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New York Times, Friday, September 22, 2006

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Slipped out of
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
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179312111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 49 for Ms. Blackard. Friday freshness: 99%
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C
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P
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© 2006, The New York Times9/22/6 ( No. 20,772 )
Across
1
Lake St. ___, between Michigan and Ontario : CLAIR
6
Ones turning on stoves? : SPATULAS
14
Informal greeting : HOWDO
15
1966 Frank Sinatra hit : THATSLIFE
16
Exotic locale in old literature and song : ARABY
17
Had nowhere to go but up : HITBOTTOM
18
Boxer Tommy, loser to Joe Louis in a 1937 title bout : FARR
19
Successor to Goldberg on the Supreme Court : FORTAS
20
X-___ (big, in commercial names) : TRA
21
Popular weekend event : FLEAMARKET
23
Arizona's ___ Canyon Dam : GLEN
24
Where Dick Cheney grew up : CASPER
25
Peak : CREST
26
Sidestepped : AVERTED
28
It may be found under an umbrella : MAITAI
29
Decorative covers : GRILLES
30
___ acid (preservative) : BENZOIC
31
Matched : AGREED
32
Deeply tan : BRONZED
33
Very loosely knit : NETTY
34
Emulate a base runner? : GOAWOL
35
Lion prey : GNUS
36
Sword swallowing, e.g. : VARIETYACT
40
W.W. II map: Abbr. : ETO
41
M-1 rifle inventor : GARAND
42
Be in preparation : BREW
43
Totally unlike : DISPARATE
45
Star of "The One," 2001 : JETLI
46
Free : UNOBLIGED
47
Old-fashioned buildings in the English countryside : OASTS
48
Excerpts : PASSAGES
49
"Same Time, Next Year" happening : TRYST
Down
1
Refuse : CHAFF
2
Major defense contractor : LORAL
3
Omniscient : AWARE
4
Name jewelry : IDBRACELETS
5
Literally, "king" : ROY
6
Slipped out of : SHIRKED
7
Magician's forte : PATTER
8
Diamond datum : ATBAT
9
Chinese menu word : TSOS
10
Last: Abbr. : ULT
11
Fifth of five : LITTLETOE
12
As above : AFORESAID
13
Like some differences : SEMANTIC
15
Athletes Jim and Ian : THORPES
19
Had nothing : FASTED
22
Ghost of literature : MARLEY
23
Yellowstone sight : GRIZZLYBEAR
25
Lacks what it takes : CANNOT
26
1978 and 1986 World Cup winner : ARGENTINA
27
Masters : VIRTUOSOS
28
Reacted kittenishly : MEOWED
29
Bullied, in a way, with "on" : GANGEDUP
30
Hit with an errant pitch, maybe : BRAINED
32
Certain salts : BORATES
34
Tower's end? : GARAGE
36
Carrier whose logo is an eight-pointed star : VARIG
37
Like craft shows : ARTSY
38
Early Europeans : CELTS
39
It's a surprise : TWIST
41
Many a charity event : GALA
44
"Zoboomafoo" network : PBS
45
Bit : JOT

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

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