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New York Times, Saturday, May 31, 2008

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Tool for sewing canvas
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 76 for Mr. Wolfe. Saturday freshness: 50%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/31/8 ( No. 21,389 )
Across
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Porky : FATASAHOG
10
Socs. : ASSNS
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"Whatever" : IDONTCARE
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"The Wreck of the Mary ___" (1959 film) : DEARE
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Where habits are picked up? : NUNNERIES
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Near the hip : ILIAC
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Seat : KEISTER
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"That's good enough" : ITLLDO
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Get down : SADDEN
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"The Novel of the Future" author : NIN
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First Earl of Chatham : PITT
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Proceeding : GOINGAHEAD
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Ready to get engaged? : ONHIRE
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Exchange for something very valuable : EYETEETH
35
Vertical piece in a door frame : STILE
36
Grp. issuing IDs : SSA
37
Tennis star Petrova : NADIA
38
Like some adult hippos : THREETON
40
Product with a rotating ball : ROLLON
41
Curious to a fault : MEDDLESOME
43
Text messaging command : SEND
44
Meatball : OAF
45
Lyric stand-in, perhaps : NANANA
47
Clammy? : SILENT
50
Flight passengers often work on them : LAPTOPS
55
Not independently : ASONE
56
Not too much of a stretch : PLAUSIBLE
58
Jenny Craig testimonial starter : ILOST
59
Read the riot act : BAWLEDOUT
60
Heavenly discovery of 1801 : CERES
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"Sure looks that way" : SOITSEEMS
Down
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Obnoxious sort : FINK
2
In unison : ADUE
3
1956 Olympic skiing sensation ___ Sailer : TONI
4
Saint ___ Bay, Jamaica : ANNS
5
Retaining instructions : STETS
6
Spread statistic : ACREAGE
7
Top arrangement? : HAIRDO
8
Bank deposit, of sorts : ORE
9
Some appliances : GES
10
Passage to get 8-Down : ADIT
11
Bears do it : SELL
12
Tool for sewing canvas : SAILNEEDLE
13
Certain atomic X-ray emission : NRADIATION
14
Tick source : SECONDHAND
20
"Splendor in the Grass" Oscar winner : INGE
22
Day when courts are not in session : DIESNON
23
"Amarantine" Grammy winner : ENYA
25
After the Pentateuchal period : POSTMOSAIC
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Between seating sections : INTHEAISLE
27
Attic, often : THIRDFLOOR
28
Like many a backsplash : TILED
30
It's 8 for O : ATNO
31
Recovers : HEALS
33
Lurch : REEL
36
Sportsman of the Year co-winner of 1998 : SOSA
39
Cot spot : TENT
40
One of three French auto-making brothers : RENAULT
42
Chichewa and English are its two official languages : MALAWI
46
Sites of some religious statues : APSES
48
Massachusetts motto starter : ENSE
49
Court hangers : NETS
51
"The washday miracle" sloganeer, once : TIDE
52
One found in the woods : OBOE
53
Extremely desirable : PLUM
54
Fixes : SETS
56
Oscar show airer? : PBS
57
Mekong Buddhist : LAO

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

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