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New York Times, Thursday, December 27, 2012

Author:
Julian Lim
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : "Fie!"
TotalDebutLatest
261/6/20105/3/2022
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.6316278%
Julian Lim

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {J} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Lim. Thursday freshness: 87%
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P
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O
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P
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S
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A
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T
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E
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I
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T
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K
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I
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S
N
O
W
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V
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L
V
O
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I
R
A
Q
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H
A
L
F
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N
E
L
S
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S
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A
U
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A
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E
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D
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A
M
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W
O
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D
C
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A
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E
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P
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C
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O
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F
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W
R
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T
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N
G
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L
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Q
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R
A
I
D
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Z
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E
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A
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S
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H
E
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P
O
X
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N
E
N
E
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S
P
A
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B
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R
O
Z
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P
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S
Y
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P
A
R
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T
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L
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C
L
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S
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M
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H
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X
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E
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R
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K
S
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B
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O
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F
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S
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N
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T
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C
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H
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A
© 2012, The New York Times12/27/12 ( No. 23,060 )
Across
1
One of the folks : POPS
5
Bit the bullet, say : ATEIT
10
French ___ : KISS
14
Shoveler's target : SNOW
15
XC60, XC70 or XC90 : VOLVO
16
"The Hurt Locker" setting : IRAQ
17
19
Junior of the N.F.L. : SEAU
20
U.S./Canadian sporting grp. since 1936 : AHL
21
Rear-___ : ENDER
22
To love, to Livy : AMARE
23
Output from an old printer : WOODCUT
25
2001 French film nominated for five Academy Awards : AMELIE
26
29
Latin abbr. meaning "he speaks" : LOQ
30
Bust : RAID
31
#26 of 26 : ZEE
32
Subject of four Sports Illustrated covers between 1966 and 1993 : ASHE
35
Chicken ___ : POX
36
Rare goose : NENE
37
Balneotherapy locale : SPA
38
Tito's surname : BROZ
40
Rapper behind the 2012 "Gangnam Style" YouTube sensation : PSY
42
47
"That's it for me" : IMDONE
48
Stone Age artifact : HANDAXE
50
Oenophile's installation : RACKS
51
"Hell, yeah!" : BOOYA
53
Transportation Dept. agency : FAA
54
An emollient : ALOE
55
57
Of two minds : TORN
58
___ Systems (computer networking company) : CISCO
59
Aéroport d'___ : ORLY
60
Quarters in Québec? : ETES
61
One working on some panels : INKER
62
"Wassup" : HIYA
Down
1
"Fie!" : PSHAW
2
How some balls are fielded : ONAHOP
3
Hoi ___ : POLLOI
4
Personal ad abbr. : SWF
5
Hit Broadway musical with the song "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" : AVENUEQ
6
Shared with, as a story : TOLDTO
7
If not : ELSE
8
"The Dancing Years" composer Novello : IVOR
9
Heap : TON
10
What's in the stars : KISMET
11
"It's clear to me ..." : IREALIZE
12
Designer of the Tulip chair : SAARINEN
13
Tool with a blade : SQUEEGEE
18
Clark Bar company : NECCO
22
In : AMID
24
Edit out : DELE
25
Male name that spells another male name backward : ARI
27
Was paralyzed with fear, say : FROZE
28
Ski shop supply : WAX
32
Say "hey," say : ASPIRATE
33
Tony winner after 5-Down : SPAMALOT
34
Dedicated : HARDCORE
35
Professional runner : POL
36
Org. in 1997's "Cop Land" : NYPD
38
Mail room sights : BINS
39
Singer Carly ___ Jepsen : RAE
40
Represent, in sports : PLAYFOR
41
Area of decades-long conflict : SINAI
43
Some board game equipment : TOKENS
44
Prime : CHOICE
45
Theodore Roosevelt was on one in 1909 : SAFARI
46
Friend no more : EXALLY
49
Course with no homework, say : EASYA
51
Hippie celebration : BEIN
52
City west of Novosibirsk : OMSK
55
College dept. : SCI
56
Japanese drama : NOH

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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