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New York Times, Friday, August 24, 2007

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : Fabric with the same name as a Scottish river
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 101 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 26%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/24/7 ( No. 21,108 )
Across
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"It's all here" sloganeer, once : CBS
4
Frisky one : COLT
8
Marie Osmond or Loretta Young : UTAHAN
14
"Elijah" or "The Creation" : ORATORIO
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Key on a cash register : NOSALE
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Drop a few positions, maybe : AUTOMATE
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Overprotect : COSSET
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Maker of Kiwi Teawi : SNAPPLE
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Mystery author Dexter : COLIN
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The Pacific Ocean's only island kingdom : TONGA
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It was good for Sartre : BON
23
One and only : SOLE
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They're staffed with doctors : UNIVERSITIES
30
Bad time for a tropical vacation : RAINYSEASON
33
Lawyers with many assts. : DAS
34
I.T. firm founded by Ross Perot : EDS
35
Wine used to make zabaglione : MARSALA
36
Soviet ___ : ERA
37
Member of an extended familia : TIO
38
Country that won the most medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics : EASTGERMANY
40
Reluctantly accepting : RECONCILEDTO
42
First name in cosmonautics : YURI
43
Major U.S. Spanish-language daily : HOY
44
Rarely written-out Latin phrase : IDEST
48
"Wozzeck" composer ___ Berg : ALBAN
50
What stare decisis upholds the validity of : CASELAW
52
Red line? : ARTERY
54
Set of guidelines : DOCTRINE
55
Mrs. Tony Blair : CHERIE
56
Put forward : NOMINATE
57
Has trouble sleeping, maybe : TOSSES
58
___ Ramsay ("The Black Stallion" hero) : ALEC
59
Sorry : SAD
Down
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Continue effortlessly : COAST
2
Dog in Disney's "Cinderella" : BRUNO
3
"Paradise Lost" character : SATAN
4
Ultraloyal employees : COMPANYMEN
5
Passed on by taletellers : ORAL
6
Not full-bodied : LITE
7
Wingtip tip : TOE
8
Feeling no better : UNCONSOLED
9
"Man is a ___-using animal": Thomas Carlyle : TOOL
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Pass under the basket, maybe : ASSIST
11
Is clueless : HASNOIDEA
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Stout alternative : ALE
13
Drift boat attachment : NET
15
Highest-grossing film of 1986 : TOPGUN
20
Bridesmaid's accessory : CORSAGE
22
Very disagreeable : BEASTLY
24
Hear : LEARN
25
Analytic work : ESSAY
27
Soul singer who is also a coronated king of Ghana : ISAACHAYES
28
New rendering : VERSION
29
Near the bottom of the drawers? : INARTISTIC
30
Take one more shot at : RETRY
31
It may be bid : ADIEU
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One of the "10 Attic orators" : ISOCRATES
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Tate ___ (London art gallery) : MODERN
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Team that won the first A.F.L. championship : OILERS
45
1981 Literature Nobelist Canetti : ELIAS
46
Stocking stuffer : SANTA
47
Fabric with the same name as a Scottish river : TWEED
49
French district that lent its name to a foodstuff : BRIE
50
"Fantastic!" : COOL
51
Ne plus ultra : ACME
52
Work within a company, say : ACT
53
Density symbol, in physics : RHO
54
Material at the basis of "Jurassic Park" : DNA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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