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New York Times, Saturday, November 6, 2010

Author:
Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Down : Reserve for future use
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QWX} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 68%
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© 2010, The New York Times11/6/10 ( No. 22,278 )
Across
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Baseball All-Star's nickname ... or a popular food product : BIGMAC
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Music that may make you get down : SADSONGS
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Crazy Horse, e.g. : OGLALA
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Kooky : OUTTHERE
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Physically show elation : DOAJIG
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U.S. Civil War starting point : FTSUMTER
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Financial report abbr. : YTD
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Coming up on the hour : TENTO
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Old Chicago Outfit frontman : NITTI
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Go for : COST
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Actor Rogen and others : SETHS
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Register indicator : CLEF
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Like monster trucks or their spectators : AROAR
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Hardly inclined : LOATH
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Commuting options : ELS
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Macaque or marmoset : SIMIAN
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Many a benefit tourney : PROAM
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Axel alternative : TOELOOP
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Argumentative : POLEMIC
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Cause of a rash reaction? : SUMAC
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Reel revolution : DOSIDO
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Settings for much stitching, briefly : ORS
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Capital near Lake Titicaca : LAPAZ
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Capital near Green Peter Lake : SALEM
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NOW head?: Abbr. : NATL
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Buns may cover them : NAPES
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Cheese portion : SLAB
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Bolt : SCRAM
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John's neighbor : BIDET
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Oslo Accords grp. : PLO
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Treats served toasted and buttered : TEACAKES
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Triple-platinum 1982 album with the #1 hit "Africa" : TOTOIV
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One drawing many blanks : AMNESIAC
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Rodin worked in it : BRONZE
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Past paranoia producer : REDSCARE
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At that place : YONDER
Down
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Wear after a serious spill : BODYCAST
2
Signature song of Peter Allen : IGOTORIO
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Delightful : GLADSOME
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Lt. col.'s inferior : MAJ
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Put down : ALIT
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Aviary supply : CAGES
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Feature of many a Jeep : SOFTTOP
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Producer of simple chords : AUTOHARP
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Woe while getting clean : DTS
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Floor : STUN
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Like some resistance : OHMIC
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Vex : NETTLE
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Fictional woodcutter's daughter : GRETEL
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Character traits? : SERIFS
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"Regnava ___ silenzio" (Donizetti aria) : NEL
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Flip response? : TAILS
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Bore : STOOD
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Dadaist Hausmann : RAOUL
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They may appear over icons : HALOS
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"___ of Her Own" (Clark Gable film) : NOMAN
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Western scenery : MESAS
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One with a notably hard bed : PAPABEAR
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Wheel-powering reservoir : MILLPOND
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Put on a pedestal : IDEALIZE
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Cover-up unlikely to fool anyone : COMBOVER
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"Got it?" : CAPISCE
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G.M. system with a "Virtual Advisor" : ONSTAR
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Poinciana feature : RACEME
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42-Down unit : STRAND
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Part of an English wizard's spell? : ZED
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Doctors with spirits : LACES
55
Reserve for future use : SETBY
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Like 60-Down: Abbr. : MASC
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Zodiaco animal : TORO
63
Rondo producer : KIA
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Host : TON

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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