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New York Times, Saturday, August 13, 2005

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Windups
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 63%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/13/5 ( No. 20,367 )
Across
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Papers and such : MASSMEDIA
10
Hooks for landing fish : GAFFS
15
Buffaloed : ATWITSEND
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Kind of skeleton : AXIAL
17
Reminders : KEEPSAKES
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Appreciation : SENSE
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March time : IDES
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___ talionis (an eye for an eye) : LEX
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Software company's offering : UPDATE
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Edge at the buzzer : NIP
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Sticklers : PEDANTS
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Take off : LOP
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Became more palatable to over time : GREWON
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Inc., overseas : CIE
29
Filial inheritance : GENE
30
Antibiotic target : STREP
31
Chrysler retro car : PTCRUISER
33
Where new lines are on display : AUTOSHOWS
35
Overhead covering : HAIRPIECE
38
Sensor 3 alternatives : ATRAS
42
Demands to be paid : DUNS
43
Big inits. in recording : EMI
44
Split : BISECT
45
La starter : TRA
46
Flips : LOSESIT
48
German article : DER
49
Ben of "Pippin" : VEREEN
51
Army fig. : NCO
52
Proceedings : ACTA
53
Winemaking village east of Verona : SOAVE
54
Exclamation of exhaustion : ICANTGOON
56
"The Severn Suite" composer : ELGAR
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Help : LENDAHAND
58
Microscopic : TEENY
59
Body shop figures : ESTIMATES
Down
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Ingredients : MAKINGS
2
Was humbled : ATEDIRT
3
Soccer position : SWEEPER
4
Samples : SIPS
5
High points: Abbr. : MTS
6
West Coast wellness retreat : ESALEN
7
Deceived with a false move : DEKED
8
Weather forecasting and others : INEXACTSCIENCES
9
See 23-Down : ADS
10
Short pants : GASPS
11
Dismissed : AXED
12
Windups : FINALES
13
Scam, informally : FASTONE
14
Surprise success : SLEEPER
21
"In ___" (Nirvana album) : UTERO
23
With 9-Down, modern annoyances : POPUP
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Ideal position : NICHE
27
Proves durable : WEARS
29
Hearts : GISTS
31
Pope's oeuvre : POEMS
32
While-___ (shop sign) : UWAIT
34
Attach : TIEON
35
Picture improver : HDTVSET
36
Saintly glow : AUREOLE
37
Blowing a gasket : INARAGE
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Patriot's foe : REDCOAT
40
Household chemical : ACETONE
41
Beaches : STRANDS
44
1988 Olympics swimming sensation : BIONDI
46
Circumspect : LEERY
47
Minimal : SCANT
50
Highlander in Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley" : EVAN
52
Eastern panjandrum : AGHA
54
Quebec's ___ d'Orléans : ILE
55
Quaint golfing wear : TAM

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

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