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New York Times, Thursday, May 15, 2008

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Clinton or Obama: Abbr.
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30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 161 for Ms. Gorski. Thursday freshness: 97%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/15/8 ( No. 21,373 )
Across
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*Beginning : DAWN
5
Year of Pope Sabinian's death : DCVI
9
Barges : SCOWS
14
Program of variety acts : OLIO
15
Former heavyweight champ Maskaev : OLEG
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Eats at a bar : TAPAS
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Major money maker : MINT
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*"Rats!" : DARN
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"___ we all?" : ARENT
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"If this ___ any help ..." : ISOF
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___ jure (by the law itself) : IPSO
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*Makeshift hangar : BARN
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Don'ts : NONOS
25
Home of novelist Mario Vargas Llosa : PERU
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Peter who wrote "Underboss" : MAAS
29
Going postal : INARAGE
31
Sight from Lake Victoria : ENTEBBE
33
*___ center : BURN
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Dead : FALLEN
36
Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues : SUNRISESUNSET
40
Taylor of "The Nanny" and others : RENEES
41
*Right face, e.g. : TURN
42
Apple picker? : MACUSER
44
Shimmer : GLISTEN
49
Some particulates : SOOT
50
Showed disloyalty : SANG
52
Lobster claw : CHELA
53
*Relative of an Azerbaijani : TURK
55
Calls to 57-Across : GEES
57
They've got a lot of pull : OXEN
58
Not discounted, say : ATPAR
59
*Narwhal feature : TUSK
60
Nearest major airport to Bush's Crawford ranch : WACO
61
Attorney with the autobiography "My Life on Trial" : BELLI
62
Culturally showy : ARTY
63
This, to Jorge : ESTO
64
Leaves in a salad : CRESS
65
Porter ___, former C.I.A. director : GOSS
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*End : DUSK
Down
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Mater ___ (Mary, in Latin prayers) : DOMINI
2
"Familiar Spirits" author Lurie : ALISON
3
Angelina's "Girl, Interrupted" co-star : WINONA
4
Against : NOTFOR
5
Film producer ___ Al-Fayed : DODI
6
Bell parts : CLAPPERS
7
The "16" in "3:16" : VERSE
8
Cold-shoulder : IGNORE
9
Stick with a toothpick : STAB
10
Portion of a trick-or-treater's haul : CARAMELS
11
Fit for use : OPERABLE
12
Follow-up to "Oh, yeah?" : WANNABET
13
J.F.K. visitor, once : SST
24
British arms : SABRES
26
Roll out : UNFURL
28
Clinton or Obama: Abbr. : SEN
30
Pretexts : GUISES
32
Kind of acid found in oak : TANNIC
34
After discounts : NET
36
Heaviest member of the weasel family : SEAOTTER
37
Separate : UNCOUPLE
38
Swiss nationals, historically : NEUTRALS
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Throws out : SUGGESTS
40
Apt. compartments : RMS
43
Not homogeneous : RAGTAG
45
Mapped out : SHOWED
46
Austin school, informally : TEXASU
47
Chooses (to) : ELECTS
48
Title subject of a 1922 documentary in the National Film Registry : NANOOK
51
Intro to science? : NEURO
54
"Charlie's Angels" role : KRIS
56
"The ___ the limit!" : SKYS
58
"Dirty Sexy Money" airer : ABC

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

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