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New York Times, Friday, April 17, 2009

Author:
Corey Rubin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Crack
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Corey Rubin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 35 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Rubin. Friday freshness: 98%
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S
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C
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Q
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N
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K
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M
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P
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© 2009, The New York Times4/17/9 ( No. 21,710 )
Across
1
Apologies, in Apulia : SCUSE
6
Slow-smoked Southern grub : TEXASBBQ
14
Some nest sites : EAVES
15
"No, no, this one's on me" : IVEGOTYOU
16
Many rappers' personas : THUGS
17
Read rights to, as a perp : MIRANDIZE
18
Work in a gallery : OIL
19
One way to turn : ONADIME
21
Parisian possessive : TES
22
Something Mr. Olympia lacks : FLAB
24
Play ___ : AROLE
25
Rec rm. locale, often : BSMT
26
French kings' emblem : FLEURDELYS
28
Picnic places : LEAS
29
Dark times abroad : NUITS
30
Hot pot spot : KILN
31
Where many lines are dropped : PIERS
32
Appt. book headings : MTWTF
34
It can be cracked : DOOR
35
Frijoles go-with : ARROZ
36
Like lumber in a mill : SAWN
37
Information, slangily : FOURONEONE
42
Side for passage : AYES
43
Split up : ENDIT
44
Key of Mahler's Symphony No. 1: Abbr. : DMAJ
45
"Fresh Air" airer : NPR
46
Considering, with "of" : INLIGHT
48
Letters in some church names : AME
49
Handles : DEALSWITH
51
Puritan ___ : ETHIC
53
Our neighbor's nickname, with "the" : REDPLANET
54
Not inadvertent : MEANT
55
On the lookout : OPENEYED
56
Fast results? : PANGS
Down
1
Depart : SETOFF
2
John Wayne title marshal of 1973 : CAHILL
3
Anatomical hangers : UVULAE
4
Div. : SEG
5
Petrol brand : ESSO
6
Stars of "90210," e.g. : TVIDOLS
7
How something might be familiar : EERILY
8
Event held each summer and winter : XGAMES
9
Crack : AONE
10
Not an upgrade: Abbr. : STD
11
Per se : BYITSELF
12
Montana State University setting : BOZEMAN
13
Story lines of Indiana Jones films : QUESTS
15
Near Eastern hospices : IMARETS
20
Depths of despair : NADIR
23
Podiatrists' concerns : BUNIONS
25
Overwhelmed and destroyed : BLITZED
27
Monday morning quarterback, maybe : RUER
30
"Lost" character Jin-Soo ___ : KWON
31
Coca-Cola product : POWERADE
32
The perfect match, for some : MRRIGHT
33
Loyalty : TROTH
34
Crack of dawn, old-style : DAYPEEP
35
Like some classes and books : AUDITED
36
Painter Botticelli : SANDRO
37
Park since 1912 : FENWAY
38
How some people shop : ONLINE
39
Warren Buffett, e.g. : OMAHAN
40
Kind of ceremony : NAMING
41
Sends packing : EJECTS
46
Singapore, for one : ISLE
47
Certain sub : TEMP
50
Hosp. employee : LPN
52
Event at which some people wear gloves : TEA

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

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