"M*A*S*H" co-star : SWIT
8
Get started : GOTOIT
14
Woman's name that means "messenger of God" : ANGELINA
16
Simple hydrocarbon : ETHYNE
17
*Omaha-born human rights activist : MALCOLMX
18
Mauled : TOREAT
19
Pick ___ (quibble) : ANIT
20
Supérieur et Érié : LACS
22
Baum princess : OZMA
23
Ligurian capital : GENOA
25
Having harmony : TONAL
28
Suffix with ball : OON
29
Physics unit : ERG
30
Tee follower : VEE
32
1955 Platters hit : ONLYYOU
34
Plunk preceder : KER
35
Follows : SUCCEEDS
36
*Today's kids, demographically speaking : GENERATIONZ
38
Plessy v. ___ (landmark Supreme Court decision) : FERGUSON
40
Gate opener for Apollo : EOS
41
Afternoon services : TEASETS
42
Drew Barrymore hosted this show at age 7: Abbr. : SNL
43
Est., e.g., once : SSR
46
Approximately 946 of these make a qt. : MLS
47
Bouquet : pheasants :: covey : ___ : QUAIL
49
Volkswagen model : JETTA
51
Hockey's Phil, to fans : ESPO
53
Hubbub : STIR
55
"Dianetics" author ___ Hubbard : LRON
56
How some gym instructors stand : AKIMBO
59
*Brand with the challenge to lose one inch from your waist in two weeks : SPECIALK
61
Many a campaign fund-raiser : DINNER
62
Sweet wine : MUSCATEL
63
It goes in front of a coal tender : ENGINE
64
Hayes portrayer in "The Mod Squad," 1999 : EPPS
65
Number of tiles per Scrabble set for the letter at the end of the answer to each starred clue : ONE
Down
1
Split or crack : DAMAGE
2
More asinine : INANER
3
Viewing with elevator eyes : OGLING
4
___-pitch : SLO
5
It may be good or free : WILL
6
Con : INMATE
7
Mexican silver center : TAXCO
8
Trick : GET
9
Chiwere-speaking tribe : OTO
10
"And ___ the field the road runs by": Tennyson : THRO
11
Courtroom cry : OYEZOYEZ
12
Feeling gloomy, say : INAMOOD
13
Lockjaw : TETANUS
15
___-1 ("Ghostbusters" vehicle) : ECTO
21
Part of a pig : SNOUT
24
*"What Do You Do With a B.A. in English?" musical : AVENUEQ
26
___ régime : ANCIEN
27
*Performer born James Todd Smith : LLCOOLJ
31
Mocedades hit subtitled "Touch the Wind" : ERESTU
33
Urges : YENS
34
Gunpowder holders : KEGS
35
Japanese surname follower : SAN
36
Comprehending : GRASPING
37
Latin lover's bouquet, maybe : ROSAS
38
Where the N.S.A. is headquartered : FTMEADE
39
Some wallet material : EELSKIN
42
Blunder : SLIPUP
43
Prefix with cumulus : STRATO
44
Like some kisses : STOLEN
45
Irk : RANKLE
48
"Hello ___" (Todd Rundgren hit) : ITSME
50
Director Kazan : ELIA
52
Bygone science/sci-fi magazine : OMNI
54
Sued party in a legal case: Abbr. : RESP
57
Michael Jackson's first #1 solo hit : BEN
58
Calif. neighbor : ORE
60
Hosp. units : CCS

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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