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New York Times, Saturday, May 27, 2006

Author:
Will Nediger
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Sites for some swearers
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Will Nediger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QW} Scrabble average: 1.90 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Nediger. Saturday freshness: 51%
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J
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O
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S
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H
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E
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D
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J
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R
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M
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C
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M
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K
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F
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P
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H
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D
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C
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A
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L
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L
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X
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P
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O
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V
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G
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J
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© 2006, The New York Times5/27/6 ( No. 20,654 )
Across
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Bantered : JOSHED
7
Early Hebrew king : JEROBOAM
15
Rise : APPEAR
16
Sponsor of a historic expedition : ISABELLA
17
Sticks in the supermarket : CELERY
18
Potential to get around : MOBILITY
19
Food filtered from seawater : KRILL
20
Some sorority women : ZETAS
21
Sliding door site : VAN
22
Sloughs : FENS
23
Principle : TENET
24
Ceramic muralist for the Unesco building in Paris : MIRO
25
1960's sitcom role for Felix Silla : ITT
26
U-Haul alternative : RYDER
27
Common catalyst : YEAST
28
Increase : STEPUP
30
Energetic : ZIPPY
32
Beset by problems : HARRIED
34
Nostrum : CUREALL
38
Spam locale : INBOX
40
___ Farms, Maryland-based food giant : PERDUE
41
Stressful things? : POEMS
44
Some execs : VEEPS
46
Kelly Clarkson's record label : RCA
47
Constellation appellation : URSA
48
Adams of Sinn Fein : GERRY
49
Potential con : PERP
50
Touch of frost : NIP
51
Mayan commodity : COCOA
52
Exchanged notes? : MONEY
53
Sara Sidle's player on "CSI" : JORJAFOX
55
Labor class? : LAMAZE
56
Drive off : ALIENATE
57
Henry Fielding title heroine : AMELIA
58
Beat : BETTERED
59
Matthew who founded a college in 1861 : VASSAR
Down
1
Northern pike : JACKFISH
2
"Die Fledermaus," for one : OPERETTA
3
It might get under your skin : SPLINTER
4
Cooled things? : HEELS
5
Count, now : EARL
6
Uninteresting : DRY
7
Nobel-winning poet Juan Ramón ___ : JIMENEZ
8
Rarefied : ESOTERIC
9
Capital on the Atlantic : RABAT
10
Bands of geishas : OBIS
11
With 43-Down, très witty person : BEL
12
Niece of Sir Toby Belch, in "Twelfth Night" : OLIVIA
13
Sites for some swearers : ALTARS
14
Is forbidden to : MAYNOT
20
Series finale, in Stafford : ZED
23
Laid-back : TYPEB
24
Debbie ___, triple gold-medal Olympic swimmer, 1968 : MEYER
26
Archaeologists' interest : RUINS
27
Battle site of 1914, 1915 and 1917 : YPRES
29
Franco's first : PRIMA
31
Lightweight boxer? : PUPPY
33
Birdhouse, of a kind : DOVECOTE
35
Pair above the kidneys : ADRENALS
36
Daughter of Pope Alexander VI : LUCREZIA
37
1984, e.g. : LEAPYEAR
39
Reproduced, in a way : XEROXED
41
Asian region whose name means "five rivers" : PUNJAB
42
Blue Jay opponent : ORIOLE
43
See 11-Down : ESPRIT
45
Century 21 alternative : ERA
48
Succeed in spades : GOFAR
49
Apples, e.g. : POMES
51
Means of support : CANE
52
Nursery cry : MAMA
54
Nose-in-the-air model? : JET
55
Head, for short : LAV

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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