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New York Times, Saturday, May 14, 2011

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Down : "Oh my stars!"
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431.6633377%
Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Nothnagel. Saturday freshness: 63%
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© 2011, The New York Times5/14/11 ( No. 22,467 )
Across
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Organ appendages : PEDALS
7
Holds tight : SITSPAT
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Some creepy crawlers : LARVAE
15
Opening words from a TV news reporter : WERELIVE
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Seek, with "to" : ASPIRE
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Makes negotiating difficult, in a way : ICESOVER
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It can be round or cubed : STEAK
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Job for base pay? : GRUNTWORK
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Prepares a course for : MAPS
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One in la famille : FRERE
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Chuang ___, Chinese philosopher : TSE
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Animal ordered to "be angry, and dispatch," in Shakespeare : ASP
24
Loudspeaker's sound : BLARE
25
German region known for viticulture : MOSEL
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Items of jewelry : TIECLIPS
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Ghastly : WAN
30
Mix : VARIETY
31
Spoiled : GONEBAD
35
Rec room attire : TEE
36
Finish line? : GOODGAME
37
Weighed down : LADED
40
Not making sense : CRAZY
41
Part of speech?: Abbr. : SYL
42
What unsettled people do? : OWE
43
Believer's trait : PIETY
44
Kind of index : HEAT
45
Words said in disbelief : WHATGIVES
48
In a way, informally : KINDA
49
Way out of a dangerous situation : FIREEXIT
50
Where singles congregate in a bar? : TIPJAR
51
Targets of fact-finding missions? : ALMANACS
52
Nissan's first hybrid vehicle : ALTIMA
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Shows signs of instability : TEETERS
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Item in an actor's portfolio : GLOSSY
Down
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It's hung on the wall of a sports bar : PLASMATV
2
Home to 1 1/2 billion people : EASTASIA
3
Product whose name lost its period in the 1950s : DRPEPPER
4
Some sneakers : AVIAS
5
Caper : LARK
6
Match, as a contribution? : SEE
7
Encrypted, perhaps : SECURE
8
Broadway musical of 1919 and 1973 : IRENE
9
Give a whirl : TEST
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___ burn : SLOW
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Some revolutions : PIVOTS
12
Somewhat hostile : AVERSE
13
1985 Pulitzer winner for "The Good War" : TERKEL
15
Linemen : WIRERS
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Inferior, as some wines : GRAPY
21
Top-___ : FLITE
24
Not be fast : BLEED
25
Title woman in a 1975 #1 hit : MANDY
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Pull from the ground, quickly? : ONEG
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Name : CITE
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Lightheaded : WOOZY
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Womanizers : GOATS
32
Barkless dogs : BASENJIS
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"Doubt" co-star, 2008 : AMYADAMS
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Emission in a cloud chamber : DELTARAY
36
Receives : GREETS
37
Diet, maybe : LOWFAT
38
Some time : AWHILE
39
"Oh my stars!" : DEARME
40
High-school class : CIVICS
43
Entertainment giant with a 1995 I.P.O. : PIXAR
44
Savvy about : HIPTO
46
Milk source : TEAT
47
Means of inheritance : GENE
48
Block passage of : KILL
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Make it? : TAG

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