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New York Times, Saturday, February 16, 2008

Author:
Tony Orbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Decayed
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Tony Orbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Orbach. Saturday freshness: 89%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/16/8 ( No. 21,284 )
Across
1
Bristles : GETSMAD
8
Post boxes? : CEREALS
15
Thinner option : ACETONE
16
Piece of silver, say : UTENSIL
17
Lab tube : BURETTE
18
A lot of foreign intelligence intercepts : CHATTER
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Relatively remote : FARTHER
20
Many-sided problems : HYDRAS
21
Ready to be put to bed : EDITED
22
"Rugrats" baby : DIL
23
Isn't O.K. : AILS
25
One of the Gandhis : SONIA
26
Golden fish stocked in ornamental pools : ORFE
27
Christening spot : PROW
28
Nottingham's river : TRENT
29
Dirt : PORNO
31
One protected by a collie : EWE
32
Patron of Paris : GENEVIEVE
35
One making calls : UMP
38
Schubert's "Eine Kleine Trauermusik," e.g. : NONET
39
Demand : EXACT
43
Some apéritifs : KIRS
45
Mother of Hyacinth, in myth : CLIO
46
Hindu sage : RISHI
47
Certain alkene : ENOL
48
Incubator : HEN
49
Slew : PASSEL
50
Anti-ship missile that skims waves at nearly the speed of sound : EXOCET
52
Touch-related : TACTUAL
53
Part of a special delivery? : TRIPLET
54
Be quite enough for : SATIATE
55
Amscray : VAMOOSE
56
Hamlet, notably : AVENGER
57
Give a bad name : SLANDER
58
"On Your Toes" composer : RODGERS
Down
1
"The View," essentially : GABFEST
2
Home to Mount Chimborazo : ECUADOR
3
Earthen casserole dish : TERRINE
4
Letting stand : STETTING
5
Decayed : MOTHEATEN
6
Put in up front : ANTED
7
Skittish herd : DEER
8
Small, deep-fried pork cube : CUCHIFRITO
9
C2H4 : ETHYLENE
10
Size up : READ
11
Bait : ENTRAP
12
Singer of "A Foggy Day" in "A Damsel in Distress" : ASTAIRE
13
Isn't very visible : LIESLOW
14
Shooter that may be digital, for short : SLR
22
Caused to be scored, as a run : DROVEIN
24
European Union member: Abbr. : SWE
26
Means of public protest : OPENLETTER
30
Was broad on the boards : OVERACTED
33
Big Mac request : NOCHEESE
34
Real : EXISTING
35
Island entertainer : UKE
36
Kind of water : MINERAL
37
Nearest, to Nero : PROXIMA
40
Lessen : ASSUAGE
41
One using a crib : CHEATER
42
They work the earth : TILLERS
44
Apply messily : SLOPON
49
___ Nurmi, nine-time track gold medalist in 1920s Olympics : PAAVO
51
Chowderhead : CLOD
52
Peter or Paul, but not Mary : TSAR
53
Picture producers : TVS

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

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