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New York Times, Monday, December 17, 2007

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Time before talkies
TotalDebutLatest
3210/12/19983/6/2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
11297300
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5611926%
Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Chisholm. Monday freshness: 98%
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© 2007, The New York Times12/17/7 ( No. 21,223 )
Across
1
___ mater : ALMA
5
Letter-shaped structural piece : IBAR
9
Lesser-played half of a 45 : SIDEB
14
Elementary particle : MUON
15
Vex : RILE
16
Gucci alternative : PRADA
17
Upstate New York city and spa : SARATOGASPRINGS
20
Remote areas : OUTLANDS
21
Imp : RASCAL
22
Head for : GOTO
23
The boondocks : NOWHERE
24
Honeymooners' destination : NIAGARAFALLS
28
Alternative to .com or .edu : ORG
29
Fix, as brakes : RELINE
30
Jacob's twin : ESAU
34
Track events : MEETS
36
Asian New Year : TET
37
Leaves port : SAILS
38
Bygone U.S. gas brand : ESSO
39
Mother ___, 1979 Peace Nobelist : TERESA
41
Napkin's place : LAP
42
Former president of Harvard : LARRYSUMMERS
45
Kodak, Pentax and Nikon : CAMERAS
48
The "L" in S.&L. : LOAN
49
Is wild about : ADORES
50
Mythical island that sank into the sea : ATLANTIS
54
Comic who played Robin Williams's son in "Mork & Mindy" : JONATHANWINTERS
56
Auto route from Me. to Fla. : USONE
57
1930s migrant : OKIE
58
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
59
Groups of spies : NESTS
60
Fails to keep pace : LAGS
61
Without: Fr. : SANS
Down
1
"I ___ sorry!" : AMSO
2
Hawaiian cookout : LUAU
3
Homeowners' burdens : MORTGAGES
4
Like clocks with hands : ANALOG
5
Shipment to a steel mill : IRONORE
6
Home of the Cowboys, familiarly : BIGD
7
"Sad to say ..." : ALAS
8
___ judicata : RES
9
Spread out ungracefully : SPRAWL
10
Isle of Man's locale : IRISHSEA
11
Rumba or samba : DANCE
12
Mystery writer's award : EDGAR
13
Swiss city on the Rhine, old-style : BASLE
18
Dwellers along the Volga : TATARS
19
Working stiff : PROLE
23
French city where Jules Verne was born : NANTES
24
Alaskan city where the Iditarod ends : NOME
25
Angers : IRES
26
Raises or lowers a hem, say : ALTERS
27
Passionate : FIERY
31
Time before talkies : SILENTERA
32
Banned orchard spray : ALAR
33
Letter carriers' grp. : USPS
35
Broad-minded : TOLERANT
37
Pago Pago resident : SAMOAN
39
Garbage : TRASH
40
Besmirches : SULLIES
43
Mountain ridges : ARETES
44
Powerful rays : MANTAS
45
Louisianan of French descent : CAJUN
46
Get ___ of one's own medicine : ADOSE
47
Pre-stereo recordings : MONOS
50
Paul who sang "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" : ANKA
51
Tiny branch : TWIG
52
Tehran's home : IRAN
53
Concordes, briefly : SSTS
55
"You've got mail" co. : AOL

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

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