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New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 2007

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Hardened
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 72%
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© 2007, The New York Times6/30/7 ( No. 21,053 )
Across
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Where to find the Mercury line and the Girdle of Venus : PALM
5
Small wonders : GIFTEDKIDS
15
Novel that ends "By noon, the island had gone down in the horizon; and all before us was the wide Pacific" : OMOO
16
Dirt : INSIDEINFO
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Frill : LACE
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Alley oops : GUTTERBALL
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Historical succession : ERAS
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Millet, for one : GRAIN
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Antarctica's Prince ___ Mountains : OLAV
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Many G's : MIL
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D-Ray, e.g. : ALER
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Word with building or burial : SITE
25
Uncouth : ILLBRED
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Title for Camilla : DUCHESS
30
Shade of red : CLARET
31
Writer who was a source for Verdi's "Rigoletto" : HUGO
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Be profligate, in a way : SOWONESWILDOATS
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Like Pompeii, once : ASHY
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Kind of service : YEOMAN
40
1961 film also known as "The Job" : ILPOSTO
44
Numbered 31-Down : USROUTE
45
Bourbon order : NEAT
46
Proofs of purchase, often: Abbr. : UPCS
47
Part of the Dept. of Justice : DEA
48
Predecessor of the boliviano : PESO
49
"Tout le monde en ___" ("Everyone's talking about it": Fr.) : PARLE
51
With 54-Across, black magic : DARK
52
It can keep ballfields dry : ALCOHOLBAN
54
See 51-Across : ARTS
55
Lots to offer : REALESTATE
56
Invite letters : BYOB
57
Bank holdings? : TELEPHONES
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Like porridge : OATY
Down
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Controversial study : POLEMICS
2
Title city in a 1983 George Strait hit : AMARILLO
3
Ordinance : LOCALLAW
4
TV tavern : MOES
5
Check for credibility, in modern lingo : GIGGLETEST
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Hardened : INURED
7
Polaris or Procyon : FSTAR
8
Furry tree-dweller of the Amazon : TITI
9
The river Pison flowed from it : EDEN
10
Austrian article : DER
11
Squelch : KIBOSH
12
Unpleasant way to catch one's spouse : INALIE
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They're found by the C's : DFLATS
14
Does the math : SOLVES
23
Bowls : ARENAS
26
Good bud : BRO
27
Result of too many rusty nails on the road? : DUI
28
Melees : UGLYSCENES
29
Some Microsoft employees : CODERS
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See 44-Across: Abbr. : HWY
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"Weeds" channel, briefly : SHO
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Line struck through by a winner : OOO
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Aral Sea feeder : AMUDARYA
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Starchy bite : TATERTOT
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Beats narrowly and unexpectedly : SNEAKSBY
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Somewhat : INPART
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Sobieski of "Joan of Arc" : LEELEE
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He wrote "The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of" : PASCAL
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Most-nominated Best Actor (eight times) never to win an Oscar : OTOOLE
44
Burning the midnight oil : UPLATE
46
Built up : URBAN
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Uptown : POSH
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Lola in "Damn Yankees," e.g. : ALTO
51
Actress Maryam : DABO
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Plugged in : HEP

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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