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New York Times, Friday, December 2, 2011

Author:
Ed Sessa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Downsize, in a way
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Edward Sessa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Sessa. Friday freshness: 96%
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© 2011, The New York Times12/2/11 ( No. 22,669 )
Across
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Cries from a litter : MEWS
5
Bazaar dish : SHISHKEBAB
15
End notes? : OBIT
16
"The Birdcage" drag queen player : NATHANLANE
17
Kind of boots popular in the '60s : GOGO
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State capital with Yeager Airport : CHARLESTON
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Old English : ANGLIC
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Take a bath : LAVE
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Chemical ending : IDE
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Prospero's dukedom : MILAN
24
West Coast ZIP starter : NINE
25
"Dream on!" : ASIF
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Chophouse choice : BEEFSTEAK
28
Actress Gaynor : MITZI
29
"Cloak and Dagger" org. : OSS
30
Least powerful member of the board? : PAWN
31
Course using a fridge : HOMEEC
32
Earful for one getting an eyeful : DONTSTARE
34
Pieces of eight? : OCTETS
37
Hamlet's cousin : TOWN
38
Luck, old-style : HAP
41
Quaint ladies with buns, often : MARMS
42
Ones who may get you into hot water? : CANNIBALS
44
"Indeed" : ITIS
45
Big burst : GALE
46
Crackers : NUTSY
47
Some washers and dryers : GES
48
Twain's "celebrated" frog : DANL
49
Thing spun by a spider : EGGSAC
50
Field of vision? : ORTHOPTICS
53
Currier and Ives product: Abbr. : LITH
54
Muckrakers? : STABLEBOYS
55
Opera star Pinza : EZIO
56
Savvy : HORSESENSE
57
Their arms are wet : SEAS
Down
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1953 film classic with a Swahili title : MOGAMBO
2
Piano's 36, familiarly : EBONIES
3
Emulates a hula dancer : WIGGLES
4
Coll. founded by Norwegian immigrants : STOLAF
5
Grp. organizing '60s sit-ins : SNCC
6
"In your face!" : HAH
7
Master of Disaster's ring rival : ITALIANSTALLION
8
Downsized : SHRANK
9
Downsize, in a way : HALVE
10
Stocking part : KNEE
11
Hollow center? : ELS
12
Fine, soft, sheer fabric : BATISTE
13
Coat by electrolytic action : ANODIZE
14
Of some good : BENEFIC
20
Here and there : INSPOTS
24
"She turned me into a ___!": Monty Python : NEWT
25
"Je vous ___" : AIME
27
Salon offerings : TANS
28
Eastern daylight time? : MORNING
31
Best Supporting Actress for "Cactus Flower" : HAWN
32
House party members, briefly : DEMS
33
Cosmetology concern : TONE
34
"No way!" : OMIGOSH
35
Mollycoddle : CATERTO
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Studio with a Pegasus logo : TRISTAR
38
Bowler's number : HATSIZE
39
Ancient French region : ALSATIA
40
Whack jobs : PSYCHOS
42
"No way!" : CANTBE
43
Some mating calls : BUGLES
45
Opens wide : GAPES
48
James who was known as the Pineapple King : DOLE
49
They, in Rome : ESSE
51
N.F.L. ball carriers : HBS
52
Composer Coleman and others : CYS

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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