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New York Times, Saturday, May 5, 2012

Author:
Ned White
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Down : ___-Pacific
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
251/16/20109/11/20191
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1206259
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.5814176%
Ned White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JW} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. White. Saturday freshness: 95%
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I
2
G
3
O
4
O
5
F
6
E
7
D
8
B
9
O
10
B
11
S
12
T
13
A
14
Y
15
S
A
N
T
I
N
I
16
O
P
U
S
O
N
E
17
A
M
B
A
N
D
S
18
R
E
S
T
O
N
S
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I
B
O
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S
E
A
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S
A
L
T
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C
R
I
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D
R
A
24
C
25
D
R
U
B
S
26
P
O
U
T
27
S
E
R
U
28
M
29
M
N
O
30
A
I
O
L
I
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O
L
D
P
A
32
L
33
G
R
34
I
Z
Z
L
E
S
35
C
R
A
36
N
37
A
N
T
Z
38
A
39
Q
40
U
A
T
E
E
41
N
42
B
E
A
43
V
44
E
45
R
46
B
U
C
K
Y
47
H
E
48
T
49
C
Z
E
C
H
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S
I
D
E
51
M
I
X
I
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T
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Z
A
L
E
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O
R
A
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A
U
S
T
E
R
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E
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L
I
B
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L
I
V
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E
S
T
O
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R
I
V
61
E
R
P
O
62
U
N
I
F
I
E
D
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O
B
E
L
I
S
K
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T
O
S
T
A
D
A
65
D
E
L
I
B
E
S
© 2012, The New York Times5/5/12 ( No. 22,824 )
Across
1
Fault line? : IGOOFED
8
Rope holding down a bowsprit : BOBSTAY
15
Great part for Duvall? : SANTINI
16
1945 Tommy Dorsey hit : OPUSONE
17
Medium frequencies include them : AMBANDS
18
Journalists James and James Jr. : RESTONS
19
Nigerian language : IBO
20
Ingredient in gourmet potato chips : SEASALT
22
___ de guerre : CRI
23
Scary sucker, for short : DRAC
25
Bastes : DRUBS
26
Look down : POUT
27
Shot stuff : SERUM
29
LP insert? : MNO
30
Pungent fish topper : AIOLI
31
Longtime ace : OLDPAL
33
Goes gray : GRIZZLES
35
Part of some fruit drink names : CRAN
37
Film with the protagonist "Z" : ANTZ
38
Any of three title characters in a long-running Cartoon Network series : AQUATEEN
42
See 46-Across : BEAVER
46
With 42-Across, old ad mascot who sang "It's dandy for your teeth" : BUCKY
47
Worked (up) : HET
49
Source of the word "robot" : CZECH
50
Salad, often : SIDE
51
___ up (brawl) : MIXIT
53
Big name in jewelry retail : ZALE
54
Mouths, to Marius : ORA
55
Spartan : AUSTERE
57
Ad trailer? : LIB
58
Reaches the age of : LIVESTO
60
It forms much of Lombardy's southern border : RIVERPO
62
One : UNIFIED
63
Central feature of St. Peter's Square : OBELISK
64
Taco alternative : TOSTADA
65
"Coppelia" composer : DELIBES
Down
1
Parent's peremptory "reason" : ISAIDSO
2
Common barn roof : GAMBREL
3
Passenger's status : ONBOARD
4
Taxonomy suffix : OTA
5
Drum and bass parts : FINS
6
Through : ENDED
7
Get heat from? : DISARM
8
Part of French Polynesia : BORABORA
9
Some German models : OPELS
10
Boom follower, maybe : BUST
11
Boom maker, once : SST
12
Gnarly : TOOCOOL
13
Author of "The Stranger Beside Me," 1980 : ANNRULE
14
Beatles tune that begins "If you wear red tonight" : YESITIS
21
Like arias : SUNG
24
Sugar : CUPCAKE
26
Dash : PIZZAZZ
28
Oscar winner after "On the Waterfront" : MARTY
30
Onetime Lake Texcoco dweller : AZTEC
32
Papuan port : LAE
34
Having five sharps : INB
36
Drink that had a Wild Red variety : NEHISODA
38
Drink that has a Ruby Red variety : ABSOLUT
39
Philippine province on Luzon : QUIRINO
40
The Aggies of the Big West Conf. : UCDAVIS
41
"What ___?" : NEXT
43
Steak or chop choice : VEALRIB
44
Cover-up witnessed by millions? : ECLIPSE
45
Relatives of dik-diks : RHEBOKS
48
Car bar : TIEROD
51
So as not to be overheard, say : MUTED
52
Alabama or Missouri : TRIBE
55
___-Pacific : ASIA
56
First name in long jumping : EVEL
59
Small creature that undergoes metamorphosis : EFT
61
Clinton or Bush, once : ELI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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