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New York Times, Friday, August 26, 2011

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Down : "1984" activity
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 31 Missing: {KQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 150 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 85%
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© 2011, The New York Times8/26/11 ( No. 22,571 )
Across
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Like a snap : REALEASY
9
With 46-Down, strike zones : TARGET
15
Kind of stew : OXTONGUE
16
Role Enrico Caruso was preparing for when he died : OTELLO
17
Eye openers? : DILATERS
18
He said "I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it" : RENOIR
19
Glossy scarf fabrics : ALAMODES
20
Japanese mat : TATAMI
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Well and good finish? : NESS
22
Like Hollywood : CINEMATIC
24
Landing place : WHARF
26
Yardbird : CON
27
"Here's Johnny!" memoirist : MCMAHON
31
Line in the sand? : CARAVAN
35
Give a hand : DEALIN
36
Think that just maybe one can : DARETO
37
Put down in writing : INDITED
39
Deep orangish hue : MARSRED
40
Take in : SEE
41
One code-named Renegade by the Secret Service : OBAMA
43
Hundred Years' War leader : JOANOFARC
46
Colonial group : ANTS
50
A destroyer may be in one : ARMADA
51
"Forget I said that" : IGNOREIT
54
Like pupils that are too small : MIOTIC
55
Big, purple Hanna-Barbera character : GRAPEAPE
56
Take stock? : INVEST
57
Go mano a mano : HAVEATIT
58
Discharges : EGESTS
59
Romulus and Remus, to Rhea Silvia : TWINSONS
Down
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1956 movie monster : RODAN
2
What some dictators end up in : EXILE
3
What may hold a world of information? : ATLAS
4
Good earth : LOAMS
5
Inside opening? : ENTO
6
Like many ports : AGED
7
"Absolutely!" : SURECAN
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"Absolutely!" : YESSIR
9
Rich dessert : TORTE
10
Elite soldiers : ATEAM
11
Dollar store? : RENTACARS
12
Show poor sportsmanship about, say : GLOATOVER
13
Waste : ELIMINATE
14
Like Life Savers : TORIC
23
Cowboys compete in it: Abbr. : NFC
24
Tiny amount : WHIT
25
Aid in gaining an edge : HONE
27
Start of the 16th century : MDI
28
"1984" activity : CENSORING
29
Played : MADEAMOVE
30
Turns off : ALIENATES
32
Very early 2-Down : ADAM
33
Hardly seen at the Forum? : RARA
34
Sign of assent : NOD
38
E.R. status : DOA
39
"Goodbye, Columbus" co-star, 1969 : MACGRAW
42
Intelligent : BRIGHT
43
___ Oliver, a k a the Naked Chef : JAMIE
44
Certain foot specialist : ODIST
45
Trivia quiz fodder : FACTS
46
See 9-Across : AREAS
47
Just ducky : NEATO
48
Court gimme : TIPIN
49
Correction corrections : STETS
52
Language spoken on Pandora : NAVI
53
Not settled : OPEN

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

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