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New York Times, Saturday, February 9, 2008

Author:
Shannon Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Post codes?
TotalDebutLatest
102/10/19972/9/2008
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0300241
ScrabDebutFresh
1.645355%
Shannon Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {VX} This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Burns. Saturday freshness: 71%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/9/8 ( No. 21,277 )
Across
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It can really bite : SARCASM
8
Warrant : EMPOWER
15
See 33-Down : AQUARIA
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Late afternoon, typically : TEATIME
17
Nothingness : NULLITY
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Temporary : INTERIM
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Former major-league pitcher ___ Seo : JAE
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Home of Clarke College : DUBUQUE
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Plymouth-to-London dir. : ENE
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1847 tale of the South Seas : OMOO
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One of the losers in the War of the Pacific : PERU
26
Asian bowlful : RAMEN
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Hot spots : SAUNAS
30
Night table : BEDSTAND
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Key word : ENTER
33
Glut : SATE
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Home of Waterloo: Abbr. : ONT
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Growing problem? : GIGANTISM
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Pick-up and drop-off point: Abbr. : STA
40
French mathematician Cartan : ELIE
41
Grain sorghum with stout, leafy stalks : KAFIR
45
Mush : SCHMALTZ
47
It covers six time zones : CANADA
48
Asked too much? : PRIED
49
Sport : WEAR
51
It's pulled by una locomotora : TREN
52
Plasma component : ION
53
Foundation with ties : ROADBED
56
Dummy : SAP
57
It doesn't help much when it's cold : COMFORT
59
Where Mt. Suribachi is : IWOJIMA
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Middle third of a famous motto : EGALITE
62
Puts down : DERIDES
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Cicero, e.g. : SENATOR
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Factor : ELEMENT
Down
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Latin American capital : SANJOSE
2
Founding member of the Justice League : AQUAMAN
3
Prevent : RULEOUT
4
Title robot in an Isaac Asimov short story : CAL
5
Lacking interest : ARID
6
Basic exercise routine : SITUPS
7
Fence-sitter's answer : MAYBE
8
Post codes? : ETIQUETTE
9
Dish describer : MENU
10
Some prayers : PATERS
11
Taxonomic suffix : OTE
12
Electrician : WIREMAN
13
Standing out : EMINENT
14
Set right again : REMEND
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Built up : URBANIZED
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___ wonder (athlete known for a single great play) : ONEGAME
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Hanna-Barbera character : ATOMANT
29
Agent Gold on HBO's "Entourage" : ARI
31
Capo ___ capi (Bologna boss) : DEI
33
With 15-Across, sites for some corals : SALTWATER
36
Come together : GEL
37
Kingston pop : SKA
38
Pinchpenny : SCROOGE
39
Classic 1934 novel set in Prohibition-era New York City, with "The" : THINMAN
42
The moon has one : FARSIDE
43
Madison Avenue types : IDEAMEN
44
Zipped by : RANPAST
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Zip providers : SPICES
46
Clever : ADROIT
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Yarn variety : CREWEL
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Bear : ABIDE
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"... outrageous fortune, ___ ...": Shak. : ORTO
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"Paradise Lost" illustrator : DORE
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State with the lowest high point (345 feet): Abbr. : FLA
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"The Gift of the Magi" hero : JIM

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

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