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New York Times, Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Author:
Peter A. Collins & Joe Krozel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Down : Reading for home mechanics
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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713254116108
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
6331.5658749%
Peter A. Collins
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877/7/20066/14/201815
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4147242621
CircleScrabDebutFresh
51.4849785%
Joe Krozel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Collins. This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Krozel. Wednesday freshness: 98%
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© 2009, The New York Times8/12/9 ( No. 21,827 )
Across
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Cause for an eyelift : SAG
4
Playground shout : FIGHT
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With 59-Across, novel of 1851 : MOBY
13
Benzoyl peroxide target : ACNE
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Bitter : ACRID
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Shield border : ORLE
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Complain : MOAN
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Frigid temps : TEENS
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Head of the Egyptian god Thoth : IBIS
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Take the lead : PULLAHEAD
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Sig Ep and others : FRATS
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Fish tail? : ERY
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At sea : LOST
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Stable display : CRECHE
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Stylize anew, as a car seat : RETRIM
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Rushed (by) : WHOOSHED
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Warhol associate ___ Sedgwick : EDIE
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Israel's Barak and Olmert : EHUDS
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Character in 9- & 59-Across : CAPTAINAHAB
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Chills, so to speak : RESTS
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Sorvino of "Mighty Aphrodite" : MIRA
40
Cordial offering? : ANISETTE
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"___ is gained as much by good works as by evil": Machiavelli : HATRED
46
St. Stephen, notably : MARTYR
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Pronoun in the starts of many letters : WHOM
49
Netflix offering : DVD
50
Simon Says players, say : APERS
51
Displays : SHOWCASES
53
Designate "commercial" or "single-family," e.g. : ZONE
54
Incline (and a hint to the location in this completed puzzle of the first line of 9- & 59-Across) : SLANT
55
Recipe direction : BEAT
56
Hollywood's Kazan : ELIA
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Lumberjack competition : ROLEO
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Change of address, for short : RELO
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See 9-Across : DICK
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Does what a good dog does : OBEYS
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Halftime features : ADS
Down
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Searched high and low : SCOURED
2
___ Geometry (college course) : ANALYTIC
3
Four-star leader: Abbr. : GENL
4
Grasp : FATHOM
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They're served with spoon-straws : ICEES
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9- & 59-Across : GREATWHITEWHALE
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Rear : HIND
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QBs' coups : TDS
9
Shimmery fabrics : MOIRES
10
Jerry of "Law & Order" : ORBACH
11
Carefree : BLITHE
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Assented : YESSED
13
Eponymous French physicist : AMPERE
20
1960 Olympics boxing gold medalist : ALI
21
High-school class, informally : FROSH
24
Musical conclusion : CODA
26
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" singer Chris : REA
28
Onetime Asiatic nomads : HUNS
30
New York's ___ River : EAST
32
Hunts, with "on" : PREYS
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Numerical prefix with oxide : TETR
34
Qty. : AMT
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What a swallow may swallow : BIRDSEED
38
Displays : REVEALS
39
Supplements : ADDSTO
40
Blown away : AMAZED
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"In ___, where love is king" (start of "That's Amore") : NAPOLI
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Peaceful : IRENIC
43
Word with hot or blue : STREAK
44
Reading for home mechanics : HOWTOS
45
Rambler maker, once: Abbr. : AMC
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Baklava ingredient : HONEY
51
One whose shirttail is always untucked, maybe : SLOB
52
Start of an incantation : ABRA
54
Sign of success : SRO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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