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New York Times, Thursday, March 8, 2007

Author:
Gilbert H. Ludwig
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Novelist O'Flaherty
TotalDebutLatest
185/29/19977/21/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.589863%
Gilbert H. Ludwig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Ludwig. Thursday freshness: 83%
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© 2007, The New York Times3/8/7 ( No. 20,939 )
Across
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Game standout, briefly : MVP
4
Jr.'s place : SCH
7
"Steve Canyon" cartoonist Milton : CANIFF
13
Rhine tributary : AAR
14
Cádiz kinswoman : TIA
15
Country of Saroyan's heritage : ARMENIA
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Beef producers : GRIPERS
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No place for an epicure : BEANERY
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Start of a question about an old proverb : INTHECASEWHERE
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Zero, to Nero : NIHIL
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They're over specialists: Abbr. : CPLS
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Filing facilitator : TAB
25
Carbohydrate suffix : OSE
26
1990's Ontario premier Bob : RAE
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"___ Madness" (1966 Sean Connery comedy) : AFINE
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Question, part 2 : THESTITCHISLATE
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Swamp critter : CROC
35
Not for : ANTI
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Question, part 3 : DOYOUTHINKITCAN
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___ worse than death : AFATE
44
Linemen near centers: Abbr. : LGS
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Ins. plan : HMO
46
Cry heard by Cratchit : BAH
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___ Robles, Calif. : PASO
49
Sounds that may be heard before bangs? : SNIPS
51
End of the question : STILLSAVEEIGHT
55
Apple computer co-founder : WOZNIAK
56
Queen in "The Lion in Winter" : ELEANOR
57
King Minos' people : CRETANS
58
Clear : RID
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Educational inits. in Tulsa, Okla. : ORU
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Sailor's protector : STELMO
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Opinion : SAY
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60's hot spot : NAM
Down
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Frenchman with a famous line : MAGINOT
2
Make superficially attractive : VARNISH
3
Please, old-style : PRITHEE
4
It's associated with some magnets and magnates : STEEL
5
Mag. publisher's concern : CIRC
6
Is too good to be true : HASACATCH
7
Work groups : CREWS
8
Asian nurse : AMAH
9
Sight on Hawaiian lava flows : NENE
10
It keeps things going : INERTIA
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Nasty stinger : FIREANT
12
Actress Spain of "God's Little Acre" : FAY
15
Early victim : ABEL
17
Symbol of electric flux : PHI
20
Engineering detail : SPEC
24
Frontier gathering : BEE
26
Scream : RIOT
27
Riesling alternative, familiarly : ASTI
28
Move quickly and lightly : FLIT
30
Robert Louis Stevenson, e.g. : SCOT
31
So : TRUE
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Katzenjammers : HANGOVERS
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Tattooist's stock : INKS
36
Touch : DAB
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In some respects : OFASORT
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Classic Milton Bradley game : YAHTZEE
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"As Time Goes By" requester, in film : ILSA
40
Hair bun : CHIGNON
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Antique jar : AMPHORA
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Quack remedy : NOSTRUM
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Dallas suburb : PLANO
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Quizzes : ASKS
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Far from posh : SEEDY
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Actress Vardalos : NIA
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Not domestic: Abbr. : INTL
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Novelist O'Flaherty : LIAM
54
Lamb by another name : ELIA
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Loos : WCS

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

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