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New York Times, Saturday, September 22, 2007

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Dicks
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31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 90%
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© 2007, The New York Times9/22/7 ( No. 21,137 )
Across
1
Mad magazine feature : SPYVSSPY
9
Spherical bacteria : COCCI
14
Weekly since 1865 : THENATION
16
Financial V.I.P. : BARON
17
Martin of Hollywood : PAMELASUE
18
Quaint contraction : SHANT
19
Puts in : ELECTS
20
Admits : OWNSUPTO
22
Falls apart : TANKS
23
Not quite up yet : ONTAP
24
Pick apart : PAN
25
1990s N.F.L. running back Curtis ___ : ENIS
26
___ Paradise of Kerouac's "On the Road" : SAL
27
Keep in order : POLICE
29
Ones needing fulfillment? : RXS
30
Locale for most of the New York Marathon : CITYSTREETS
32
Kind of state : SATELLITE
33
Rest stops? : SANATORIUMS
36
Dobby or Winky, in Harry Potter : ELF
39
Solo : ONEMAN
40
Hum follower? : VEE
41
"Pinocchio" character voiced by Mel Blanc : CLEO
42
"That hurts!" : YOW
43
Played out : TIRED
45
Rialto Bridge sight : CANAL
46
One use for anise : BISCOTTO
48
Risqué : DARING
49
Not broadside : ENDON
50
Mountain climber's need : ENDURANCE
52
Jaguar maker : ATARI
53
When Hamlet first sees a ghost : SCENEFOUR
54
Band active from 1995 to 2002 : NSYNC
55
Providers of peer review? : EYETESTS
Down
1
Figure in many jokes : STPETER
2
Troop group : PHALANX
3
Arabs who are not in OPEC : YEMENIS
4
Some sweaters : VNECKS
5
Smelling things : SALTS
6
London's Covent Garden and others: Abbr. : STAS
7
Dicks : PIS
8
Daredevil's creed : YOUONLYLIVEONCE
9
Home of "The NFL Today" : CBSSPORTS
10
Bishop Museum setting : OAHU
11
Small sunfish : CRAPPIE
12
Help for a secret agent : CONTACT
13
Cantillates : INTONES
15
1995 political book subtitled "Leader of the Second American Revolution" : NEWT
21
When the kids are out : NAPTIME
23
Old drive-in fare : OATER
26
"Happy Days" catchphrase : SITONIT
28
The General ___, "The Dukes of Hazzard" auto : LEE
30
Beyond oblivious : CATATONIC
31
Turned : SLUED
32
Half of a 1960s R & B duo : SAM
33
Source of lecithin : SOYBEAN
34
Chooses : ANOINTS
35
Part of the Tribune Company : NEWSDAY
36
Current events around Christmas : ELNINOS
37
Round steak, e.g. : LEANCUT
38
Kind of crystals : FOLGERS
41
Wine order : CARAFE
44
Rounds: Abbr. : RTES
45
Addition sign : CARET
47
It's hard to walk on : CORN
48
Rise by the shore : DUNE
51
"The Partridge Family" actress : DEY

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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