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New York Times, Saturday, January 6, 2007

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
Investigator who finds someone's birth mother, say
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 60, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FJQXYZ} Average word length: 6.33 This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Wolfe. Saturday freshness: 98%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/6/7 ( No. 20,878 )
Across
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Cranberry center : CAPECOD
8
Runs through : STABS
13
Wears out : OVERUSES
15
Inventories : STORES
16
Title for a duchess : HERGRACE
17
Valuable fur : MARTEN
18
Settings for some TV dramas : ERS
19
Narcissists : EGOTRIPPERS
21
Blame : RAP
22
Having very little kick : RECOILLESS
23
Protection : EGIS
25
Not spontaneous : STUDIED
26
Make more sanitary, in a way : DERAT
28
Sir Frank ___, historian of Anglo-Saxon England : STENTON
30
People often leave them with cuts : DELIS
32
Toast, after "a" : GONER
34
Vernacular : DEMOTIC
38
Handrail supporter : NEWEL
40
Halves of Córdoba couples : SENORAS
42
Legitimate : TRUE
43
Relish : PICCALILLI
46
Two out of nine? : ENS
47
Like a string bean : TALLANDSLIM
48
Grunts : GIS
49
Postulate : ASSERT
50
Five-time Art Ross Trophy winner : ESPOSITO
52
Salad greens : CHARDS
53
Chiselers : STONEMEN
54
To-do list : TASKS
55
Asses with dorsal stripes : ONAGERS
Down
1
Was logically consistent : COHERED
2
Found the middle of? : AVERAGED
3
Didn't stay dry : PERSPIRED
4
Tiny fraction of a British thermal unit : ERG
5
Tobacco farm employee : CURER
6
Some Siouans : OSAGES
7
Boils down : DECOCTS
8
"The Rose Tattoo" Tony winner, 1951 : STAPLETON
9
Naval defense : TORPEDONET
10
Sevillian skills : ARTES
11
Drafts, say : BEERS
12
Some ID's : SSNS
14
Leave : SETOUT
15
Apparently pleased : SMILING
20
Fair selection : RIDE
24
One being counter-productive? : SALESCLERK
27
They get punched : TIMECARDS
29
Result of a coup : NEWREGIME
31
Voiced bits of speech : SONANTS
33
Investigator who finds someone's birth mother, say : REUNITER
35
"I ___ you!" : TOLD
36
Garden bouquet : IRISES
37
Summons : CALLSTO
39
Schoolwork : LESSONS
41
Get into easily : SLIPON
43
Tom Courtenay's "Doctor Zhivago" role : PASHA
44
Characters in "Casablanca" and "Judge Dredd" : ILSAS
45
"___ roll!" : IMONA
47
Poise : TACT
51
Line part: Abbr. : SEG

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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