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New York Times, Friday, February 8, 2008

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : See stars?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
569/4/20064/20/20125
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
442272566
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
431.6633377%
Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Nothnagel. Friday freshness: 68%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/8/8 ( No. 21,276 )
Across
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Ways to get inside hip joints? : MRIS
5
Results of compliments : EGOBOOSTS
14
Is not misused? : AINT
15
Invention convention : PATENTLAW
16
Bad mark : DPLUS
18
Opening on an environmentalist's agenda? : OZONEHOLE
19
Wrangler rival : LEE
20
Pay stub data : TAXES
22
Person after a lifestyle change, self-descriptively : NEWME
23
How a goose acts : INANELY
25
Charge : FIREUP
26
Lug : BIGAPE
27
Modern vent outlet? : BLOG
29
You may pass on these: Abbr. : RDS
30
Underachievers are not up to it : SNUFF
31
Old hippie hangout, with "the" : HAIGHT
33
"Start doing your job!" : GETONTHESTICK
37
Restaurants are full of them : AROMAS
38
Singer Lennon and others : SEANS
40
___ shop : PRO
43
Where a tongue can be found : DELI
44
"No more!" : STOPIT
45
Rolls over, in a way : RENEWS
47
Probably will, circumstances permitting : PLANSTO
48
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
49
Cornerback Sanders : DEION
51
Torch-lighting skater at the 1998 Winter Olympics : ITO
52
Africa's westernmost point : CAPEVERDE
54
Woozy : DAZED
56
Like some salesmen and preachers : ITINERANT
57
Ryan of "Boston Public" : JERI
58
Brushes off : SENDSAWAY
59
Club: Abbr. : ASSN
Down
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Laugh-producing game popular since 1958 : MADLIBS
2
What ethylene may be used for : RIPENING
3
Conspiring : INLEAGUE
4
Longtime Lakers commentator Lantz : STU
5
Kind of resin : EPOXY
6
See stars? : GAZE
7
Natives of Noble County, Okla. : OTOS
8
Big ___ : BEN
9
Short-term relationship : ONENIGHTSTAND
10
Alternate : OTHER
11
Less apt to learn : SLOWER
12
Much-studied religious writings : TALMUD
13
May TV event : SWEEPS
17
Ultra-obedient companions : STEPFORDWIVES
21
Mugful, maybe : ALE
24
Measure that resulted in multilingual labeling on goods : NAFTA
25
They're hard to see through : FOGS
27
Sect governed by the Universal House of Justice : BAHAI
28
Storyteller's pack : LIES
31
Web code : HTML
32
Attach : TIEON
34
They're not positive : NOES
35
Turns over : CAPSIZES
36
Jersey workers : KNITTERS
39
Pinch-hit : STOODIN
40
Abstract : PRECIS
41
Have a connection : RELATE
42
Spare part? : ONEPIN
44
Pitch preceder : SLO
46
Correct : EMEND
47
It brings many people to church : PIETY
49
Duel action? : DRAW
50
"The Facts of Life" housemother ___ Garrett : EDNA
53
Silent ___ : ERA
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1977 double-platinum album with the hits "Peg" and "Deacon Blues" : AJA

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

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