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New York Times, Saturday, February 7, 2009

Author:
Pete Muller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Places to live the high life?
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Pete Muller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Muller. Grid flow: 28.8 Saturday freshness: 55%
Jim Horne notes:

This clever Saturday puzzle has a hidden theme. Nestled into the four corners are the words SEX, DRUGS, ROCK and ROLL.

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S
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A
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M
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C
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© 2009, The New York Times2/7/09 ( No. 21,641 )
Across
1
Unoriginal order, with "the" : SAME
5
Enhancers of cognitive abilities : SMARTDRUGS
15
Raven : EBON
16
Places to live the high life? : PENTHOUSES
17
Lawless vehicle : XENA
18
Follower of an extra-long workday : LATEDINNER
19
Meal bit : ORT
20
Extravagant display : RITZ
21
Comes up to : NEARS
22
Rambler's lack : BREVITY
24
Acts clownishly : MUGS
26
"Grease" co-writer Jim : JACOBS
27
Maggie's dog in "Bringing Up Father" : FIFI
28
Trumped-up bit : FIB
31
The Louvre's Salles des ___ : ETATS
32
Drink with a bite : LEMONSODA
34
Glazed, waxy fabric finish : CIRE
35
Sounds unsound : RAVES
36
Move caller for a round dance : CUER
37
Produced 28-Acrosses : TOLDTALES
39
Kind of cycle : LUNAR
40
___ Balls (snack brand) : SNO
41
Somewhat open : AJAR
42
It doesn't have an obvious answer : RIDDLE
43
Uncooked side : SLAW
44
Headed out for the drink : SETSAIL
45
Open : FRANK
48
Give up : CEDE
49
Original Dungeons & Dragons co. : TSR
50
Upper-class luxury : LIVEINMAID
53
W.W. II partisan leader : TITO
54
Like bottles with S O S messages, typically : OCEANBORNE
55
Muddy : ROIL
56
Spot to show off alpine plants : ROCKGARDEN
57
Letter abbr. : ENCL
Down
1
Idols, often : SEXOBJECTS
2
Anomaly : ABERRATION
3
Solitaire game of matching pairs of cards : MONTECARLO
4
Disney doe : ENA
5
Cheerleaders' display : SPLITS
6
Substantial : MEATY
7
Animated film featuring the voices of Gene Hackman and Sylvester Stallone : ANTZ
8
G.P.S. request : RTE
9
Seminary deg. : THD
10
Icing : DOINGIN
11
Old character set : RUNES
12
John McCain's alma mater: Abbr. : USNA
13
Emmy winner Will : GEER
14
Bygone Black Sea borderers: Abbr. : SSRS
20
Rack parts : RIBS
23
Supported a runner : VOTED
24
Those whose actions speak louder than words? : MIMES
25
Potential hoax subjects : UFOS
27
Pyrexia : FEVER
28
Something to build on : FOUNDATION
29
Not real-world : IDEALISTIC
30
Aerobatic maneuver : BARRELROLL
32
Hit NBC series succeeded in its time slot by "ER" : LALAW
33
Gulf war weaponry : SCUDS
35
Asian royal : RAJA
38
Activity avoided by 24-Down : TALKING
39
Miller option : LITE
42
Betray shame : REDDEN
43
Choice for third and short : SNEAK
44
It's under the Pont Neuf : SEINE
45
Rosa or violeta, por ejemplo : FLOR
46
First baseman Brogna : RICO
47
Matisse's "Jeune fille ___ tiare" : AVEC
48
Jester : CARD
51
Org. with guards : NBA
52
Neighbor of Alg. : MOR
53
Amount past due? : TRE

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

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