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New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 2008

Author:
Jim Hilger
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hilger. Thursday freshness: 70%
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TURN
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P
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I
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K
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E
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I
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L
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S
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A
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O
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W
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K
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N
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O
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K
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E
L
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T
W
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T
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D
TURN
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Y
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N
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B
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R
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D
B
U
R
Y
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T
E
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S
L
A
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Y
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J
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A
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W
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W
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D
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S
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B
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S
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E
E
C
H
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M
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A
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K
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A
U
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TURN
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S
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Y
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E
G
A
D
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R
E
TURN
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E
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D
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S
L
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M
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R
A
Z
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R
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TURN
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O
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S
T
O
N
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L
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S
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S
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A
W
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T
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K
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N
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S
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R
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C
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T
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TURN
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I
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A
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L
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M
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U
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R
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N
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P
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O
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TURN
© 2008, The New York Times12/11/8 ( No. 21,583 )
Across
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Part of a pay-as-you-go plan? : TURNPIKE
6
She'll "always have Paris" : ILSA
10
Has obligations : OWES
14
Japanese brew : KIRIN
15
"Mighty" things : OAKS
16
District in Hawaii : KONA
17
2008 Olympics tennis champion Dementieva : ELENA
18
Meander, as a road : TWISTANDTURN
20
That over there : YON
21
Author of "Something Wicked This Way Comes" : BRADBURY
23
Inventor depicted in "The Prestige" : TESLA
25
Long ago : YORE
26
Hinged apparatus : JAW
29
Walks down the aisle : WEDS
31
Supplicate : BESEECH
33
Reverses course : MAKESAUTURN
37
Off-color : SALTY
38
"Zounds!" : EGAD
39
Like some calls left on answering machines : RETURNED
42
Diet : SLIM
43
Leveler : RAZER
45
Petrify : TURNTOSTONE
47
Cub raiser : LIONESS
50
M.P.'s concern : AWOL
51
Music producer Brian : ENO
52
Walked off with : TOOK
54
NATO member since 1982 : SPAIN
57
Comparatively honest : SINCERER
59
Bopper : CAT
61
Crucial moment : TURNINGPOINT
64
1836 siege site, with "the" : ALAMO
66
Cadre, e.g. : UNIT
67
"The Martha ___ Show" of 1950s TV : RAYE
68
Scene of Hercules' first labor : NEMEA
69
Gang members : PALS
70
Comment about a loss : ALAS
71
Upset : OVERTURN
Down
1
Fully equipped and ready to go : TURNKEY
2
Kitchen light : PILOT
3
Emmy and Tony nominee Ryan : IRENE
4
Blood : KIN
5
Equips : ENABLES
6
Tiny bit : IOTA
7
"___ Miss Clawdy" (#1 R&B hit of 1952) : LAWDY
8
Winter vehicle : SKIBOB
9
Guarantee : ASSURE
10
"Go ahead!" : OKAY
11
Korean money : WON
12
Doomsday, with "the" : END
13
Roman god of agriculture : SATURN
19
Lock with no key? : TRESS
22
Airport installation : RADAR
24
Where the Riksdag meets : SWEDEN
26
Kraft Foods brand : JELLO
27
Be a cast member of : ACTIN
28
Cry from someone who's been aggrieved : WHYME
30
Seek restitution, perhaps : SUE
32
Calif. barrio setting : EASTLA
33
Old country-and-western star ___ Travis : MERLE
34
Over : AGAIN
35
Instrument unlikely to be heard at Carnegie Hall : KAZOO
36
1965 #1 hit by the Byrds : TURNTURNTURN
40
H : ETA
41
Search for water, in a way : DOWSE
44
Fix, as a pool cue : RETIP
46
Aida, for one : SOPRANO
48
Neighbor of Arizona : SONORA
49
Tea, e.g. : SOCIAL
53
Mount ___, second-highest peak in Africa : KENYA
55
Part of Caesar's boast : ICAME
56
Christener : NAMER
57
Company leaders: Abbr. : SGTS
58
G.P.S. output: Abbr. : RTES
60
Perfectly : TOATURN
61
Eventually appear : TURNUP
62
___ bit : INA
63
Zip : NIL
65
Book after Exod. : LEV

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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