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New York Times, Friday, September 17, 2010

Author:
Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
7-Down : "Twilight" protagonist
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Jonah Kagan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Kagan. Friday freshness: 75%
Notepad: BROWN CROSSWORD WEEK — Every crossword this week has been created by a member of the Puzzling Association of Brown University.
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© 2010, The New York Times9/17/10 ( No. 22,228 )
Across
1
Japan's Prince Hirobumi ___ : ITO
4
Five-time N.B.A. All-Star Chris : WEBBER
10
2001 #1 album with the hit "Love Don't Cost a Thing" : JLO
13
"Easy peasy!" : NOPROBLEMO
15
Christian with many robes? : DIOR
16
Over the top : HYPERBOLIC
17
___Ring (birth control brand) : NUVA
18
Over : ABOVE
19
Vessel over heat : OLLA
20
"Leaving on ___ Plane" : AJET
21
Perfect-record breaker : LOSS
22
When all one's planning is put to the test : DDAY
23
Company outing, for short? : IPO
24
River of Devon : EXE
25
Sch. for the preordained? : SEM
26
Photoshop, say : DOCTOR
29
Literally, "different lizards" : ALLOSAURUSES
32
Descartes found this truth to be self-evident : COGITOERGOSUM
34
Colorful stage performers since 1987 : BLUEMANGROUP
35
There are 50 in a keg of Newcastle : LITRES
36
Home of Polar Bear Prov. Park : ONT
37
One of about 3,000 in Shakespeare's plays : PUN
40
It starts with el primero de enero : ANO
41
"Wassup, ___?" : DAWG
43
One might lose it in a crisis : HOPE
44
Tee off : MIFF
46
Where you might see some initials : BARK
47
Break down, in a way : PARSE
48
Prefix with angular : EQUI
49
Like some love : UNREQUITED
51
Opine : MUSE
52
Put off retirement? : STAYUPLATE
53
Spec for a roomy flat? : EEE
54
O.K.'s : YESSES
55
Subj. in "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" : LSD
Down
1
Scarf down : INHALE
2
Home for Barbie and Ken, perhaps : TOYBOX
3
Counter : OPPOSE
4
Tediously went (on) : WORE
5
Flag : EBB
6
Autumnal event so called because it helps hunters kill their prey : BLOODMOON
7
"Twilight" protagonist : BELLA
8
"Bones" actress Deschanel : EMILY
9
Jay-Z's ___-Fella Records : ROCA
10
Practice with locks and pins? : JIUJITSU
11
Troubadour's creation : LOVEPOEM
12
Ones happy to give you their addresses? : ORATORS
14
Makes roar : REVS
15
Kind of profiling : DNA
22
Some sorority women : DELTAS
25
Lowlifes : SLIME
26
Sea grass grazer : DUGONG
27
"Indoors ___?" : OROUT
28
Where two branches of a curve meet, in math : CUSP
29
Sun exposure, for one : AGER
30
Part: Abbr. : SEG
31
Certain navigational aids : ARROWKEYS
32
Company that gets a lot of its money from foundations? : CLINIQUE
33
Defunct : OUTOFUSE
34
"It's my fault" : BLAMEME
37
Door : PORTAL
38
Reasons to use Pepto-Bismol : UPSETS
39
Compulsory : NEEDED
41
Il Poeta : DANTE
42
Decoration for Gertrude's room in "Hamlet" : ARRAS
43
When repeated, exuberant cry : HAIL
45
"Ptui!" : FIE
46
Tied up : BUSY
47
Litter, maybe : PUPS
50
36-Across neighbor : QUE

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

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