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New York Times, Saturday, September 24, 2011

Author:
Jeremy Horwitz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Down : Nude showers?
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Jeremy Horwitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QWZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Horwitz. Saturday freshness: 8%
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© 2011, The New York Times9/24/11 ( No. 22,600 )
Across
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Bit of miner's gear : HEADLAMP
9
Go for first : PREFER
15
Take pains : ENDEAVOR
16
Where it's at : LOCALE
17
Upbeat : POSITIVE
18
Much of Micronesia : ATOLLS
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Use a Zen garden : MEDITATE
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Gloating cry : SEE
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Disallowed FedEx destination : POBOX
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___ Aarnio, innovative furniture designer : EERO
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Put on cloud nine : SENT
27
Spacewalks and moonwalks, briefly : EVAS
28
Put back in order? : STET
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Direction for a boxer : SIC
30
Tip for a writer : NIB
31
Creator of many 38-Across : JOHNGRISHAM
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Response to "Thanks so much" : ANYTIME
37
Once-common urban skyline sights : AERIALS
38
Many 31-Across characters : LEGALEAGLES
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Free : RID
41
See 42-Across : OUT
42
With 41-Across, discuss : TALK
43
Kellogg's brand : EGGO
44
Wrigley sticks? : BATS
46
Characteristic governor : GENE
47
Bakers' dozen, maybe? : OVENS
48
Mars, e.g. : ORB
49
Title for Wallis Simpson : HERGRACE
51
Opening for the wrist or the back? : SLAPON
53
Attend the lectures of : SITUNDER
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Curve-cutting line : SECANT
58
She played Jane in "Fun With Dick and Jane," 2005 : TEALEONI
59
Where traditional bloomers gather : ANKLES
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Aim for : ASPIRETO
Down
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Cool, once : HEP
2
"Warszawa" instrumentalist : ENO
3
Much e-mail : ADS
4
Martian moon : DEIMOS
5
Glove material : LATEX
6
Like noisy fans : AVID
7
Place to witness a big scene? : MOVIETHEATER
8
What a bar mitzvah recently was : PRETEEN
9
"Apology" author : PLATO
10
Drills that can bore : ROTE
11
Conscious beginning? : ECO
12
Bum rap : FALSECHARGE
13
Astronaut Ochoa : ELLEN
14
Fix, as ribs? : RESET
20
Nude showers? : ARTGALLERIES
22
Kind of code : PENAL
23
Like ones that are fleeced : OVINE
24
Bum rap? : BABYGOTBACK
26
Aye-aye relative? : SISI
28
Certain : SOME
29
Sean Connery and Roger Moore, e.g. : SIRS
31
End it with suddenly : JILT
32
Be mephitic : REEK
33
Associate (with) : ALIGN
34
Kind of PC command : MSDOS
36
Certain crosses : TAUS
39
Ice-T or Ice Cube persona : GANGSTA
43
Plane, e.g. : EVENER
44
Nova preceder : BOSSA
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Composer nominated for an Oscar for "Blues in the Night" : ARLEN
46
Lavatory label : GENTS
47
Circular windows : OCULI
49
Make more efficient : HONE
50
"___ at the pane": Robert Browning : ATAP
52
Mate : PAL
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___-eyed : DOE
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Fictional creature whose name is Old English for "giant" : ENT
56
Museu do Índio site : RIO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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