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New York Times, Friday, August 3, 2007

Author:
Charles Barasch
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Down : "___ have no ..."
TotalDebutLatest
62/16/20045/24/2008
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0110121
ScrabDebutFresh
1.552774%
Charles Barasch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Barasch. Friday freshness: 86%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/3/7 ( No. 21,087 )
Across
1
Celebratory cry : MAZELTOV
9
It can leave you breathless : ASTHMA
15
Two-time Nicaraguan president Chamorro : EMILIANO
16
Draw successfully : LUREIN
17
County whose seat is Redwood City : SANMATEO
18
"Ya got me!" : IDUNNO
19
Union in D.C., e.g. : STN
20
Sets up : READIES
22
Cleanse : RID
23
Beaucoup de Louises : ROIS
25
Dismiss as unworthy : SCORN
26
"Well, I declare!" : MYMY
27
Three Stooges' actions : SLAPS
29
___ man : TOA
30
San Francisco mayor Newsom : GAVIN
31
Skeleton part : RIB
33
Handicap, say : EQUALIZE
35
"The Da Vinci Code" sequence : FIBONACCISERIES
39
Sly slur : INNUENDO
40
Motor additive? : OLA
41
They have five sects. of multiple-choice questions : LSATS
42
Temp takers : RNS
44
___ Bay (South China Sea inlet) : SUBIC
48
Court interferences : LETS
49
Out there : KOOKY
51
Gabrielle's sidekick, in a TV series : XENA
52
Place for 42-Across : ICU
53
Undercover wear? : JAMMIES
55
Prescription notation : TER
56
Bottle : NURSER
58
Horror cry : ITSALIVE
60
Religious leader who wrote "Peace With God" : GRAHAM
61
Baseball coverings : COWHIDES
62
Jennifer Lopez title role : SELENA
63
Bakes : SWELTERS
Down
1
Salutation abbreviation : MESSRS
2
Stuff in a bomb : AMATOL
3
Flower named for a German botanist : ZINNIA
4
Hackberry relative : ELM
5
Pseudologue : LIAR
6
"Soap" family : TATES
7
Breakless, in a way : ONEACT
8
Derogatory term popularized by George H. W. Bush : VOODOOECONOMICS
9
Superman, for one : ALIEN
10
Head makeup : SUDS
11
Play whose star won the 1990 Best Actor Tony : TRU
12
The Wars of the Roses ended in his reign : HENRYVII
13
Dwarf : MINIMIZE
14
Soothing things : ANODYNES
21
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, e.g. : IRAQI
24
Salad bar binful : SPROUTS
26
France's first minister of culture, 1959-69 : MALRAUX
28
They can make waves : SINES
30
Iona College athletes : GAELS
32
Stop O.K.'ing : BAN
34
Hope offerer: Abbr. : USO
35
They might follow the drill : FILLINGS
36
Wobbly : INSECURE
37
Note offering good advice for life? : BNATURAL
38
Information holder : CDROM
43
Help in getting up : SKITOW
45
Come to pass : BETIDE
46
"How dare you!" : INEVER
47
Treat affectionately : CARESS
49
Belief in Hinduism : KARMA
50
"___ have no ..." : YESWE
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Sturdy, twilled cotton fabric : JEAN
54
"Look Forward in Anger" comedian : SAHL
57
Word before some animal names : SHE
59
Books, for short : LIT

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

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