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New York Times, Friday, April 20, 2007

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Optometría concern
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
416/18/200412/4/20147
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.6129085%
David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 87%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/20/7 ( No. 20,982 )
Across
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One who doesn't want to grow up, in a jingle : TOYSRUSKID
11
Dramatists' degs. : MFAS
15
Versatile combatant : ONEMANARMY
16
Set down : ALIT
17
Popular '90s workout video : ABSOFSTEEL
18
Cause for an "Excuse me!" : BURP
19
Matin's opposite : SOIR
20
Interpretation of a dog's growl : IMMAD
22
E.U. mem. : SWE
23
Larry or Louise on "Bewitched" : TATE
24
Modern communication : ONLINECHAT
26
Harmonia's antithesis : ERIS
27
Make one : JOIN
28
Show : PROVE
29
Turnoffs, e.g.: Abbr. : RDS
30
"___ chance!" : BONNE
31
Like some limits : OUTER
32
Where hangings are witnessed: Abbr. : MUS
33
Bogart's only horror film title role, 1939 : DRX
34
Sore spot : ULCER
37
Move on a court or a diamond : PIVOT
40
Western setting: Abbr. : PST
43
Scylla or Charybdis : PERIL
44
Starting point? : EDEN
45
"And the ___ raths outgrabe" ("Jabberwocky" line) : MOME
46
a, b, c, d, e, etc. : CHARACTERS
48
Capital on Upolu island : APIA
49
Dude : CAT
50
Yankee Clipper company : PANAM
51
Old Fords : LTDS
52
Golden Age writer : OVID
54
Home of Southern University : BATONROUGE
57
Pendant : DROP
58
Church section : AMENCORNER
59
Dark times, in literature : EENS
60
Berlioz opera based on Virgil's "Aeneid" : LESTROYENS
Down
1
Wedding reception figure : TOASTER
2
Participating in a group : ONBOARD
3
Insistent affirmation : YESITIS
4
Three-ingredient treats : SMORES
5
W.W. II inits. : RAF
6
Young ___ : UNS
7
Audited : SATINON
8
Presidential abode : KREMLIN
9
Song on the Beatles' "Let It Be" : IMEMINE
10
"Time Out of Mind" Grammy winner : DYLAN
11
Queen of folklore : MAB
12
Seasonal safeguard : FLUSHOT
13
Broadcasting unit? : AIRWAVE
14
Gateman? : STPETER
21
Exile : DEPORT
24
Optometría concern : OJOS
25
Meat : CRUX
30
Wrap for a nursery plant : BURLAP
32
World leader who resigned in 1974 : MEIR
33
Gets into : DONS
34
Bars from a store : UPCCODE
35
Birthplace of René Coty : LEHAVRE
36
Old Army meal : CRATION
37
Muffin, for one : PETNAME
38
Conceives : IDEATES
39
Monopoly avenue : VERMONT
40
Chart maker : POPTUNE
41
Dash : SMIDGEN
42
Some TV spots : TEASERS
45
"Le Morte d'Arthur" author : MALORY
47
Intrigue : CABAL
53
Stat for infielders : DPS
55
Big A.T.M. maker : NCR
56
Zoo critter : ROO

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

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