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New York Times, Saturday, April 19, 2008

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : Defensive structure
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11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 66%
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© 2008, The New York Times4/19/8 ( No. 21,347 )
Across
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Lock combination? : COIF
5
"L'Orfeo" composer : MONTEVERDI
15
It means everything : OMNI
16
Compulsive shopper : ONIOMANIAC
17
Seeks change? : BEGS
18
20th-century scandal : TEAPOTDOME
19
Poor devil : WRETCH
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Court calls : LETS
22
List on a society calendar : DOS
23
Net sales : ETAIL
24
Product once advertised as "Ice-cold sunshine" : COKE
25
Bicycle pack : DECK
26
Birthplace of Sert and Miró : BARCELONA
28
Bread : MOOLA
29
"A Clockwork Orange" instrument : MOOG
30
"La Bohème" setting : GARRET
31
"Casablanca" screenwriter Julius or Philip : EPSTEIN
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Reason : PURPOSE
36
Dawn observance : MATINS
37
Like a raspberry bush stem : CANY
38
Folds : PLIES
39
Giant perissodactyls : RHINOCERI
44
Lush sounds : HICS
45
Stooge : FOIL
46
Like M, L or XL : ROMAN
47
Call upon : ASK
48
Spongelike cake : BABA
49
"I said that's enough!" : DROPIT
50
Mixture : SALMAGUNDI
53
Council of ___, 1409 : PISA
54
Visionary : IDEALISTIC
55
Lassie creator Knight : ERIC
56
Windy? : SERPENTINE
57
Check for letters : RENT
Down
1
Network seen in many homes, and not proudly : COBWEB
2
"The Last Don" sequel : OMERTA
3
Engaged : INGEAR
4
Boxing-related : FISTIC
5
Phototropic flier : MOTH
6
It's next to nothing : ONE
7
"Love Jones" actress, 1997 : NIALONG
8
City whose name is Siouan for "a good place to grow potatoes" : TOPEKA
9
Engage in cabotinage : EMOTE
10
Drums : VATS
11
Heel : END
12
Western Sahara region : RIODEORO
13
Flattering courtier who changed places with the tyrant Dionysius, in Greek legend : DAMOCLES
14
Blade holder : ICESKATE
20
Only starting pitcher since 1971 to win a league M.V.P. award : CLEMENS
24
Cousin of a kinkajou : COON
25
Hamlet : DORP
27
"Such Good Friends" novelist Gould : LOIS
28
Writer of the story upon which "All About Eve" is based : MARYORR
30
"Treasure Island" character : GUNN
31
What "!" provides : EMPHASIS
32
Defensive structure : PALISADE
33
Person not easily budged : STICKLER
34
Makes ends meet? : TIES
35
Something well-placed? : PAIL
37
It could end up in a fiasco : CHIANTI
39
Powerful : ROBUST
40
Big maker of tires : COOPER
41
Neoclassic style : EMPIRE
42
Dark purplish blue : RAISIN
43
Whole : INTACT
45
Dickens's "merry old gentleman" : FAGIN
48
Make a bundle : BALE
49
Cut to bits : DICE
51
Relief provider, maybe : MAP
52
Roar : DIN

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

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