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New York Times, Saturday, April 25, 2009

Author:
Brad Wilber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Down : Bolsters
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
602/19/20055/31/202233
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014301438
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6035482%
Brad Wilber

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Wilber. Saturday freshness: 62%
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© 2009, The New York Times4/25/9 ( No. 21,718 )
Across
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Runs through a petcock, e.g. : DRAINSOFF
10
They have big bells : TUBAS
15
Best Director of 2001 : RONHOWARD
16
Setting of Queen Beatrix Airport : ARUBA
17
One might create a spread : ODDSMAKER
18
Garson ___, writer and director of Broadway's "Born Yesterday" : KANIN
19
Apportionment word : PER
20
City founded during the Cherokee Strip land run : ENID
21
United : MELDED
22
"___ of you ..." : IBEG
24
Fond of : KEENON
26
Itinerary abbr. : TBA
27
Food giant based in Springdale, Ark. : TYSON
29
Trade, informally : BIZ
30
It has a play of colors : OPAL
31
Desirable trunk feature : WASHBOARDABS
35
He crushed Hannibal at Zama : SCIPIO
37
Bright : BRAINY
38
1980 Truffaut film that won 10 César awards : THELASTMETRO
40
Not give way : HOLD
41
Herd locale : LEA
42
Introducer of the math symbol "e" : EULER
46
European conductor ___ Klas : ERI
47
Unagi restaurant suppliers : EELERS
50
Be enough for : SATE
51
Like avocado skins : PEBBLY
53
Quotable types : WITS
55
Stars play in it: Abbr. : NHL
56
Shorthand inventor Pitman : ISAAC
57
Act of Supremacy institutor : HENRYVIII
59
Rwandan people : TUTSI
60
Relative of alliteration : ASSONANCE
61
Track asset : SPEED
62
Health club offering for aerobic workouts : STEPCLASS
Down
1
Discussion ender : DROPIT
2
Passed, as in a parade : RODEBY
3
1993 N.L. batting champ Galarraga : ANDRES
4
Christian trigram : IHS
5
City east of Saint Lawrence Island : NOME
6
Tony : SWANK
7
"The Great Dictator" Oscar nominee : OAKIE
8
"New York, New York" lyricist : FREDEBB
9
Most famous resident of Warm Spr., Ga. : FDR
10
Like some seats : TAKEN
11
Orenburg is on it : URAL
12
Thing with a sweet ring to it? : BUNDTPAN
13
"Hair" song with birthday wishes to a president : ABIEBABY
14
Wear for Peppermint Patty : SANDALS
21
"The Impresario" composer : MOZART
23
Lose it : GOWILD
25
Queen for whom an element is named : NIOBE
28
Vacation spot for some oenophiles : NAPA
30
Repellent : ODIOUS
32
Alfred ___, "Footbridge at Argenteuil" artist : SISLEY
33
Shuttle destination : HOTEL
34
Of particular interest to a completist : RARE
35
Bolsters : SHORESUP
36
Like many clerics : CELIBATE
38
Something dreadful : THEPITS
39
Who said "I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure" : MAEWEST
43
Cause of a dry spell in the Midwest : LANINA
44
Business school course : ETHICS
45
Hinges : RELIES
47
Battle of Cabra victor, 1079 : ELCID
48
Shampoo shelfmate : RINSE
49
It's often seen next to a chair : STROP
52
Private residence? : BASE
54
Coordination, briefly : SYNC
57
Boasts : HAS
58
___-de-Marne, France : VAL

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

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